Senior Engineer - Product Engineering

Stryker Corporation; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation in Phoenix, AZ seeks a Hybrid Senior Engineer to sustain and improve medical devices through design changes, validation, and cross‑functional collaboration with Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and Operations.

You will lead investigations of product issues, implement CAPA and process improvements, and drive design control activities to ensure performance, reliability, and regulatory compliance across the product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Biomedical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 2 years engineering experience in a regulated industry.
• Experience with design controls, CAPA, or regulatory submissions (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead and support sustaining engineering projects for released medical devices, including design changes, line extensions, and product improvements.
• Investigate product, process, and packaging issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Partner with Quality teams to evaluate customer complaints and resolve product performance concerns.
• Coordinate design control, risk management, validation, and regulatory activities associated with product changes.
• Represent Research & Development on continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product quality, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Conduct engineering studies, testing, and validation activities to support design changes and process improvements.
• Collaborate with Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Marketing, Sales, suppliers, and customers to support business objectives.
• Apply statistical analysis and engineering principles to evaluate performance data and support technical decision-making.

Skills

Regulated industry experience

Statistical analysis

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Biomedical Engineering

Tools

Design controls

Regulatory submissions

Job description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid Senior Engineer - Product Engineering Phoenix, AZ

This position focuses on sustaining engineering activities that enhance product performance, quality, manufacturability, and regulatory compliance. Working across cross-functional teams, you will investigate product issues, implement design and process improvements, and help ensure products continue to meet customer and business needs.

Work Flexibility: Hybrid: candidates must reside within commuting distance of Phoenix, AZ and be able to work onsite several days per week.

What You Will Do

• Lead and support sustaining engineering projects for released medical devices, including design changes, line extensions, and product improvements.
• Investigate product, process, and packaging issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Partner with Quality teams to evaluate customer complaints and resolve product performance concerns.
• Coordinate design control, risk management, validation, and regulatory activities associated with product changes.
• Represent Research & Development on continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product quality, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Conduct engineering studies, testing, and validation activities to support design changes and process improvements.
• Collaborate with Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Marketing, Sales, suppliers, and customers to support business objectives.
• Apply statistical analysis and engineering principles to evaluate performance data and support technical decision-making.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of engineering experience in a regulated industry.
• Experience supporting product investigations, design changes, validation activities, or quality improvement initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of medical device regulations, including design control requirements and regulatory submissions.
• Experience supporting complaint investigations, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), or post-market product support.
• Experience with statistical analysis and data-driven problem solving.

$77,700 - $129,500 USD Annual Travel Percentage: 10%

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 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.