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Engineer, Advanced Operations (AO)

Stryker

Irvine, CAJob$80–128K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$80–128K/yr
Location
Irvine, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Engineer for Advanced Operations supports the transition of new medical device products from development into manufacturing. The role focuses on process development, manufacturing readiness, product transfers, and launch activities in a regulated environment. Working with engineering, quality, and operations teams, the engineer develops and improves manufacturing processes, supports process optimization and data analysis, and provides technical support for new product introductions and ongoing operations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OutlookSolidWorksISO StandardsFDA RegulationsDesign ControlsManufacturing Scale-UpTechnical DocumentationEngineering RecordsEngineering Data AnalysisManufacturing Data Analysis

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Related Technical Field or Equivalent2+ Years Medical Device Manufacturing Experience2+ Years Engineering Experience2+ Years Regulated Technical Environment Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Join a team focused on bringing new medical device products from development into manufacturing. As a Engineer for Advanced Operations, you will support process development, manufacturing readiness, and product transfer activities while working closely with engineering, quality, and operations teams. This role offers broad exposure to product launch activities, manufacturing process improvement, and regulated medical device environments.

What You Will Do

  • Develop, implement, and improve manufacturing processes to meet product specifications, quality standards, and production requirements.

  • Execute process development activities, including Design of Experiments (DOE) and basic statistical analysis, to support process optimization and manufacturing readiness.

  • Support product transfers from development to manufacturing while helping achieve project timelines, yield targets, and launch milestones.

  • Design and implement tooling, equipment, test methods, and related manufacturing solutions while ensuring qualification requirements are met.

  • Create and maintain technical documentation, including process procedures, product drawings, test protocols, validation plans, risk assessments, and engineering reports.

  • Analyze manufacturing and product data to assess process capability, identify opportunities for improvement, and support quality objectives.

  • Troubleshoot manufacturing process issues and provide technical support for new product introductions and existing operations.

  • Train technicians and operators on manufacturing processes and present technical information during cross-functional project reviews and team meetings.

What You Will Need

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Outlook.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2 or more years experience in medical device manufacturing, engineering, or a related highly regulated technical environment.

  • Experience utilizing SolidWorks

  • Experience working within ISO standards, FDA regulations, design controls, and manufacturing scale-up activities.

  • Experience reading and creating technical documentation and engineering records

  • Experience collecting, analyzing, and summarizing engineering or manufacturing data.

$79,900 - $127,500 USD Annual

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 7,248 open Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$80–128K/yr
  • California median$134–203K/yr632 salary ranges
  • US median$115–180K/yr3,774 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $104K, is 39% below the California median midpoint ($171K) — in the lowest quarter of Engineering salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 945 open Engineering jobs in California and 7,248 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 10 years (4,965 postings).
Education
3,790 of the 7,248 open Engineering jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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