Senior Staff/Principal Engineer

Stryker; Gurgaon; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a seasoned Staff/Senior Engineer to lead automation initiatives across multiple projects in Gurgaon, India. The role focuses on designing, developing, and deploying automated manufacturing solutions that lower variability and boost performance.

Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, researching new manufacturing technologies, validating processes (VP/IQ/OQ/PQ), and driving continuous improvement with Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering—Embedded Systems, Mechatronics, Automation, or related field.
• 12–15 years of relevant engineering experience, preferably in industrial automation, process development, or advanced manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across designing, developing, and deploying automated solutions.
• Mentor Staff Engineers and Engineers across multiple projects.
• Research and apply advanced manufacturing technologies to automate production.
• Support capital equipment acquisition including requirements, vendor eval, installation, and validation.
• Lead process validations and create associated documentation.
• Drive continuous improvement and best-practice adoption site-wide.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to identify strategic opportunities.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory expectations and design controls.

Skills

Embedded Systems

Mechatronics

Automation

Leadership

Process Development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Embedded Systems/Mechatronics/Automation)

Tools

Python

Industrial automation

PLC/SCADA

Computer vision

Job description

What You Will Do:

• Provide technical leadership in designing, developing, and deploying automated solutions that minimize variability, streamline workflows, and enhance operational performance across multiple projects. Lead, mentor, and guide Staff Engineers, Senior Engineers, Engineers, Co-ops, Technicians, and Operators.
• Research advanced manufacturing technologies and develop new methods to automate production processes and digitally monitor performance for quality and efficiency.Collaborate with senior leadership to identify, develop, and execute opportunities for strategic and process improvements.
• Support capital equipment acquisition—including requirements definition, vendor evaluation, contract negotiation, installation, commissioning, and validation.
• Champion automation and manufacturing excellence across the site, including adoption of best practices and continuous improvement methodologies and Benchmark automation technologies and process capabilities across the Stryker network.
• Communicate effectively with business partners to resolve process, product, and equipment issues.Evaluate project outcomes and provide manufacturing guidance, recommendations, and support as required.
• Support new product and new process introduction activities, ensuring alignment with Stryker’s New Product Development Process.
• Lead and execute process validations (VP, IQ, OQ, PQ), author associated documentation, and ensure compliance with regulatory expectations.Conduct Gauge R&R studies, capability analyses, and process characterization for new and existing processes.
• Lead assigned value-stream and cross-functional projects, including scoping, budgeting, specification, execution, qualification, documentation, and operational handover
• Demonstrate proficiency in applying industry standards, including design requirements, qualification strategies, and regulatory guidelinesLead creation, review, and refinement of engineering documentation including the Design History File (DHF), technical reports, and validation packages.
• Follow and mentor team members on R&D procedures, including design controls, risk management, and documentation per Stryker’s Quality Management System.

What you need:

Required Skills-

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering—Embedded Systems, Mechatronics, Automation, or related field.
• Experience 12 years - 15 years of relevant engineering experience, preferably in industrial automation, process development, or advanced manufacturing.

Preferred Skills

• Strong ability to develop, optimize, and troubleshoot mechanical and electro-mechanical systems, with strong understanding of DFM principles.
• Deep knowledge of Computer vision/programming with Python /Industrialautomation/ electrical/ pneumatic, and hydraulic systems used in automated manufacturing.
• Working knowledge of process validation, statistical tools (PFMEA, SPC), and methodologies including Lean, Six Sigma, and structured problem solving (DMAIC).
• Ability to communicate moderately complex technical concepts, project plans, and system architectures to cross-functional team members.
• Exposure to industrial controls, PLCs, HMIs, sensors, robotics, and machine vision is highly desirable

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. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.