Staff Engineer, R&D

Why engineering at Stryker?

At Stryker we are dedicated to improving lives, with a passion for researching and developing new medical device products. As an engineer at Stryker, you will be proud of the work that you will be doing, using cutting-edge technologies to make healthcare better. Here, you will work in a supportive culture with other incredibly talented and intelligent people, creating industry-leading medical technology products. You will also have growth opportunities as we have a culture that supports your personal and professional development.

Need another reason to apply? Check out these 8 reasons to join Stryker's engineering team: https://www.strykercareersblog.com/post/8-reasons-to-join-strykers-engineering-team 

Position Summary

The Neurovascular Stroke Market is continuing to go through huge growth, driven by developments in new products to improve clinical outcomes, treat more patients and save lives.

We are hiring a Staff R&D Engineer to join our team and play a key role in launching new products to treat stroke. This is a permanent position based in Stryker Model Farm Rd Neuro Hub, Cork.

If you have excellent communication and influencing skills and an ability to provide direction to other engineers and technicians in developing new processes and technologies, then please keep reading and apply below!!

Prior experience working on developing minimally invasive medical devices and/or associated processing technologies is not necessary but would be advantageous.

Who We Want

• Analytical Problem Solvers. People who go beyond to just fixing to identifying root causes, evaluating optimal solutions, and recommending comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.
• Digital transformation. People who drive the use digital technologies to create improve business processes, culture, and customer experiences.
• Detail-Oriented Process Improvers. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimise work processes – finding ways to simplify, standardise and automate.
• Effective Communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders, senior management, and their teams.
• Collaborative Partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions

What You will Do

The Staff R&D Engineer will work with NPI teams to develop the relevant processes and technologies required to launch new products. Working cross-functionally will be a key part of the role in order to facilitate successful launches of new neurovascular devices to treat stroke.

• Executes the functional deliverables associated with the PDP/TDP, Project Management, and Quality Systems.
• Designs/procures tooling, fixtures and equipment.
• Writes validation protocols and reports (e.g. Equipment, Process) applicable to new processes.
• Ensure proper documentation is completed to meet quality systems requirements. (e.g., BOM’s, Routers, FMEA’s, etc.)
• You should be able to apply engineering and scientific rationale along with the application of methodical problem solving and data analysis techniques to provide direction to address technical issues.
• You will get fantastic career development and training opportunities in this role so that you can grow with the business and be well positioned to help drive future new product development programmes.

What You Need

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline
• 4+ years of work experience
• Good problem solving and trouble shooting skills
• Excellent planning skills
• Experience of Microsoft Power Apps (Microsoft Power BI, etc)
• A good analytic and mathematics understanding
• Experience in Automation desired but not essential
• Excels at problem solving (Ability to work through each problem, use case, etc., and find the root cause, then provide potential solutions; methodical 4D/DMAIC)

About Stryker
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company 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 130 million patients annually. More information is available at stryker.com.