Engineering Manager, Advanced Operations (Hybrid)

Stryker; United States; Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker is hiring an Engineering Manager, Advanced Operations, to lead engineering teams across design, validation, and introduction of medical device products. You will oversee scope, schedules, budgets, and cross-functional collaboration with manufacturing, R&D, and business teams.

The role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering, 8+ years of experience, and at least 2 years in people management, with fluent English. Hybrid work arrangement in Puerto Rico, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of applicable professional experience.
• 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 in talent and performance management, product design/testing/validation, or automation in medical devices.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

People management

Engineering leadership

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

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

Travel Percentage: 20%

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 contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.