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Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer

Stryker


Job Location:

Kalamazoo, MI - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 77700 - 129500
Posted: 3 September 2026 (12 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 1 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Work Flexibility: Onsite

As a Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer you will support manufacturing operations by analyzing processes leading improvement initiatives and driving measurable results across production systems. This position combines hands-on execution with cross-functional collaboration to optimize performance in a regulated manufacturing environment.

What You Will Do

  • Lead and co-facilitate value stream mapping workshops and kaizen events to identify opportunities for operational improvement.

  • Implement future-state process improvements that reduce lead times changeover times inventory levels and other key lean performance metrics.

  • Design and optimize material and workflow systems between manufacturing work cells to improve production flow and efficiency.

  • Partner with Finance and operational teams to quantify track and report cost reduction and productivity improvement results.

  • Coach and train employees on lean manufacturing principles root cause analysis and continuous improvement methodologies while personally executing improvement projects.

What You Will Need

Required:

  • Bachelors degree required.

  • Minimum 2 years of professional experience in manufacturing engineering operations continuous improvement or a related field.

  • Minimum 2 years of experience supporting process improvement operational excellence or lean manufacturing initiatives.

Preferred:

  • Bachelors degree in Engineering.

  • Lean Manufacturing certification.

  • Experience working in a highly regulated industry such as medical device pharmaceutical aerospace or similar manufacturing environments.

  • Experience leading value stream mapping kaizen events or productivity improvement projects.

  • Experience analyzing operational metrics and implementing process improvements that improve efficiency quality or cost performance.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

$77700 - $129500 USD Annual

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 contractors legal duty to furnish information.


Required Experience:

Senior IC


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Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongsid ... View more

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