Manager, R&D - A&D NPD

Stryker Corporation; Portage (MI); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation in the United States is seeking a Manager, Engineering – R&D to lead an engineering team developing innovative medical technologies, with emphasis on software and electrical product development. You will guide product development across the lifecycle, manage resources, budgets, and schedules, and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality medical devices.

Qualified candidates have a strong leadership background, an engineering degree, and at least eight years

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• Minimum 8 years experience in engineering or product development.
• Minimum 2 years direct people management experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and delivering projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing R&D team focused on software and electrical product development.
• Provide technical leadership and direction while empowering engineers to solve complex design challenges.
• Drive execution across development programs, including planning, staffing, schedules, budgets, and priorities.
• Collaborate with Systems, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and Program Management to maintain momentum.
• Ensure compliance with medical device regulations and design controls.

Skills

People leadership

Cross-functional teams

Software engineering

Electrical engineering background

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid It's Time to Join Stryker! Stryker Medical, Emergency Care is seeking a Manager, Engineering – R&D to lead a talented engineering team supporting the development of innovative medical technologies. This is an opportunity for an engineering leader with a strong engineering background who enjoys developing people while remaining closely connected to technical product development. The team is composed primarily of software engineers, making software and electrical experience particularly valuable. The ideal candidate brings a combination of technical credibility, people leadership, and product development experience and understands how to move complex engineering programs forward in a fast-paced environment while maintaining the quality and rigor required for medical devices.

What You Will Do

Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing R&D engineering team, with a strong focus on software and electrical product development. Provide technical leadership and direction while empowering engineers to solve complex design and development challenges. Lead engineering activities across the product development lifecycle, helping teams translate product needs into robust technical solutions and successfully deliver products to market. Drive execution across complex development programs, including resource planning, staffing, schedules, budgets, technical priorities, and delivery commitments. Partner closely with Systems, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Program Management, and other cross-functional teams to resolve technical challenges and maintain program momentum. Guide teams through technical tradeoffs, design decisions, risk management, troubleshooting, and problem resolution. Build an environment of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and strong engineering practices. Recruit, retain, coach, and develop engineering talent while creating meaningful growth and development opportunities for team members. Ensure engineering activities comply with applicable medical device regulations, quality systems, and design control requirements. Communicate technical strategies, program risks, resource needs, and recommendations effectively to cross-functional partners and senior leadership. Balance technical rigor, quality, cost, and speed to help teams execute successfully in a dynamic product-development environment. Partner with customers, clinicians, and other key stakeholders as appropriate to ensure technical solutions support user and clinical needs.

What You Will Need

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field
• Minimum 8 years experience in engineering or product development
• Minimum 2 years direct people management experience
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and delivering projects

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong software or electrical engineering background and experience leading SWEE-based development teams.
• Experience developing and launching at least one product, preferably within the medical device or healthcare industry.
• Experience leading complex engineering or product-development programs and working across multiple technical and business functions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead engineers, influence cross-functional teams, resolve complex problems, and drive projects toward completion.
• Experience working within a regulated product-development environment and familiarity with medical device design controls.
• Experience leading development of complex products incorporating software, electronics, and other multidisciplinary technologies.
• Demonstrated success coaching and developing engineers at multiple experience levels.
• Experience with engineering resource planning, project budgeting, and prioritization across multiple programs.
• Experience working in fast-paced product-development environments where teams must balance schedule, cost, quality, and regulatory requirements.

Salary

$118,000 - $196,700 USD Annual Travel Percentage: 20%

EEO Statement

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.

About Stryker

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!

Work Flexibility Remote

Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace.

Work Flexibility 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.

Work Flexibility Onsite

Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements.

Work Flexibility 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.