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New · posted Oct 22

Stryker · Medical Devices

Senior Design Quality Engineer, New Product Development Advanced

  • Flower Mound, TX
  • Hybrid
  • Full-time
  • Senior & Principal
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Deadline

Open until filled

The role

Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite

Stryker is seeking a Senior Design Quality Engineer – NPD Advanced to join our Communications Quality Assurance team. In this role, you’ll focus on new product development (NPD) across our surgical lights, tables, and booms portfolios. You’ll help shape the future of the operating room by ensuring our products meet the highest quality standards—driving patient safety and surgical efficiency from concept to commercialization. This role is Hybrid in Flower Mound, Texas.

What you need

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical Engineering, or related field
  • 2+ years of experience in a highly regulated industry

What you need

Experience the future of the OR: Stryker Communications

We’re driven to improve healthcare by partnering closely with customers and delivering exceptional product launches. You’ll engage directly with users in the OR to understand their needs and challenges, transforming those insights into innovative solutions.

Preferrednice to have

  • Prior experience in Design Quality Engineering
  • Strong understanding of core quality engineering concepts
  • Hands-on NPD experience with medical devices and OEM partnerships
  • Knowledge of risk management, design assurance, V&V, and reliability testing
  • Familiarity with medical device regulations (U.S. and international)
  • Experience interacting with regulatory bodies (FDA, TUV, etc.)

What you'll do

  1. Partner with R&D and cross-functional teams to define design requirements and develop robust manufacturing processes.
  2. Lead risk management activities and design reviews to ensure product safety, compliance, and risk mitigation.
  3. Drive design verification, validation, and user testing efforts to support successful product launches.
  4. Prepare and maintain quality documentation to support regulatory submissions and product approvals.
  5. Conduct risk/benefit analyses and present findings to executive leadership for informed decision-making.
  6. Apply statistical tools and problem-solving techniques to improve product and process performance.
  7. Oversee design transfers to manufacturing sites and review/approve inspection plans and drawings.
  8. Mentor junior engineers and leverage market feedback and prior product issues to inform design improvements.

Pay

$85,500 – $142,500 a year

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How this compares

United States of America Pay Ranges

  • US10: $85,500 - $142,500 USD Annual

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Where you'll work

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Job intelligence

The context around this role

Live data · October 23, 2026

Salary intelligence

How the pay compares

This role's midpoint is 4% below the US median for Quality Assurance roles at this level.

This roleEmployer provided

$85,500 to $142,500 a year

Senior & Principal roles in Texas9 roles publishing pay

Middle half $97,500 to $130,000, median $114,500

Senior & Principal roles in the US313 roles publishing pay

Middle half $102,500 to $137,500, median $119,000
Annual base pay
Annual base payLowMedianHigh
This role$85,500—$142,500
Texas$97,500$114,500$130,000
All US$102,500$119,000$137,500

This role: Stryker's own published range. Comparisons: the base pay employers published on open Quality Assurance roles at the same level on Regulatory Jobs, October 23, 2026. Nothing is estimated.

Career trajectory

Where this role sits in Quality Assurance

The general path across 927 open Quality Assurance roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not Stryker's own promotion track.

  1. One step back

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    $81K median251 open
  2. This role

    Senior & Principal

    Often: Quality Engineer · Senior Quality Engineer

    $119K median394 open
  3. Next step

    Manager

    Often: Manager, Quality Assurance · Quality Manager

    $153K median144 open
  4. Later

    Director

    Often: Director, Quality · Associate Director, Quality Assurance

    $209K median121 open
  5. Later

    VP & Executive

    Often: AVP · DX Head of Regions Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs

    $302K median17 open

Skills DNA

What this role leans on

How many of the posting's 19 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.

GMP and compliance: 3 linesLab testing and methods: 2 linesDocumentation and SOPs: 1 lineValidation and qualification: 1 lineRegulatory submissions: 1 lineQuality systems and risk: 2 linesCollaboration and leadership: 5 linesGMPLab testingDocumentationValidationSubmissionsQuality systemsTeamwork
  • Collaboration and leadership5
  • GMP and compliance3
  • Lab testing and methods2
  • Quality systems and risk2
  • Documentation and SOPs1
  • Validation and qualification1
  • Regulatory submissions1

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  • Regulatory11 16%
  • Compliance & Safety2 3%

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  • Senior & Principal41 61%
  • Associate & Specialist19 28%
  • Manager7 10%
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