Equipment Engineering Specialist

Equipment Engineering Specialist

The Equipment Engineering Specialist will be a key member of the R&D Operations Asset Management team, based at our Salt Lake City, Utah facility. The equipment engineering specialist will be responsible for supporting the installation, qualification and ongoing support of R&D test and fabrication equipment, enabling R&D teams to accelerate the development of next-generation product portfolios.

What You Will Do:

• Perform equipment troubleshooting and repair including extrusion systems, laser cutting systems, catheter and guidewire fabrication and test equipment.
• Perform scheduled and un-scheduled maintenance of R&D lab equipment.
• R&D lab asset calibration tracking and coordination.
• Generate documentation such as tool specifications for new assets.
• Support equipment validations (FAT, SAT, EQ) for new equipment.
• Set up and manage spare parts kanban and re-ordering system.
• Support R&D lab space management including moving in/out equipment as required and managing equipment in storage.
• Actively participate in project team meetings. Provide coordination & monitoring of project task execution & progress against deliverables.
• Build quality into all aspects of work by maintaining compliance to all quality requirements.
• Use sound technical judgement in making independent decisions.
• Initiate and follow change notices through to completion and implementation.
• Support problem solving, root cause analysis, identify potential solutions, and evaluate them against requirements in their area of expertise.

What You Need:

Required:

• Two-year Technical Degree (i.e., AS, Certificate) and/or equivalent experience.
• Job typically requires a minimum of 5 years of technical work experience with medical device products.

• Good analytical & problem-solving skills (Minitab).
• Good written & verbal communication skills.
• Use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint or other presentation software.
• Proficiency with external vendor communications.
• Bench fixturing / tooling support specification determination.
• SME for all prototype building and test methods within team or franchise.

Preferred:

• 10 years of experience.

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.