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Senior Process Engineer, Advanced Operations

Stryker

Kalamazoo, MIFull-time$78–130K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$78–130K/yr
Location
Kalamazoo, MI
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Stryker is seeking a Senior Engineer, Process Development for its OrthoTech Division. The role supports product and process introductions, develops and validates processes across the supply chain, and works with designers, suppliers, and manufacturing teams. It also involves process risk documentation, engineering studies, equipment acquisition and validation, and training. The position is onsite in Portage, Michigan.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

PFMEATechnical DocumentationAnalytical SkillsMachiningManufacturing ProcessesAssembly ProcessesMaterials KnowledgeProduct DesignProcess DesignEngineering DrawingsGD&TQuality SystemsCommunicationCAD

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering2+ Years Applicable Work Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and is dedicated to helping healthcare professionals perform their jobs more efficiently while enhancing patient care. The Company offers a diverse array of innovative medical technologies, including reconstructive, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology and spine products to help people lead more active and more satisfying lives. We are currently seeking a Senior Engineer, Process Development to join our OrthoTech Division. This is an onsite position in Portage, MI.

What you will do:

  • Support new product and process introductions, ensuring that all activities are completed and documented in accordance with the Stryker new product development procedures.

  • Ensure quality of process and product.

  • Support supply chain architecture and implementation to deliver on project needs and business strategy.

  • Own process development and validation for the entire supply chain.

  • Partner with designers and suppliers to communicate DFM, DFA, and DFI considerations.

  • Select components and equipment based on analysis of specifications, reliability and regulatory requirements.

  • Develop testing and inspection equipment and protocols.

  • Lead/support capital acquisition activity from specifying equipment, contract negotiation, Installation and validation.

  • Analyze equipment to establish operating data, conduct experimental test and result analysis. Lead and/or participate in process review meetings.

  • Own process risk documentation (PFMEA, PCP) and validation planning/execution per Stryker quality system requirements.

  • Complete engineering studies (DOE, MSA, capability, etc.) for component and assembly manufacturing and inspection processes.

  • Provide training for manufacturing team members.

  • Ensure adherence to GMP and safety procedures.

What you need:

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering required

  • 2+ years of applicable full-time work experience required

  • Working knowledge of PFMEA required

  • Strong technical documentation skills with ability to communicate technical detail effectively to a cross-functional audience.

  • Excellent analytical skills, ability to plan, organize, and implement concurrent tasks required

  • Good knowledge of machining/manufacturing/assembly processes, materials, product and process design required

  • Ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings and understand geometrical dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) required

  • Ability to learn and apply quality system procedures and best practices.

  • Strong interpersonal & communication skills for cross-functional internal and external conversations.

  • Willingness to travel between Stryker engineering and manufacturing sites, as well as key supplier sites, on an as-needed basis.

  • CAD experience

United States of America Pay Ranges:

  • USN : $77,700 - $129,500 USD Annual

View the U.S. work location and transparency guide (https://view.stryker.com/viewer/fcd609f31e39eac44598615224ec7216?iid=69deda99678eb495e0710914#1) to find the pay range for your location.

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 3,353 open Process Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$78–130K/yr
  • Michigan median$80–130K/yr36 salary ranges
  • US median$97–143K/yr1,718 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $104K, is 4% below the Michigan median midpoint ($108K) — in the middle half of Process Engineer salary ranges in Michigan.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 90 open Process Engineer jobs in Michigan and 3,353 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Michigan
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Process Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years at the median (2,669 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,105 of the 3,353 open Process Engineer jobs (63%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 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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