Quality Engineer

This is a 12 month onsite contract with full Stryker benefits.

What you will do:

• Work closely with operations and the business functions to ensure quality performance of product and processes. 

• Collaborates with Divisional QA, cross-functional and suppliers teams to address top quality issues.  

• Own identified internal and supplier driven non-conformances and manage the timely closure of NC's within.                    Own or support identified internal CAPAs and manage to timely root cause investigation, implementation and closure.   

• Disposition non-conforming product within MRB, issuing NC's as appropriate.  

• Communicate with suppliers regarding non-conformances, escalating supplier corrective action requests as required. 

• Engage in the development and improvement of the internal manufacturing processes for existing products. 

• Performs critical assessment of internal and supplier proposed change management activities. 

• Participates in the creation and/or review of new or modified procedures.   

• Maintain KPIs for monitoring of process and/or product quality, perform analysis, and interpret trends, identifying and activating on approriate actions as necessary. 

• Support execution and analysis of manufacturing related complaints and product field actions. 

• Advocate of Human Factor practices, familiarity in the science of Human Factor identification, reduction, and mitigation. 

• Collaborate with approriate stakeholders to identify and execute opportunities for supplier part certification.   

• Develop understanding of risk management practices and concepts and applies knowledge to manufacturing operations. 

• Support the creation and maintenance of inspection methods and sampling.  

• Applies statistical methods of analysis and process control to current operations. 

• Engage and interface in internal and external audits providing subject matter expertise. 

• Support the development and review of process and equipment validation/qualification and MSA of internal processes. 

• Execute internal quality deliverables associated with engineering changes, manufacturing transfers and supplier initiated changes.   

What you will need:

• Level 8 Degree in Science or Engineering
• 0-2 years experience in Quality or similar