New · posted Oct 20
Stryker · Medical Devices
Senior Quality Engineer
- Kalamazoo, MI
- On-site
- Full-time
- Senior & Principal
Open until filled
The role
Work Flexibility: Onsite
At Stryker, our quality engineers play a critical role in ensuring products consistently meet defined quality and regulatory requirements.
We are hiring a Senior Quality Engineer in Kalamazoo, MI supporting Instruments! In this role, you will develop and implement methods and procedures for process control, process improvement, testing, and inspection to ensure products function as designed and meet established quality standards. You will work closely with operations, engineering, and suppliers, with direct impact across product quality, supplier performance, and manufacturing process control throughout the product lifecycle.
What you need
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or a related technical field
- Minimum 2 years of quality engineering or related quality experience within a regulated industry
Preferred Qualificationsnice to have
- Experience working with U.S. and international medical device regulatory requirements
- Experience managing nonconformance investigations and corrective action activities in a regulated quality system
- Experience supporting supplier quality activities or manufacturing process improvements
- Experience applying risk management and statistical process control methods in manufacturing environments
USN: $77,700 - $129,500 USD Annual
View the U.S. work location and transparency guide to find the pay range for your location.
What you'll do
- Develop, implement, and maintain quality methods for process control, inspection, testing, and defect prevention within manufacturing operations
- Investigate internal and supplier-related nonconformances, lead root cause analysis, and manage timely corrective and preventive actions in alignment with quality system requirements
- Review, disposition, and document nonconforming product through formal material review processes, including containment and escalation when required
- Analyze quality data and key performance indicators, identify trends, and initiate actions to address emerging product or process risks
- Evaluate manufacturing and supplier changes, including process updates and component changes, to assess quality and risk impacts prior to implementation
- Support supplier quality improvement activities, including corrective action management, part certification initiatives, and ongoing performance monitoring
- Apply statistical methods and risk management practices to support process capability, inspection strategies, and sampling plans
- Support internal and external audits, manufacturing transfers, engineering changes, and field-related quality investigations as a subject matter resource
- Collaborate closely with manufacturing and engineering teams to identify, investigate, and resolve quality issues impacting production
Pay
$77,700 – $129,500 a year
Employer providedWhere you'll work
Kalamazoo, MIOn-siteOpen in Maps (opens in a new tab)
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Travel Percentage: 10%Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
Job intelligence
The context around this role
Live data · October 20, 2026
Salary intelligence
How the pay compares
This role's midpoint is 14% below the US median for Quality Assurance roles at this level.
This roleEmployer provided
Senior & Principal roles in Michigan12 roles publishing pay
Senior & Principal roles in the US302 roles publishing pay
| Annual base pay | Low | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| This role | $77,700 | — | $129,500 |
| Michigan (middle half) | $104,000 | $114,750 | $119,000 |
| All US (middle half) | $102,625 | $120,250 | $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 20, 2026. Nothing is estimated.
Career trajectory
Where this role sits in Quality Assurance
The general path across 895 open Quality Assurance roles on Regulatory Jobs, with the titles they carry most. Not Stryker's own promotion track.
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Skills DNA
What this role leans on
How many of the posting's 20 duty, requirement and summary lines touch each area. The posting's emphasis, not a proficiency score.
- Quality systems and risk8
- Investigations and CAPA5
- GMP and compliance4
- Lab testing and methods4
- Documentation and SOPs2
- Collaboration and leadership2
Company hiring pulse
Stryker on Regulatory Jobs
- 62
- Open roles
- 51
- Distinct roles
- 18
- Locations
By discipline
- Quality49 79%
- Regulatory11 18%
- Compliance & Safety2 3%
By level
- Senior & Principal36 58%
- Associate & Specialist19 31%
- Manager7 11%
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Open until filled. $78K–$130K a year, employer provided.