(Senior) Staff Engineer (m/f/d) – Process Development for Additive Facial Implants (Chemical Surface Treatment)

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

In this role you will lead the process improvement activities for existing additive custom CMF implants. You will guide the AO team in a leading technical role in developing new chemical surface treatment processes enabling faster process times and lower costs. Collaborating with other AO members and both technical and non-technical staff in other departments, you determine appropriate solutions within the manufacturing process of maxillofacial surgical solutions at Stryker. 

What you will do:

• Independently determines, develops, leads and/ or moderates technical solutions in the field of process improvement. 

• Takes ownership for the surface treatment process of additive patient-specific implants. 

• Builds productive internal and external working relationships and may periodically provide guidance and train other team members. 

• Provide engineering support for new product and process introductions, ensuring that all activities are completed and documented in accordance with the Stryker new product development procedures. 

• Ensure quality of process and product as defined in the appropriate operation and material specifications

What you will need:

Required:

• Master’s degree in engineering

• 3-5 years of work experience in process and/or product development.

• Good knowledge of manufacturing processes, materials, product, and process design.  

• Excellent interpersonal skills – able to express ideas and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams. Be open minded with the ability to recognize good ideas. 

• Innovative thinker – should be able to envisage new and better ways of doing things. 

Preferred: 

• Deep knowledge of chemical processes for surface treatment. 

• Experience in a highly regulated industry, preferably in medical devices

Diversity is important to us. We welcome applications from people regardless of their ethnic, national or social origin, gender, disability, age or sexual identity. 

This position is initially limited to 24 months.

Travel Percentage: 10%