Staff R&D Engineer, Peripheral Vascular - Sensors

Stryker Corporation; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 103,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker Corporation in Irvine, California, is seeking a Staff R&D Engineer to lead the R&D Concept team focused on sensing technologies for vascular catheter platforms. You will translate physician insights into engineering requirements and drive concept-stage projects from feasibility to validation.

The role demands strong leadership, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and hands-on prototyping and testing of advanced sensing modalities to improve procedural efficiency and patient

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical, or Systems Engineering.
• Minimum 4 years of medical device product development experience.
• Experience translating clinical or user needs into engineering requirements and specs.

Responsibilities

• Lead research, evaluation, and integration of novel sensing technologies for vascular catheter platforms.
• Translate clinical insights into engineering specifications and system architectures.
• Lead concept-stage R&D projects through feasibility, prototype development, and testing.
• Mentor engineers and influence technical strategy across concept-stage projects.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation in compliance with design controls.

Skills

Technical leadership

R&D project management

Sensor technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or Systems Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Work Flexibility

Onsite At Stryker, we’re committed to improving healthcare through cutting edge medical technologies. As a Staff R&D Engineer at our Stryker Peripheral Vascular Division, you will be a technical lead on our R&D Concept team. This role will drive the identification, evaluation, and integration of novel sensing technologies into future vascular catheter platforms, with the goal of improving procedural efficiency, physician decision-making, and patient outcomes. Specifically, you will act as a Sensor SME and lead the conception, development, and validation of advanced sensing modalities relevant to our catheter‑directed therapies. You will partner closely with physicians, engineering teams, technology suppliers, and strategic collaborators to define requirements, assess technical feasibility, and accelerate the development of breakthrough vascular products. This role is onsite in Irvine, California. To learn more about Stryker’s Peripheral Vascular portfolio, please click here: Peripheral Vascular | Stryker

What You Will Do

Lead the research, evaluation, and integration of novel sensing technologies and electromechanical systems for next‑generation vascular catheter platforms. Identify unmet clinical needs and translate physician insights into innovative technical solutions and product concepts. Lead concept‑stage R&D projects through early feasibility, prototype development, testing, and technology maturation activities. Translate clinical and user needs into engineering specifications, system architectures, and subsystem‑level designs. Research, design, develop, modify, and verify catheter‑based medical device components and sensing technologies with minimal supervision. Prototype, assemble, test, and rapidly iterate design solutions to validate technical feasibility, system performance, and clinical value. Apply engineering principles to solve complex technical challenges involving sensors, signal acquisition, electromechanical systems, and catheter‑based therapies. Partner closely with physicians, technology suppliers, and cross‑functional stakeholders to evaluate emerging technologies and inform development strategies. Create and maintain engineering documentation, including Design History Files, risk assessments, and technical reports in compliance with design control procedures. Act as a technical leader and subject matter expert, mentoring engineers, driving engineering best practices, and influencing technical strategy across concept‑stage projects. This role is onsite in Irvine, California.

What You Need

Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. Minimum 4 years of medical device product development experience supporting Class II and/or Class III medical devices. Experience developing, integrating, or evaluating sensing technologies, electrical architectures, or electromechanical systems within a regulated product development environment. Demonstrated experience leading technical projects, feasibility studies, prototype development efforts, verification testing activities, or cross‑functional engineering initiatives. Experience translating clinical, physician, or user needs into engineering requirements, technical specifications, and product concepts. Proficiency with CAD tools such as SolidWorks and experience creating engineering documentation and technical drawings.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience integrating sensors, electronics, or electromechanical systems into catheter‑based medical devices. Expertise with sensing technologies such as ultrasound sensing, pressure sensing, RF‑based technologies. Experience supporting early‑stage innovation, concept development, and technology feasibility programs. Working knowledge of the medical device product development lifecycle, including concept generation, design controls, verification, validation, and product commercialization. Knowledge of CAE, FEA, GD&T, DFM, and medical device materials and manufacturing processes. Proven ability to mentor engineers, influence technical direction, and serve as a subject matter expert within a multidisciplinary engineering team.

US15: $102,700 - $171,100 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.

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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.