Job Description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite

This is a permanent hybrid role based on our Tullagreen site.

What you will do:

Supports and executes design for manufacture and assembly through technical leadership in quality assurance, design control and preventative activities. Supports the development and introduction of new products, processes, and technologies, with focus on quality systems development, regulatory compliance, and process risk management including pFMEA. Support the development and characterization of processes that are capable, scalable and produce high yield. Will support the design of robust inspection strategies including CQA’s, CTQ’s and MSA’s to enable process risk identification, process characterization, capability and robust process control. Provide quality engineering support for the execution of quality assurance activities during design transfer phases of new product development. Provide Quality 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.

Will reside within the regional NPI QE team as part of GQO Quality Assurance organization and work collaboratively with Advanced Operations and Design Assurance, with responsibility for quality assurance activities, including, but not limited to the following:

General

• Foster and lead collaborative internal/external professional relationships across Design Divisions, Advanced Operations & GQO functions associated with design transfer activities. Drive and lead effective communication with all internal customers, stakeholders, and project teams to deliver successful project transfers with the highest levels of quality that meet the NPI project goals.
• Communicate effectively with all internal customers, stakeholders, and project teams to deliver successful project transfers with the highest levels of quality that meet the NPI project goals.
• Mentor other groups and functions on areas of expertise with particular attention to design and process transfer.

Risk Management

• Proficient in risk management practices and tools, having high expertise in failure modes associated with production and production related processes, (PFMEA).
• Support the Risk Management File through risk Management Principles. Responsible for the evaluation of process risks, risk mitigation and ensures appropriate production and process controls are identified, qualified, and implemented throughout the product manufacturing lifecycle (from incoming of materials/components, manufacturing, until product release) through robust pFMEA.
• Ensure all Risk Management outputs comply with ISO14971.
• Support Design team to complete CQA/CTQ identification and inputs to dFMEA.

Validation- nice to have

• Support the development, execution, and approval of validation strategies, with the goal of highly capable processes, that result in high yield and enable scalability. Approve protocols and reports, including data analysis.
• Influence processes towards validation versus manual verification, where possible.
• Support Sterilisation validation activity, as required.

Process Excellence

• Apply appropriate statistical techniques to ensure the development of robust, predictive quality systems which are easily transferable and maintainable in a production environment.
• Provide expertise for NC’s & CAPA’s related to new products. Act as a subject matter expert and mentor in problem solving and root causing tools.
• Support Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA) through process design, inspection optimization, application of state-of-the-art technologies and tooling & fixture development.
• Support ‘process bench marking’ by providing quality experience as a process input.
• Will promote human factor error prevention and provide expertise in the science of human factor error risk identification and mitigation.

Purchasing Controls

• Support the supplier qualification strategy and approve the supplier validations and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP). Ensure Supplier’s Quality Systems can complete process characterization and develop highly capable processes that are scalable, and meet Stryker expectations.
• Provide Quality input to influence the proper selection of suppliers.
• Support implementation of supplier certification.
• Support Supplier Quality to establish Quality Agreements with Stryker sites and suppliers as part of NPI projects.

Design Transfer- nice to have

• Represent quality assurance during the DTAP (Design Transfer Agreement Plan) process, ensuring product launches meet or exceed established metric targets including Right First Time (RFT), manufacturing loss, inspection costs per unit and product escapes, in conjunction with other targets per the DTAP.
• Provide subject matter expertise in Design transfer processes and procedures, participating and interfacing in internal & external audits with regulatory representatives.
• Represent NPI Quality Assurance at Design reviews and ensure integrity of the process design through robust NPI quality deliverables.
• Support device design into production specifications.
• Lead the efficient and timely transfer of lessons learnt knowledge to Quality engineering support, and regional peers.
• Provide expert quality process support post launch per DTAP agreement.
• Support the control of product, through appropriate system containment to guard against product escape during pre-released builds.

What you will need:

• Bachelor of Science, Engineering or related subject with 4 years’ experience in a quality or technical discipline

Travel Percentage: 10%