Staff Engineer, Electrical

Stryker Group; Portage (MI); On-site; USD 89,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Medical in Portage, MI seeks a Staff Electrical Engineer to lead the design, development, testing, and integration of complex electronic hardware for EMS devices, collaborating from concept to commercialization.

You will own electrical architecture, hardware validation, system integration, and technical leadership while ensuring compliance with medical device standards and Design History File (DHF) documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 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.

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 hardware design

Electrical system design

DFMEA

Design controls

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

EDA tools

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