Principal R&D Engineer, Electro-Mechanical

Work Flexibility: Onsite

Are you ready to lead cutting-edge projects that directly impact the lives At Stryker were driven by a shared mission to make healthcare better. As a Principal Electrical Engineer at Peripheral Vascular for our Research & Development team youll design and develop advanced medical devices that improve patient outcomes globally. This is your opportunity to lead innovation mentor talent and solve complex challenges that matter.

This role is in Irvine California.

To learn more about our Peripheral Vascular portfolio please click here: Peripheral Vascular Stryker.

What You Will Do

• Lead the design development and evaluation of complex electro-mechanical systems subsystems and platform-level architectures for medical devices.
• Guide decisions across electrical mechanical and integrated system designs while balancing performance manufacturability reliability and cost.
• Lead advanced prototyping testing verification and resolution of complex technical challenges using data-driven analysis.
• Apply advanced engineering principles to solve multidisciplinary problems spanning mechanical electrical and system-level domains.
• Partner with clinical stakeholders and cross-functional teams to translate voice-of-customer insights into innovative product solution.
• Drive innovation through invention disclosures patent development and the evaluation and integration of emerging technologies.
• Serve as a technical leader and mentor influencing electrical engineering design initiative across the organization in technical excellence compliance and best practices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D Quality Regulatory Clinical Manufacturing and Marketing teams to ensure successful product development and commercialization.
• Act as an independent reviewer of engineering documentation and ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and quality requirements.
• Lead initiatives that improve electrical engineering processes tools product performance and organizational capability.

What You Will Need

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Biomedical Engineering Mechatronics Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• Minimum eight years of relevant engineering experience in product development.
• Proven experience designing developing and optimizing complex electrical/electro-mechanical systems.
• Demonstrated expertise in electrical engineering with the ability to effectively lead across both disciplines.
• Experience translating user needs into technical requirements system architectures and product specifications.
• Strong understanding of system integration verification validation and engineering problem-solving methodologies.
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing cross-functional technical teams.
• Proficiency with engineering design analysis modeling and testing tools relevant to the candidates area of expertise.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in medical device development or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience with the design and development of catheter-based medical devices including the integration of electrical sensing or electromechanical technologies.
• Advanced knowledge of system integration across electrical and software domains.
• Experience with Design for Manufacturability (DFM) reliability engineering and systems engineering principles.
• Knowledge of electrical system design circuit development testing methods or controls engineering.
• Knowledge of mechanical design materials manufacturing processes CAD modeling GD&T and CAE tools.
• Strong understanding of regulatory requirements engineering documentation and quality system compliance. (ex: IEC 60601)
• Ability to communicate complex technical strategies and influence stakeholders across multiple business functions.

• US15: $135700 - $226200 USD Annual

Travel Percentage: 10%

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