Senior Mechanical Engineer - Disposable Fluid-Path Plastics

Stryker Group; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 168,400; Full time

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support the development and lifecycle management of disposable fluid-path components within the Urology portfolio. The role emphasizes injection-molded plastic design, supplier collaboration, and cross‑functional teamwork to resolve design, manufacturing, and field issues.

The engineer will balance sustaining existing products with new tubing and disposable solutions, serving as a primary interface to suppliers and mentoring from plastics SME

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Two or more years of product‑development experience is required.
• Experience designing injection‑molded plastic parts or small plastic components is required

Responsibilities

• Translate customer and product needs into engineering requirements and designs for disposable fluid-path components.
• Develop 3D models, drawings, GD&T documentation.
• Lead supplier collaboration during concept development, tooling, and production support.
• Plan, execute, and document design verification testing.
• Support design transfer and process validation.
• Investigate product, manufacturing, and field issues using root‑cause analysis and corrective‑action methods.
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, manufacturability, quality, and cost.

Skills

Mechanical design

Injection-molded plastics

GD&T

Root-cause analysis

Supplier collaboration

Design controls

3D CAD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

Tools

3D CAD software

Job description

Stryker is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to support the development and lifecycle management of disposable fluid-path components within the Urology portfolio. The role emphasizes injection-molded plastic design, supplier collaboration, and cross‑functional teamwork to resolve design, manufacturing, and field issues.

The engineer will balance sustaining existing products with new tubing and disposable solutions, serving as a primary interface to suppliers and mentoring from plastics SME