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Senior Inspector, Quality

Stryker

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Compensation
$31.9/hr
Location
Mahwah, NJ
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Stryker is seeking a Senior Inspector, Quality to perform incoming inspection of materials and components, coordinate inspection priorities, and support quality and supplier investigations. The role uses precision measurement equipment and engineering drawings to assess conformance, while contributing to data analysis, process improvements, and inspector training. The posting prefers experience in regulated manufacturing environments and formal GD&T training.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Dimensional Measurement, nice to haveGD&T, nice to haveEngineering Drawing Interpretation, nice to haveCMM, nice to haveOGP, nice to haveOptical Comparators, nice to havePrecision Measurement, nice to haveMicrosoft Excel, nice to haveData Analysis, nice to haveCommunication, nice to have

Qualifications

5+ Years Product Inspection Experience, nice to haveHigh School Diploma or Equivalent, nice to haveVocational or Technical Training, nice to haveFormal GD&T Training, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Senior Inspector, Quality

Schedule: 1st Shift | Monday to Friday | 5:00am to 1:30pm | Optional OT

Who We Want

A technically strong, detail-oriented inspector with a solid foundation in dimensional measurement and GD&T, who can operate independently, support their team and help drive quality and scheduling across incoming inspection. Someone with strong communication skills who can coordinate across departments and bring structure to daily workload planning.

What You’ll Do

  • Perform dimensional and visual inspection of incoming materials and components against engineering drawings, specifications and acceptance criteria

  • Set up and operate CMM, optical comparator, OGP and other precision measurement equipment

  • Interpret complex blueprints and apply GD&T requirements during inspection

  • Perform and review First Article Inspections (FAI) and sampling activities

  • Prioritise and coordinate inspection workload based on production schedules, material demand and business priorities

  • Communicate inspection status and material priorities with Quality, Operations and Planning teams

  • Analyse inspection data to identify trends, recurring defects and improvement opportunities

  • Support incoming inspection KPIs and contribute to process and method improvements

  • Identify, document and control nonconforming material in line with established procedures

  • Support quality and supplier investigations with measurement data and technical input

  • Maintain accurate inspection records in line with GDP, cGMP and quality system requirements

  • Provide technical guidance, training and cross-training support to other inspectors

What You’ll Need

  • 5+ years of product inspection experience, preferably within an ISO 13485, cGMP, medical device, or other highly regulated manufacturing environment

  • Strong working knowledge of GD&T and ability to interpret complex engineering drawings

  • Demonstrated experience with CMM, OGP, optical comparators and precision measurement tools

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analysis and reporting

  • High School Diploma or equivalent required; vocational or technical training in manufacturing, quality or metrology preferred

Preferred:

  • Formal GD&T training

31.90 USD Hourly

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

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.

How this job compares

Set against the 593 open Quality Inspector jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$31.9/hr
  • US median$25–33/hr273 hourly ranges

This rate, $31.90/hr, is 8% above the US median midpoint ($30/hr) — in the middle half of Quality Inspector hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 10 open Quality Inspector jobs in New Jersey and 593 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Quality Inspector postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (373 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 283 of the 593 open Quality Inspector jobs (48%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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