Associate Manager, Engineering

About Stryker

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with our customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes.

We are proud to be named the #5 World’s Best Workplaces and a Best Workplace for Diversity by Fortune Magazine. Learn more about our award-winning organization by visiting stryker.com

Why engineering at Stryker?

At Stryker we are dedicated to improving lives, with a passion for researching and developing new medical device products. As an engineer at Stryker, you will be proud of the work that you will be doing, using cutting-edge technologies to make healthcare better. Here, you will work in a supportive culture with other incredibly talented and intelligent people, creating industry-leading medical technology products. You will also have growth opportunities as we have a culture that supports your personal and professional development.

Need another reason to apply? Check out these 8 reasons to join Stryker's engineering team: https://www.strykercareersblog.com/post/8-reasons-to-join-strykers-engineering-team

Who we want-

• Manager who drives performance. People who implement process improvements and leverage the talent of their team to consistently increase performance and productivity.
• Talent developers. Growth-oriented managers who recruit and hire top-performing talent and prioritize the development of their team members
• Goal-oriented orchestrators. People who can effectively coordinate and focus the work of skilled employees toward an important goal, prioritizing to the right activities that lead to success.

What you will do-

You will be an engineering leader for a new engineering team for our new project. As the Associate Engineering Manager, you will design, validate, and bring new products to market. This role specifies precise new product functional requirements; designs, tests and integrates components to produce final designs; and evaluates the design's overall effectiveness, cost, reliability, and safety.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of exempt, Manufacturing Engineers and potentially non-exempt process technicians, focusing on manufacturing technologies & processes including machining, extrusion, micro-blasting, laser processing, acid etching and laser cutting.

• Will innovatively tackle technically challenging problems to support improvements in production yield, capacity, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Work closely with the R&D design group to give manufacturing insight into the development and building of new technologies in the forefront of the neurovascular stroke care industry.
• Advance manufacturing processes, advancing technology in a rapidly innovative neurovascular product line, with providing design for manufacturing feedback to commercial and design partners.
• Participate in driving transformative change in the manufacturing processes of today, to deliver manufacturing excellence in the future.
• Develop goals and metrics for the manufacturing engineering team directly related to production unit support.
• Understand capital needs to maintain business requirements via capital expenditure requests, new product introduction, expanding manufacturing capacity, department budgets and driving cost savings.
• Drive business until level strategy with strong influence on overall plant level strategy including visions for team, plant metrics, and building a supportive and inclusive manufacturing team environment.
• Drive a cohesive and collaborative manufacturing strategy, building cross functional partnerships between plant stakeholders.
• Responsible for mid-year and end-of-year performance reviews of your direct reports.

What you need-

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required
• 6 years of engineering experience required
• New product development implementation experience preferred
• Experience bringing new manufacturing operation into production preferred

Our benefits

Our total rewards offering varies by country but often includes bonuses; commissions; healthcare; insurance benefits; retirement programs; stock based plans; paid time off plans; family and parenting leaves; tuition reimbursement; wellness programs; onsite fitness centers and cafeterias; discount purchase programs; and service and performance awards – not to mention various social and recreational activities.

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