Senior Robotic Systems Engineer — Hybrid Medical Innovation

Stryker; Florida; Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker seeks an engineering professional to drive development for the Mako robotic-assisted platform. You will translate clinical needs into robust requirements and work across software, hardware, and clinical teams to bring features from concept to implementation.

The role emphasizes hands-on prototyping, data-driven decision making, and collaboration with surgeons and clinicians to optimize patient outcomes. Hybrid/onsite work options available in the US.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field.
• 2+ years of industry experience in engineering product development.
• Experience with robotics, electromechanical systems preferred.
• Familiarity with MATLAB, C, C++, Python.
• Experience with medical devices or regulated/safety-critical industry.
• Systems engineering practices including requirements development, decomposition, traceability, and verification.
• Experience with Jama or similar requirements tools.
• Experience working with customers/clinicians to understand needs.

Responsibilities

• Support design, development, implementation, and integration of features for Stryker’s Mako robotic platform across software, robotics, implants, and instrumentation.
• Translate clinical needs into engineering concepts, system requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and evaluate early concepts and prototypes to inform design decisions.
• Apply engineering judgment and trade-off analysis balancing clinical, technical, and product requirements.
• Work hands-on with integrated robotic systems to evaluate performance and identify root causes.
• Collaborate with software, controls, mechanical, platform, and test engineers from concept to development and implementation.
• Maintain system requirements and design documentation and contribute to traceability and design control.
• Collaborate with verification teams to ensure measurable requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Interact with surgeons and clinical stakeholders to understand workflows and incorporate feedback into designs.
• Analyze test data using engineering and statistical methods to inform decisions.
• Support product lifecycle from early concept through launch and post-launch support.
• Stay current on emerging technologies to improve performance, usability, or efficiency.

Skills

Curious

Hands-on

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Communication skills

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

MATLAB

C/C++

Python

Modeling tools

Job description

Stryker seeks an engineering professional to drive development for the Mako robotic-assisted platform. You will translate clinical needs into robust requirements and work across software, hardware, and clinical teams to bring features from concept to implementation.

The role emphasizes hands-on prototyping, data-driven decision making, and collaboration with surgeons and clinicians to optimize patient outcomes. Hybrid/onsite work options available in the US.