Head of Engineering

As the Head Of Engineering, you will be responsible for performing implant and instrument design work, leading small projects, and actively participating on multi-functional teams to advance assigned projects through the design/development process through launch to the market. You will have an opportunity to cross-train within Stryker's Foot and Ankle Division to promote visibility and develop an area of expertise.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.

• Designing manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling.
• Designing arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout.
• Designing sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
• Adapting machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
• May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
• Inspect performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
• Developing manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques.
• Provide guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Ensuring processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.
• Interface with surgeons to gather input for design and evaluation of new products.
• Utilize knowledge of surgical procedures to develop innovative solutions that satisfy customer needs.
• Under minimal supervision, works with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing and Project Management to ensure project success.
• Under minimal supervision designs, develops, modifies, evaluates and verifies mechanical components for medical devices.
• Quick process and assimilate procedures, policies, processes, systems, and technology required.
• Participate in and lead, as applicable, design reviews.
• Participate in preparing budget expenditure plan
• Demonstrate ownership and prioritizes work with minimal supervision.
• Work as key member of the team, collaborating with others and solidifying relationships.
• Learn how the financial models are constructed.
• Follow fundamental industry standards, design requirements and test strategies which apply to regulatory requirements.
• Independently create or refine engineering documentation, such as the Design History file.
• Follow R&D procedure like design controls and risk management, per the Quality Management System.
• Under minimal supervision, research, design, develop, modify, and verify components/modules for medical devices.
• Translating design inputs to engineering specifications and produce sub-system level designs.
• Developing and analyze solutions, prototyping one or more options to provide proof of concept.
• Applying fundamental and some advanced concepts, practices and procedures for problem solving.
• Preparing and review information for invention disclosures and patent applications.
• Generating of PCBA build files, including boms, gerbers, assembly and fab drawings, etc.

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor degree Mechanical Engineering (preferred), Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.

Preferred:

• Prior internship experience with design engineering.
• Fundamental knowledge and understanding of mechanical engineering practices and tools, design principles within a regulated environment.
• Basic knowledge of design and concept generation Solid Works and CAD modeling tools.
• Basic knowledge of analysis tools and statistical methods.
• Basic knowledge of materials and manufacturing methods.
• Ability to read and interpret complex drawings.

Nice to Have

• Previous manufacturing experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Previous medical device or pharma experience.