Engineering Manager, Design Quality

Engineering Manager, Design Quality

Portage, MI

Lead innovation in medical technology. As an Engineering Manager for Design Quality, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping best-in-class product development outcomes. You’ll lead a talented technical team, influence design strategies, and ensure compliance with global standards, all while driving solutions that improve patient care. If you’re passionate about leadership, product development, and making a measurable impact, this is your opportunity.

What You Will Do

• Lead and develop a Design Quality team supporting New Product Development (NPD) to deliver compliant, high-quality products.
• Drive achievement of business metrics, including product quality measures, schedule attainment, and timely resolution of NC/CAPA actions.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies; support internal and external audits as needed.
• Set standards and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality, productivity, and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers to ensure customer-centric design and satisfaction.
• Oversee performance management activities, including talent reviews, development plans, and engagement programs.
• Manage project budgets and contribute to business unit-level financial planning and forecasting.
• Provide strategic leadership for design controls and review technical documentation to ensure regulatory compliance.

What You Will Need

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.

• 8+ years of professional experience, including product development experience within a regulated industry.
• 2+ years of direct people management experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with design controls, NPD processes, and regulatory standards for medical devices.
• Project management experience delivering programs on time, on quality, and within budget.
• Professional certifications such as ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE) or ISO Lead Auditor.
• Experience supporting New Product Development (NPD) activities within a Quality function

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.