Quality Engineering Technician - 1st Shift -… at Stryker · San Jose

Work Flexibility: Onsite

Join a quality-focused team supporting the inspection and evaluation of components and finished products within a regulated manufacturing environment. This role provides hands-on experience applying quality standards, analyzing product performance, and supporting continuous improvement efforts. You will work closely with engineers and production teams to ensure products meet established specifications and regulatory requirements.

What you will do

• Execute inspection, testing, and evaluation activities on raw materials, components, and finished products to verify compliance with specifications
• Develop and maintain inspection and testing procedures to support consistent quality standards
• Analyze product, process, and supplier performance data to identify trends and report findings
• Document and recommend corrective actions based on nonconformance reports and returned product analysis
• Support supplier qualification activities by evaluating vendor performance and inspection results
• Apply statistical process control methods to monitor performance and optimize operating parameters
• May train team members on inspection techniques, quality procedures, and regulatory requirements
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers to resolve product reliability or quality concerns
• May need to travel domestically to other Stryker sites to support product reworks

What you will need

Required

• High School Diploma or GED
• 2+ years of relevant experience ​
• Requires ability to lift 10–50 lbs. frequently and up to 75 lbs. occasionally

Preferred

• Associate degree in technical or engineering-related discipline
• Minimum 1 year of technical experience in a manufacturing or quality environment
• Training or certification in quality assurance or inspection methods
• Experience supporting electro-mechanical or mechanical product inspection processes

$31.91 - $43.79 USD Hourly

Travel Percentage: 10%

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.

Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.