Staff Electrical Engineer, Embedded Systems

Stryker Corporation; Greenwood Village (CO); On-site; USD 98,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation in Greenwood Village, CO is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer, Embedded Systems to lead design and verification of hardware and software for regulated medical devices in the Arthroscopy pumps and related equipment.

You will bring-up hardware and firmware, perform root-cause analysis, and collaborate across R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, and Clinical teams to deliver robust, compliant solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field.
• 4+ years designing embedded systems, with hardware and firmware ownership.
• Experience with regulated medical devices preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and verify electrical and software components for regulated medical devices.
• Bring-up and debug hardware/firmware integration at the signal level.
• Support EOL evaluations and engineering changes to sustain product lines.
• Apply testing methods and participate in design reviews to ensure compliance.
• Translate user needs into design requirements and architectures.
• Collaborate across R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, and Marketing.

Skills

Embedded systems

C/C++ programming

PCB bring-up

Signal-level debugging

Regulatory understanding

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

CAD tools

Circuit design/analysis tools

Job description

Work Flexibility: Onsite Stryker is hiring a Staff Electrical Engineer, Embedded Systems for our Sports Medicine business in Greenwood Village, CO. In this role, you will serve as a senior technical contributor, supporting the full product life cycle including sustainment, design, development, and verification of complex electrical and software systems for our line of Arthroscopy pumps and soft-tissue/bone resection medical devices. You will apply technical expertise to solve design challenges by translating clinical and user needs into robust solutions. You will collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, and Clinical partners, ensuring designs meet performance, quality, and regulatory standards.

What you will do:

• Design, develop, and verify electrical and software components and sub-systems for regulated medical devices.
• Bring-up and debug electrical/firmware integration at the signal level, diagnosing failures across the hardware/software boundary.
• Support product End of Life (EOL) component evaluations, execute design changes and complete engineering change orders to support sustained market success.
• Apply circuit, system, and software test methods, including prototyping, verification, validation, and design reviews to ensure robust, compliant designs.
• Help translate user, clinical, and Voice of Customer inputs into clear design requirements, specifications, and architectures at the component and sub-system level.
• Analyze and resolve design issues using independent judgment, balancing technical, regulatory, cost, and schedule tradeoffs.
• Develop, modify, and review software per defined architecture and requirements, applying design principles, coding standards, and best practices in code reviews.
• Contribute to high-quality engineering documentation, including requirements, design artifacts, test strategies, defect tracking, and Design History Files.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams (R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing, and Project Management), influencing outcomes and driving projects forward.

What you need:

• Required Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum of 4+ years of experience designing and developing embedded systems, with hands-on ownership across both hardware and firmware domains; including PCB bring-up, signal-level debugging, component failure analysis, alternative component selection and qualification, and/or embedded firmware development.
• Understanding of electrical components and common failure modes, with the ability to interpret, analyze, and test electrical and system-level designs.
• Experience analyzing system architectures, schematics, and design documentation to understand design intent and implement changes within defined technical and regulatory constraints.
• Preferred: Experience in Medical Device development or other regulated industries.
• Working knowledge of the end-to-end electrical design process, including use of CAD and circuit design/analysis tools.
• Experience developing software in C/C++ and applying software engineering best practices, including code analysis, memory management, defect resolution, integration, deployment, and SDLC methodologies.

$98,200 - $163,700 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 health care 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.