Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Medical Device Platforms

Stryker; Portage (MI); On-site; USD 118,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a dynamic and visionary product development leader to guide large, complex programs through systems engineering. As the technical quarterback, you will shape system-level architectures and ensure seamless integration across hardware, software, data, and partner technologies while maintaining a patient-centric focus.

You will influence across functions and geographies, drive risk analyses, maintain design controls, and champion MBSE approaches to deliver safe, high-quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Biomedical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of relevant engineering experience in product development, systems engineering, or technical leadership roles.
• Experience developing products within a regulated industry environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead system architecture, technical strategy, and integration activities for complex medical device products and platforms.
• Translate customer, clinical, and business needs into system-level requirements and drive alignment across software, electrical, and mechanical engineering teams.
• Lead requirements development, allocation, traceability, and verification planning throughout the product lifecycle.
• Drive system-level decision making, architecture reviews, tradeoff analyses, and risk assessments.
• Lead cross-functional product development efforts from concept through verification, ensuring delivery of safe, reliable, and high-quality solutions.
• Partner with Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, and Engineering stakeholders to ensure compliance with design controls and applicable standards.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate product development risks while promoting a risk-based development approach.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend new capabilities, platforms, and solutions that support future customer needs.
• Build alignment across global stakeholders and influence design direction without direct authority.

Skills

Systems engineering

Technical leadership

MBSE (SysML)

Requirements management

Architecture definition

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering or related field

Tools

Jama

DOORS

Polarion

SysML modeling

Job description

Stryker is seeking a dynamic and visionary product development leader to guide large, complex programs through systems engineering. As the technical quarterback, you will shape system-level architectures and ensure seamless integration across hardware, software, data, and partner technologies while maintaining a patient-centric focus.

You will influence across functions and geographies, drive risk analyses, maintain design controls, and champion MBSE approaches to deliver safe, high-quality