Senior Test Engineer (Hybrid Cary, IL)

Stryker; Cary (IL); Hybrid; USD 86,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Short-term disability

Job summary

Stryker Sage is seeking a highly skilled Test Engineering professional to support the design, development, and validation of innovative medical products. This role is hybrid in Cary, IL with the expectation to be in office 3 days a week.

You will develop and own comprehensive test plans, design robust fixtures, and lead test system development across product development and validation efforts. Mentorship of junior staff and collaboration with quality and design teams are essential to success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in test engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute, and own comprehensive test plans in collaboration with quality, design, and test engineering to assess safety, efficacy, and product requirements.
• Design, develop, and refine mechanical, electrical, and virtual test fixtures for components and sub-systems to meet functional and reliability targets.
• Leverage laboratory capabilities, including hardware configurations, software integration, and data acquisition systems.
• Lead the development of test systems and fixtures supporting product development, validation, and continuous improvement.
• Analyze test data, investigate failures, and lead root-cause analysis with formal test reports per company standards.
• Provide mentorship to junior test team members, technicians, third-party labs, and contractors, acting as SME.
• Evaluate, procure, and maintain actuation systems, instrumentation, sensors, and testing technologies.
• Act as internal SME on test methods, industry standards, reliability tools, including statistics, DOE, Weibull, stress/strain, FEA, and abuse testing.

Skills

Test engineering

Data analysis

Root-cause analysis

Mentorship

Weibull analysis

FEA

Education

Bachelor's degree in Biomedical/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Tools

Data acquisition systems

Job description

Stryker Sage is seeking a highly skilled Test Engineering professional to support the design, development, and validation of innovative medical products. This role plays a critical part in ensuring product safety, efficacy, and performance through advanced test systems and fixtures, while also serving as a technical leader within the organization.

This role is hybrid in Cary, IL with the expectation to be in office 3 days a week.

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What You Will Do:

• Develop, execute, and own comprehensive test plans through an understanding of design requirements in collaboration with quality, design, and test engineering to assess safety, efficacy, and any other product requirements.
• Design, develop, and refine mechanical, electrical, and virtual test fixtures for components and sub-systems, ensuring designs meet functional requirements, design inputs, and reliability targets.
• Able to leverage laboratory capabilities, including hardware configurations, software integration, and data acquisition systems.
• Lead the development of test systems and fixtures that support product development, validation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Analyze test data, investigate failures, and lead root-cause analysis efforts, delivering clear, actionable insights through formal test reports aligned with company standards.
• Provide mentorship to junior test team members, technicians, third-party labs, and contractors, acting as a trusted subject matter expert.
• Evaluate, recommend, procure, and maintain actuation systems, instrumentation, sensors, and testing technologies to advance testing methods and capabilities.
• Act as an internal point of contact on test methods, industry standards, and reliability tools, including statistical analysis, design of experiments, Weibull analysis, stress and strain analysis, FEA, and use, misuse, and abuse testing.

What You Need (Required Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline
• 2+ years of experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Test system automation experience
• Medical device or regulated industry experience
• Understanding of medical device design controls and product development processes

$85,500 - $142,500 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.