Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite
This is an initial 12 month FTC position based in Stryker R&D's NeuroHub, Model Farm Rd, Cork.
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 R&D Engineer to join our team and play a key role in launching new products to treat stroke. 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.
- User-focused creators. Engineers who design with the user in mind, developing medical devices that help change patients’ lives.
- 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 R&D Engineer will work with team of engineers and technicians 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.
- Provide Design for Manufacturability (DFM) input.
- Designs/procures tooling, fixtures and equipment.
- Writes validation protocols and reports applicable to new processes (e.g. Equipment, Process).
- 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:
- Bachelors or Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related degree
- 6+ months of work experience
- 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).
- Self-Starter/Autonomous
- A good analytic and mathematics understanding
- Experience of Microsoft Power Apps (Microsoft Power BI, etc)
- Self-Starter/Autonomous
- Team player
- Good communication skills
- Ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams (Quality, Manufacturing. Project Managers etc.)
Travel Percentage: 10%
Top Skills
What We Do
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 www.stryker.com.
Together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better.
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