Senior Staff Electrical Engineer

Stryker; Portage (MI); On-site; USD 103,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Senior Staff Electrical Engineer to drive complex product development, shape electrical system architecture, and elevate technical excellence across the organization. You will influence design and deliverables from concept through launch, leading PCBA, motor control, power, sensing, and system integration.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and Clinical teams, and influence decisions that impact patients and healthcare

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline required.
• 6+ years of progressive engineering experience with increasing technical responsibility.
• Strong experience in electrical system and PCBA design.
• Advanced understanding of complex electrical components, circuits, and subsystems.
• Experience leading electrical design, testing, and technical problem solving.
• Demonstrated ability to lead or mentor engineers and influence cross-functional teams.
• Strong root-cause investigation and systems-level problem-solving skills.
• Excellent technical communication and collaboration skills.
• Preferred: Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• Preferred: Medical device or regulated industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex electrical design and development through design, verification, and launch.
• Define and influence electrical system architecture for complex electromechanical medical devices.
• Provide technical leadership in PCBA, motor control, power, sensing, and system integration.
• Lead complex root-cause investigations, design reviews, risk assessments, and technical decisions.
• Apply advanced circuit design, electrical testing, statistical methods, stackups, and system analysis to solve complex problems.
• Lead a defined technical area of expertise, establishing best practices and advancing engineering capabilities.
• Collaborate across R&D, Systems, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and Clinical teams to deliver high-quality products.
• Mentor, develop, and inspire engineers while building future technical leaders.
• Hold self and others accountable for high-quality results, technical rigor, and business priorities.
• Identify and apply new technologies to improve product performance, reliability, cost, and customer experience.

Skills

Electrical design

PCBA design

Root-cause analysis

Systems thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PCB CAD tools

Electrical stackups

Job description

As a Senior Staff Electrical Engineer, you will serve as a highly influential technical leader responsible for advancing complex product development, shaping electrical system architecture, and driving technical excellence across the organization.

You will contribute to complex product development across the design, development, verification, and launch process while serving as a technical expert in electrical engineering. This role combines strong technical expertise with systems thinking, problem solving, design execution, and cross-functional collaboration.

You will lead a defined technical area of expertise while contributing to broader product and platform strategy. You will be expected to operate with a high degree of independence, navigate complex and ambiguous technical challenges, and influence decisions across R&D and the broader organization.

Learn more about our Surgical Technologies division: Stryker Surgical Technologies.

What You Will Do

• Lead complex electrical design and development through design, verification, and launch.


• Define and influence electrical system architecture for complex electromechanical medical devices.


• Provide technical leadership in PCBA, motor control, power, sensing, and system integration.


• Lead complex root-cause investigations, design reviews, risk assessments, and technical decisions.


• Apply advanced circuit design, electrical testing, statistical methods, stackups, and system analysis to solve complex problems.


• Lead a defined technical area of expertise, establishing best practices and advancing engineering capabilities.


• Collaborate across R&D, Systems, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and Clinical teams to deliver high-quality products.


• Mentor, develop, and inspire engineers while building future technical leaders.


• Hold self and others accountable for high-quality results, technical rigor, and business priorities.


• Identify and apply new technologies to improve product performance, reliability, cost, and customer experience.

What You Need

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.


• 6+ years of progressive engineering experience with increasing technical responsibility.


• Strong experience in electrical system and PCBA design.


• Advanced understanding of complex electrical components, circuits, and subsystems.


• Experience leading electrical design, testing, and technical problem solving.


• Demonstrated ability to lead or mentor engineers and influence cross-functional teams.


• Strong root-cause investigation and systems-level problem-solving skills.


• Excellent technical communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.


• Medical device or other highly regulated industry experience.


• Knowledge of IEC 60601, ISO 14971, and applicable regulatory requirements.


• Experience with motor control, power electronics, sensing, vacuum systems, and embedded hardware.


• Advanced knowledge of manufacturing, production testing, and design-for-manufacturability.


• Experience with electrical stackups, statistical methods, and system/environmental interactions.


• Experience taking products from concept through commercialization.


• Demonstrated innovation through patents, new technologies, or significant product contributions.

About Stryker

Stryker is a global leader in medical technology, driven by a purpose that goes beyond engineering: making healthcare better for patients, clinicians, and healthcare systems around the world.

What makes Stryker stand out is the opportunity to combine meaningful purpose with some of the most challenging engineering problems in healthcare. Our engineers develop technologies that are used in critical moments every day, where performance, reliability, and innovation truly matter.

At Stryker, you will work alongside talented engineers, clinicians, scientists, and business leaders to turn complex customer needs into products that improve patient and healthcare outcomes. We provide the scale and resources of a global medical technology leader while giving engineers the opportunity to own technical problems, influence product strategy, and see their ideas become real products in the hands of customers.

If you are looking for a place where your technical expertise can have a direct impact on patients, customers, and the future of healthcare, Stryker offers an opportunity few engineering organizations can match.

$102,600 - $171,000 USD Annual

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.