Quality Engineering Technician - 1st Shift - Pay Starting at $31.91/hr

Stryker
San Jose, CA

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

Pay rate will not be below any applicable local minimum wage rates.

$31.91 - $43.79 USD Hourly

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.
Posted 2026-07-06

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