Field Service Technician (Neptune) - Chicago, IL

Stryker Corporation; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 77,366,000 - 106,163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-provided vehicle

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k)

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Stryker Corporation is seeking a Field Service Technician to service Neptune equipment, traveling across the Northern Chicago area and beyond. You will perform installation, maintenance and repair on medical devices, ensuring uptime and patient care quality.

The role emphasizes travel, strong customer interactions, documentation and adherence to safety and credentialing requirements. Company-provided vehicle, benefits and growth opportunities are included.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Valid driver's license with ability to travel within territory.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to meet facility credentialing and PPE requirements.

Responsibilities

• Travel to hospitals and healthcare facilities for service requests, installations and maintenance.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose and repair equipment to restore functionality.
• Install, maintain and inspect medical equipment per guidelines.
• Support software, connectivity and system configuration as needed.
• Coordinate service schedules and communicate findings to customers and teams.
• Document service activities, parts usage and results in company systems.
• Interpret technical manuals and bulletins to resolve issues.
• Work in healthcare environments with PPE and safety requirements.

Education

Associate degree or technical training

Bachelor's degree (preferred)

Valid driver's license

Proficiency with Microsoft Office

Ability to travel frequently

Excellent customer service

Job description

Work Flexibility: Field-based Field Service Technician – Neptune

As a Field Service Technician supporting Neptune, you will serve as a key technical resource for healthcare customers across your assigned territory. This field-based role focuses on equipment service, troubleshooting, maintenance, and documentation, with most of your time spent traveling in a company-provided vehicle between customer sites, resolving technical issues, and ensuring equipment performs as intended. Success in this role depends on delivering a positive customer experience through effective service support, clear communication, accurate documentation, and strong collaboration with healthcare customers, clinical staff, sales partners, and internal stakeholders. This role requires the ability to manage multiple service priorities, work independently in customer environments that can be fast-paced or stressful, and collaborate with internal partners when additional support or coordination is needed.

What You Will Do

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers and internal partners, including sales and commercial teams, to deliver exceptional customer experiences, ensure optimal equipment performance, and support business goals within the assigned territory.
• Travel to hospitals and healthcare facilities to complete assigned service requests, installations, and preventive maintenance activities.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair equipment issues to restore functionality and minimize downtime.
• Install, maintain, and inspect medical equipment in accordance with service guidelines and quality standards.
• Support software, connectivity, and system configuration activities as required to maintain equipment performance.
• Coordinate service schedules, prioritize customer requests, communicate service findings and recommendations, and provide timely updates to customers and internal stakeholders.
• Document service activities, repairs, parts usage, and results in company systems to maintain accurate records.
• Interpret technical manuals, service bulletins, and engineering documentation to resolve equipment issues.
• Work in healthcare environments, including areas where biohazardous materials may be present, while adhering to customer site requirements, safety standards, patient confidentiality policies, company procedures, and required personal protective equipment (PPE).

What You Will Need

• High school diploma or GED.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel frequently within the assigned territory, including overnight and weekend travel as needed, as well as occasional travel outside the territory to support business needs and coverage requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to meet healthcare facility credentialing, compliance, safety, and access requirements, which may include vaccinations, training, screening requirements, and personal protective equipment (PPE), with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to perform the essential physical requirements of the role, with or without reasonable accommodation, including standing, walking, bending, and working at customer sites for extended periods; regularly moving up to 20 pounds; and occasionally lifting up to 75 pounds.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of technical service, equipment repair, maintenance, or related experience.
• Associate degree, bachelor's degree, or formal technical training in a technical discipline.
• Experience with biomedical equipment maintenance, repair, installation, or field service support.

Schedule: May require overtime, evening, overnight, or weekend work to support customer requirements.

Benefits: Company-provided vehicle for work-related travel, medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), paid time off, employee stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement, life insurance, disability coverage, and wellbeing programs.

(Technician should live in the Northern Chicago area ideally... Skokie, Niles, Des Plaines, Arlington Heights, Highland Park...ETC)

United States of America Pay Ranges: US10: $27.00 - $37.05 USD Hourly Travel Percentage: 30%

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.

Stryker is driven to work together with our customers to make healthcare better. Employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required, depending on customer requirements, to obtain the COVID-19 vaccination as an essential function of their role.

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces! For more information, visit: www.stryker.com

Work Flexibility Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location. Field-based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary. Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field-based. Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements. Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category. Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility. Roles that are partially remote or co-located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite would be defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.