Engineering Manager, Advanced Operations
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Job Location:
Mahwah, NJ - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
As the Advanced Operations & Manufacturing Engineering Manager for New Technology & Product Introduction you will lead a team responsible for transitioning new medical devices from design to full-scale production and sustaining the technology post-launch. You will work across multiple Stryker sites and collaborate with R&D Quality Regulatory and Operations to ensure manufacturability scalability compliance and on-time delivery of high-quality products.
What you will do:
Leadership & Talent Development:
- Attract develop retain and engage top engineering talent; drive professional growth and high performance.
- Provide coaching and actionable feedback; set clear performance objectives.
- Promote a culture of diversity inclusion belonging continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Distill department strategy into objectives for direct reports.
Project & Program Leadership:
- Lead high-complexity NPI projects including planning budgeting timelines resourcing and risk management.
- Make independent decisions on program-level issues and remove barriers to execution.
- Communicate project status risks and mitigation plans to senior leadership.
- Partner with R&D to influence design decisions that improve manufacturability and cost.
Technical Execution & Manufacturing Readiness:
- Oversee engineering deliverables for new technology and product introduction programs.
- Ensure project milestones are met on time within budget and to quality standards.
- Lead development and optimization of manufacturing processes tooling and equipment.
- Ensure robust process capability scalability and readiness for volume production.
- Drive Design for Manufacturability (DFM) risk assessments and process validation (IQ/OQ/PQ).
- Implement and promote lean manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies.
- Collaborate with Quality Regulatory and Advanced Technology to ensure compliance with FDA ISO and internal standards.
- Identify and implement NPI best practices across programs.
Med Device Compliance:
- Lead cross-functional teams in launching new technologies and products that meet all regulatory requirements.
- Provide direction on design controls for new and existing processes/products.
- Review and approve (or delegate) program- and project-specific documentation and technical deliverables.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Engineering (Materials Science background strongly preferred)
- 8 years relevant experience
- 3 years people management experience
- Proven new product introduction experience in a regulated industry (medical device preferred)
- Strong knowledge of DFM process validation and quality systems (FDA ISO 13485)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with investment casting or metal injection molding
- Strong performance coach and talent developer
- Experience executing performance and talent management strategies
- Ability to communicate complex plans and technical information to senior leadership
- Track record of delivering programs on time on quality and on budget
Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Hospitality Experience
- Go
- Management Experience
- React
- Redux
- Node.js
- AWS
- Mechanical Engineering
- Team Management
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongsid ... View more
