Staff Engineer, Electrical

Stryker; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 89,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Medical is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to lead the design, development, testing, and integration of complex electronic hardware for the EMS business, guiding projects from concept through commercialization to improve patient care.

You will own hardware architecture, embedded systems, PCB design, verification plans, and DFMEA, collaborating with firmware, software, quality, regulatory, and manufacturing teams to deliver safe, reliable medical devices and robust design history

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 4+ years of electrical hardware design experience.
• Experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting electronic systems.
• Proficiency with schematic capture, circuit design, and analysis tools.
• Strong fundamentals in electronics and system-level design.

Responsibilities

• Translate needs into hardware design inputs and specs.
• Lead embedded hardware development across lifecycle.
• Create and maintain schematics, BOMs, and design docs.
• Lead PCB design, layout, and verification for SI/PI and thermal performance.
• Conduct board bring-up, debugging, and root-cause investigations.
• Develop hardware verification plans, DFMEA, and design controls.
• Collaborate with firmware, software, QA, regulatory and manufacturing.

Skills

Embedded hardware design

Microcontrollers

Circuit design

Power management

PCB design

DFMEA

Design controls

Regulatory compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

EDA tools

Schematic capture

Job description

Stryker Medical is seeking a talented Staff Electrical Engineer to support the development of innovative medical devices within our Emergency Medical Services (EMS) business. In this role, you will lead the design, development, testing, and integration of complex electronic hardware systems, partnering with cross-functional teams from concept through commercialization to deliver safe, reliable, and high-quality products that improve patient care. You will play a key role in advancing next-generation solutions through electrical architecture development, hardware validation, system integration, and technical leadership. Learn more about the product you would support: Emergency Medical Services | Stryker

What You Will Do

• Translate user and clinical needs into design inputs, specifications, and innovative hardware solutions.
• Design and develop complex embedded systems and electronic hardware, using low-power microcontrollers, analog/digital circuits, communication interfaces, and power management architectures.
• Create and maintain electrical schematics, design documentation, and Bills of Materials (BOMs) using industry-standard EDA tools.
• Lead PCB design and layout activities, ensuring signal integrity, power integrity, thermal performance, and manufacturability.
• Perform hands‑on board bring‑up, debugging, testing, and root cause investigations using advanced lab equipment.
• Develop and execute hardware verification activities, including test plans, DFMEA, design controls, risk management, and compliance documentation.
• Select and integrate key system components such as sensors, motors, actuators, and other electromechanical technologies.
• Collaborate closely with firmware, software, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, clinical, and cross‑functional teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Drive medical device product development from concept through launch while incorporating Voice of Customer feedback, clinical insights, and market needs.
• Ensure compliance with medical device standards, regulatory requirements, quality systems, and Design History File (DHF) documentation while mentoring others on best practices.

What You Need (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• 4+ years of experience in electrical hardware design and product development.
• Experience designing, developing, testing, and troubleshooting electronic systems and circuits.
• Proficiency with electrical design tools for schematic capture, circuit design, and analysis.
• Strong understanding of electrical fundamentals, components, and system‑level design principles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with embedded hardware, microcontrollers, analog/digital circuitry, communication interfaces, and power management.
• Experience with PCB design, layout, board bring‑up, and hardware debugging.
• Knowledge of signal integrity, power integrity, thermal management, and design for manufacturability.
• Experience with sensors, actuators, motors, and electromechanical systems.
• Medical device experience, including design controls, risk management, DFMEA, verification/validation, and regulatory requirements.
• Experience working in a cross‑functional product development environment from concept through commercialization.
• Familiarity with industry standards, quality systems, and Design History File (DHF) documentation.

$89,300 - $148,800 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&DD 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.