Senior Staff Systems Engineer - Data

Stryker Corporation; Florida; Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation in Florida is seeking a Senior Staff Systems Engineer to define data architecture for the robotic platform and oversee data management across R&D, service, clinical, and insight use cases. You will lead data logging capabilities, ensuring traceable, secure data across domains.

Lead architecture reviews, model system data needs, and drive compliance with medical device regulations while mentoring engineers and partnering with customers and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, or Biomedical Engineering and 6+ years of work experience.
• Experience in developing and optimizing complex systems.
• Experience leading cross-functional architecture decisions across systems and software domains.
• Experience with real-time and event-driven data flows.
• Ability to translate clinical, service, R&D, regulatory, and business use cases into system-level data needs, architecture decisions, requirements, and implementation roadmaps.
• Demonstrated experience defining data architectures, data products, information models, schemas, metadata, interfaces, and lifecycle strategies for complex system-of-systems products.
• Knowledge of data governance, privacy, cybersecurity, and regulated-data practices, including PII/PHI classification, labeling, retention, access, and secure transfer.

Responsibilities

• Lead the data architecture and management framework for the robotic platform.
• Define and implement data architectures supporting clinical applications, modular tools, and platform services.
• Develop data logging capabilities for traceable, secure, interoperable data across domains.
• Drive architecture reviews, risk analyses, and governance for data structures and interfaces.

Skills

Cross-functional architecture choices

Real-time data flows

Translate use cases into data needs

Data governance and cybersecurity

Data architectures and data products

PII/PHI data handling

Education

Bachelor of Science in Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, or Biomedical Engineering

Tools

Requirements Management Tools

System Modeling Tools

ISO 13485 knowledge

Job description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

What You Will Do:

The Senior Staff Systems Engineer will be responsible for the data architecture and management framework for the robotic platform. This role will lead the definition and implementation of data architectures supporting clinical applications, modular utility tools and platform services across R&D, service, clinical, and insight intra-operative and post-operative use cases. The role will lead the development of data logging capabilities enabling consistent, traceable, secure, and interoperable collection and management of data across the machine, utility, and clinical domains. Lead the research, design, development, and evaluation of complex robotic and medical device systems, including platform data architecture and data management capabilities. Translate clinical, customer, regulatory, and business needs into system requirements, architecture decisions, and implementation roadmaps. Define and maintain system and data architecture artifacts, including requirements models, interface definitions, data flows, and test architectures. Drive requirements decomposition, system modeling, and cross-functional integration across software, electrical, mechanical, and systems engineering teams. Lead system verification, validation, and analytical activities, including trade studies, performance assessments, optimization studies, and risk analyses. Establish governance for data structures, interfaces, security, interoperability, and lifecycle management across platform and clinical data domains. Guide resolution of complex design challenges, facilitate architecture reviews, and support product development through release in compliance with medical device regulations and standards. Mentor engineers, contribute to technology strategy and innovation, and partner with customers and cross-functional stakeholders to advance product and platform capabilities.

What You Will Need:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, or Biomedical Engineering & 6+ years of work experience


• Experience in developing and optimizing complex systems


• Experience leading cross-functional architecture decisions across systems and software domains


• Experience with real-time and event-driven data flows


• Ability to translate clinical, service, R&D, regulatory, and business use cases into system-level data needs, architecture decisions, requirements, and implementation roadmaps


• Demonstrated experience defining data architectures, data products, information models, schemas, metadata, interfaces, and lifecycle strategies for complex system-of-systems products


• Working knowledge of data governance, privacy, cybersecurity, and regulated-data practices, including PII/PHI classification, labeling, retention, access, and secure transfer

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced knowledge of Requirements Management Tools and System Modeling Tools


• Knowledge of ISO 13485 and ISO 14971

Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. and not require employment-based sponsorship now or in the future.

$118,000 - $196,700 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.