Staff Engineer, Electrical

Stryker Corporation; Portage (MI); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel 10%

Job summary

Stryker Corporation is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to lead the hardware design and development of EMS medical devices. You will drive concept through launch, develop embedded systems, validate with DFMEA, and collaborate across regulatory, quality, manufacturing, and clinical teams.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and 4+ years of hardware experience, including PCB design and signal integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering is required.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Embedded systems

Hardware design

Electrical fundamentals

Schematic capture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

EDA tools

PCB design tools

Job description

Work Flexibility: Hybrid 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 Travel Percentage: 10%

Equal Opportunity Statement

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.

About Stryker

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.