Engineering Manager, Advanced Operations (Hybrid)

Stryker; Arroyo (PR); On-site; USD 103,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker is seeking an Engineering Manager, Advanced Operations to lead engineering teams and oversee complex programs that support design, validation, and introduction of medical device products.

You will drive project execution, financial accountability, and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, manufacturing, R&D, and business teams to deliver innovative medical devices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• Minimum 8 years of applicable professional experience.
• Minimum 2 years of direct people management experience.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Experience delivering projects or programs against defined timelines, quality requirements, and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop engineering teams by defining responsibilities, managing performance, supporting talent development, and planning future team capabilities.
• Direct complex engineering projects and programs, managing scope, timelines, budgets, staffing, technical requirements, quality, and project deliverables.
• Guide teams through technical, business, and operational challenges using structured problem-solving and process improvement methodologies.
• Drive design, testing, integration, product specifications, and process validation activities for new products and manufacturing processes.
• Manage project and team financials, including budget development, forecasting, resource planning, and ongoing spending oversight.
• Ensure engineering projects and programs comply with applicable medical device regulatory and quality requirements.
• Collaborate with manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers, product specialists, senior leaders, customers, and key opinion leaders to align technical, clinical, and business requirements.
• Make project, program, and portfolio-level decisions while monitoring delivery against defined timelines, quality requirements, budgets, and business objectives.

Skills

Team leadership

Project management

Communication

Structured problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Join Stryker as an Engineering Manager, Advanced Operations, leading engineering teams and complex programs that support the design, validation, and introduction of medical device products. This role combines people leadership, technical oversight, project execution, financial accountability, and cross-functional collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, R&D, and business teams.

What you will do

• Lead and develop engineering teams by defining responsibilities, managing performance, supporting talent development, and planning future team capabilities.
• Direct complex engineering projects and programs, managing scope, timelines, budgets, staffing, technical requirements, quality, and project deliverables.
• Guide teams through technical, business, and operational challenges using structured problem-solving and process improvement methodologies.
• Drive design, testing, integration, product specifications, and process validation activities for new products and manufacturing processes.
• Manage project and team financials, including budget development, forecasting, resource planning, and ongoing spending oversight.
• Ensure engineering projects and programs comply with applicable medical device regulatory and quality requirements.
• Collaborate with manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, designers, product specialists, senior leaders, customers, and key opinion leaders to align technical, clinical, and business requirements.
• Make project, program, and portfolio-level decisions while monitoring delivery against defined timelines, quality requirements, budgets, and business objectives.

What You Will Need

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Minimum 8 years of applicable professional experience.
• Minimum 2 years of direct people management experience.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Experience delivering projects or programs against defined timelines, quality requirements, and budgets.

Preferred:

• Experience executing talent and performance management strategies.

• Experience with product design, testing, process validation, or design for manufacturability.

• Experience in the medical device industry and/or automation process.

• Puerto Rico: $102,600 - $171,000 USD Annual