Lead Electrical R&D Engineer, Medical Devices

Stryker Group; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 226,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker in Irvine, California seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer for Peripheral Vascular to lead design and development of advanced medical devices. You will guide electrical, mechanical, and system-level decisions, mentor engineers, and drive innovation across the product lifecycle.

Requirements include a BS in a related engineering field and 8+ years in product development, with expertise in electro-mechanical systems, verification, and cross-functional leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Eight years of relevant product development experience.
• Experience designing, developing, and optimizing complex electrical/electro-mechanical systems.
• Ability to lead across electrical and mechanical disciplines.
• Experience translating user needs into requirements, system architectures, and product specifications.
• Strong understanding of system integration, verification, validation, and problem-solving methodologies.
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing cross-functional technical teams.
• Proficiency with engineering design, analysis, modeling, and testing tools relevant to the candidate's area of expertise.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and evaluation of complex electro-mechanical systems, subsystems, and platform-level architectures for medical devices.
• Guide decisions across electrical, mechanical, and integrated system designs while balancing performance, manufacturability, reliability, and cost.
• Lead advanced prototyping, testing, verification, and resolution of complex technical challenges using data-driven analysis.
• Apply advanced engineering principles to solve multidisciplinary problems spanning mechanical, electrical, and system-level domains.
• Partner with clinical stakeholders and cross-functional teams to translate voice-of-customer insights into innovative product solution.
• Drive innovation through invention disclosures, patent development, and the evaluation and integration of emerging technologies.
• Serve as a technical leader and mentor, influencing electrical engineering design initiative across the organization in technical excellence, compliance, and best practices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, Manufacturing, and Marketing teams to ensure successful product development and commercialization.
• Act as an independent reviewer of engineering documentation and ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and quality requirements.
• Lead initiatives that improve electrical engineering processes, tools, product performance, and organizational capability.

Skills

Electrical engineering

System integration

Mentoring engineers

Regulatory knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Product development leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering

Job description

Stryker in Irvine, California seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer for Peripheral Vascular to lead design and development of advanced medical devices. You will guide electrical, mechanical, and system-level decisions, mentor engineers, and drive innovation across the product lifecycle.

Requirements include a BS in a related engineering field and 8+ years in product development, with expertise in electro-mechanical systems, verification, and cross-functional leadership.