Join a manufacturing team focused on optimizing production performance, operational efficiency, and lean transformation. As a Staff Continuous Improvement Engineer, you will evaluate value streams, lead improvement initiatives, and partner with cross-functional teams to enhance manufacturing processes, productivity, and flow across a regulated medical device environment. This role combines hands-on execution with strategic continuous improvement planning to support operational excellence.
What You Will Do
Lead and facilitate value stream mapping workshops and continuous improvement events to identify waste and improve operational performance.
Develop and implement future-state manufacturing processes that improve flow, efficiency, and resource utilization.
Analyze production performance and execute initiatives that improve productivity, throughput, and operational effectiveness.
Monitor and improve key lean manufacturing metrics, including lead time, changeover time, inventory levels, and process flow.
Design and optimize material and product flow systems between manufacturing work cells.
Partner with Finance to quantify, track, and validate cost savings generated through continuous improvement projects.
Investigate process issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
Deliver lean manufacturing training, mentor employees on continuous improvement principles, and support adoption of standardized processes.
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What You Will Need
Required
Bachelor's degree required.
Minimum 2 years of experience in continuous improvement, manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, operations, or a related field.
Minimum 4 years of experience leading or supporting process improvement, productivity, or operational excellence initiatives.
Experience using lean manufacturing tools and methodologies in a manufacturing environment.
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
Lean Manufacturing Certification.
Experience working in a highly regulated industry, such as medical device, pharmaceutical, aerospace, or similar.
Experience leading value stream mapping, waste reduction, and continuous improvement initiatives.
United States of America Pay Ranges
$89,300 - $148,800 USD Annual 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.
