Staff Product Safety Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits - medical & Rx

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Short-term disability

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Product Safety Engineer in Grand Rapids, MI, to lead safety programs across complex R&D projects and ensure safety requirements are embedded from concept through development. You will engage with leadership to influence safety initiatives, assure compliance with U.S.

and global standards, and guide testing to meet third-party certifications. The role emphasizes education, mentorship, and strong collaboration with external bodies, driving a culture of safety and shaping

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 4+ years engineering experience.
• Experience leading Product Safety Programs for complex R&D projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead Product Safety Programs for complex sustainability projects within Product Engineering, ensuring safety requirements are integrated throughout product development.
• Collaborate with leadership and influencing technical and organizational safety initiatives across business units.
• Ensure Regulatory Compliance with U.S. and international electrical and mechanical safety standards, regulations, and certifications.
• Direct Safety Testing Activities by supporting laboratory personnel, developing test plans, and ensuring compliance testing meets third-party certification requirements.
• Collaborate with External Certification Bodies including NRTLs and other organizations to achieve and maintain product certifications.
• Provide Product Safety technical education, mentorship, and frameworks that support the growth of early-career Product Safety Engineers.
• Promote a Strong Safety Culture by embedding product safety, compliance, and industry best practices across engineering and design teams.
• Provide Strategic Technical Leadership by resolving complex safety challenges, supporting product lifecycle activities, consulting on compliance issues, and shaping future technology roadmaps.

Skills

Electrical safety knowledge

Regulatory compliance understanding

Communication skills

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

4+ years engineering experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

Testing methodologies

Job description

• Lead Product Safety Programs for complex sustainability projects within Product Engineering, ensuring safety requirements are integrated throughout product development.
• Collaborate with leadership and influencing technical and organizational safety initiatives across business units.
• Ensure Regulatory Compliance with U.S. and international electrical and mechanical safety standards, regulations, and certifications.
• Direct Safety Testing Activities by supporting laboratory personnel, developing test plans, and ensuring compliance testing meets third-party certification requirements.
• Collaborate with External Certification Bodies including NRTLs and other organizations to achieve and maintain product certifications.
• Provide Product Safety technical education, mentorship, and frameworks that support the growth of early-career Product Safety Engineers.
• Promote a Strong Safety Culture by embedding product safety, compliance, and industry best practices across engineering and design teams.
• Provide Strategic Technical Leadership by resolving complex safety challenges, supporting product lifecycle activities, consulting on compliance issues, and shaping future technology roadmaps.

What You Will Do

• Lead Product Safety Programs for complex sustainability projects within Product Engineering, ensuring safety requirements are integrated throughout product development.
• Collaborate with leadership and influencing technical and organizational safety initiatives across business units.
• Ensure Regulatory Compliance with U.S. and international electrical and mechanical safety standards, regulations, and certifications.
• Direct Safety Testing Activities by supporting laboratory personnel, developing test plans, and ensuring compliance testing meets third-party certification requirements.
• Collaborate with External Certification Bodies including NRTLs and other organizations to achieve and maintain product certifications.
• Provide Product Safety technical education, mentorship, and frameworks that support the growth of early-career Product Safety Engineers.
• Promote a Strong Safety Culture by embedding product safety, compliance, and industry best practices across engineering and design teams.
• Provide Strategic Technical Leadership by resolving complex safety challenges, supporting product lifecycle activities, consulting on compliance issues, and shaping future technology roadmaps.

What You Need (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related Engineering degree
• 4+ years of engineering experience
• Prior experience leading Product Safety Programs for complex R&D projects, ensuring safety requirements are integrated throughout product development.

Preferred Qualifications

• Possess an understanding of IEC standards and understanding of compliance or related regulatory compliance standards.
• Viewed as a divisional resource in area of expertise.
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Competent with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.).
• Demonstrated competence and an intermediate level of expertise in product design theory and application as applied specifically to electrical hardware and architecture, microcontroller, microprocessor, wireless technologies, embedded systems but also familiarity with mechanical components and products.
• Work within and apply the following standards in the development of our products (not limited to the below standards):
• IEC 60601-1 (General Safety Requirements for Medical Electrical Equipment)
• IEC 60601-1-2 (EMC)
• IEC 60529 (Ingress Protection for Enclosures)
• IEC 61000 Series (EMC Testing Techniques)
• UL 746C (Polymeric Material Used In Electrical Equipment)
• (Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety requirements)
• IEC 61010-1 (Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use - Part 1: General requirements )
• ISO 17025 (General Requirements For The Competence Of Testing And Calibration Laboratories)

$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&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.