Staff Metrology Engineer

at Stryker in Cary, Illinois, United States

Job Description

We are excited to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine! We are proud to offer you 12 paid holidays annually. For an overview of our benefits and time off, please follow this link to learn more:US Stryker employee benefits. (https://d25zu39ynyitwy.cloudfront.net/oms/000000/document/2024/6/SMVZW\_USStrykerEmployeebenefits/USStrykerEmployeebenefits.pdf)

Who we want:

+ Dedicated achievers. Relentless about quality, people who thrive in a fast-paced environment and will stop at nothing to ensure a project is complete and meets regulations and expectations.

+ Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, information, use cases, and industry analyses to develop best practices.

What you will do:

As A Staff Metrology Engineer, you will be focusing on New Product Development. You will work within the Advanced Operations (AO) Team, responsible for inspection related activities, including, but not limited to the following:

+ Advising AO and R&D on optimization of new product prints finalized to DFI.

+ Supporting and conducting engineering and metrology research including the identification, investigation and implementation of new advanced metrology and inspection systems and technologies.

+ Being able to generate CAD drawings and apply GD&T tolerancing principles.

+ Taking ownership of identifying, developing, implementing and validating all required inspection and testing processes as part of New Product Development.

+ Partnering with Tier 1 and Contract Manufacturers to develop their inspection methods, including correlation activities.

+ Coaching and advising all engineering groups on analysis of inspection data, gauge R&R results and inspection methods to establish optimum process parameters.

+ Providing technical support for AO team on inspection techniques, inspection measurement and test equipment and technologies.

+ Applying proven principles to known situations and evaluate unexpected or contradictory results.

+ Being the technical and strategic reference point and expert for AO for Metrology Support

+ Aligning with Stryker sites on sourcing, purchasing, implementation and management of NPI measurement systems.

+ Creating, coaching and advising in the following areas;

+ Integrated vision systems (Cognex etc.)

+ Optical inspection systems (Keyence, Mitutoyo etc.)

+ Standard inspection tools and gauges.

+ Inspection and calibration of internal and vendor custom gauging

+ First Article Inspection (FAI) of product.

Minimum Qualifications:

+ Bachelor Degree in Engineering

+ 4+ years of work experience

+ Experience using Metrology fundamentals in a Manufacturing environment

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):

+ Medical device, automotive, pharmaceutical or food industry manufacturing experience

+ Demonstrated ability to identify and challenge non-value-added inspection.

+ Capable of spending long periods of time programming, debugging and validating complex inspection equipment

+ AUKOM 1, 2, 3 Certification

+ Green or Black Belt Qualification

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.

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.