Senior Staff Test Engineer, Test Engineering

Strykers Sage division located in Cary IL is seeking a Senior Staff Test Engineer R&D to support the design development and execution of test systems fixtures and methods used to evaluate the performance durability reliability and safety of our healthcare products.

In this role you will serve as a technical expert for test fixture design lab capabilities data acquisition systems and product evaluation methods. You will partner closely with R&D Quality Manufacturing Operations electrical/software engineering teams technicians suppliers and external labs to ensure products meet functional requirements design inputs and reliability expectations.

This is a highly collaborative technical leadership role where you will influence test strategy improve lab capabilities mentor other team members and help drive high-quality product development through robust testing and data-driven decision making.

At Sage you will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced hands-on environment supporting products that help improve patient and caregiver safety. You will bring technical depth practical engineering judgment and a continuous improvement mindset to help ensure our products perform reliably in real-world use environments.

You will:

• Lead the design development and refinement of mechanical electromechanical and/or virtual test fixtures for components subsystems and full product systems.
• Serve as a technical expert on lab capabilities including hardware configurations test system architecture instrumentation software integration and data acquisition.
• Develop and execute test plans in partnership with R&D Quality Manufacturing Operations electrical/software test teams and technicians.
• Lead the development of test systems and fixtures to support product development design verification reliability testing and failure investigation.
• Partner with electrical and software test engineers to integrate hardware software controls and data acquisition systems into test fixtures and lab equipment.
• Analyze test data identify failure modes and translate findings into actionable recommendations that improve product quality durability reliability and design performance.
• Evaluate recommend procure and maintain actuation systems instrumentation sensors data acquisition tools and other technologies to continuously improve test methods and lab capabilities.
• Lead root-cause investigations and support product reliability improvement efforts through test data analysis failure analysis and technical reporting.
• Serve as a technical lead for test team members technicians contractors external labs suppliers and cross-functional partners as needed.
• Act as an internal subject matter expert on test methods reliability tools industry standards and applicable regulations.
• Share best practices across teams and sites participate in global technical forums and contribute to continuous improvement of test systems procedures and capabilities.

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering Biomedical Engineering Electrical Engineering or related engineering discipline is required
• 6 years of experience in test engineering product development reliability engineering mechanical/electromechanical testing or a related engineering field is required.

• Experience designing developing or supporting test fixtures test systems lab equipment and/or product evaluation methods.
• Experience with data acquisition systems test control systems instrumentation sensors and/or test automation tools.
• Experience analyzing test data documenting results and communicating technical findings to cross-functional teams.
• Experience with LabVIEW Pro/ENGINEER/Creo ANSYS Nastran or similar engineering analysis and test tools.
• Experience with mechanical electromechanical or dynamic testing methods including force load stress strain fatigue durability reliability or life-cycle testing.
• Experience with statistical and reliability tools such as design of experiments measurement system analysis Weibull analysis reliability modeling or similar methods.
• Experience supporting root-cause analysis failure investigations design verification or product reliability improvement initiatives.
• Experience working with cross-functional engineering teams technicians external labs contractors suppliers manufacturing partners or operations teams.
• Experience interpreting or applying industry standards regulatory expectations or internal engineering standards in a regulated product development environment.
• Experience with FEA misuse/abuse testing use-environment research or similar advanced testing methods.
• Experience supporting healthcare medical device consumer healthcare durable goods packaging formulation or regulated product environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects mentor others influence across teams and drive solutions with limited direction.

• $112900 - $188100 USD Annual