Who we want:
As a R&D Embedded SW Senior Engineer, you will perform a wide variety of technical work in planning, design and implementation of embedded software for medical devices used by surgeons and healthcare surgical staff to allow them to plan and perform their procedures. This role will be a key contributor to the embedded software development process of embedded medical devices that supports our electrosurgery portfolio.
What you will do:
Technical Responsibilities:
Conduct or design prototyping and bench testing.
Conduct problem solving, identify potential solutions, and evaluate them against component and sub-system requirements.
Conduct research and studies to support product design.
Translate design inputs to engineering specifications and produce component and sub-system level designs.
Code development time/resource estimation to support projects.
Design new components applying various design concepts.
Generate and review the necessary documents with project teams (requirements, design, architecture, bugs, test).
Business Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate advanced understanding of customer needs and design inputs.
- Demonstrate proficiency with product’s intended use and clinical procedures.
- Learn how the financial models are constructed.
Med Device Compliance:
- Follow fundamental industry standards, design requirements and test strategies which apply to regulatory requirements.
- Independently create or refine engineering documentation, such as the Design History file.
- Follow R&D procedure like design controls and risk management, per the Quality Management System.
General Responsibilities:
- Work cooperatively with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing and Project Management to ensure project success as a key member of the team, collaborating with others and solidifying relationships.
- Quickly process and assimilate procedures, policies, processes, systems, and technology required.
- Work on complex problems, applying advanced experience and learnings.
- Demonstrate ownership and prioritize work with minimal supervision.
- Build relationships and influence among peers.
- Lead code reviews for components in systems applying design principals, coding standards and best practices.
- Develop and design software components per requirements and architecture defined.
Minimum Qualifications (Required):
- Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering/ Computer Science or related discipline & 2+ years of work experience
Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):
Technical Skills:
- Knowledgeable programming skills in C and C++. Design new components applying various concepts design concepts and patterns
Design and Development Skills:
- Experience with integrated development environments (IDE) for projects.
- Experience with software tools for static/dynamic analysis, memory management, code coverage and techniques for analyzing software.
- Integration and deployment processes experience using ST microcontrollers preferred.
Software Process Skills:
- Experience in creating estimates for code implementation time/resource for assigned tasks.
- Experience in Software Development Life Cycle processes.
- Experience using Application Lifecycle Management /Traceability tools.
- Experience with regulatory and compliance standards applied to the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).
Preferred Skills / Engineering tools:
- Understands the theory and methods of Embedded Software (C/C++) and can apply them under minimal supervision while demonstrating:
- Proficiency in designing, developing, coding, testing, debugging and maintenance of embedded software
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering/ Computer Science or related discipline
- 2+ years of work experience in embedded software
- Programming skills in C and C++
- Experience with integrated development environments (IDE)
- Experience with software tools for static/dynamic analysis
- Experience using ST microcontrollers
- Experience in Software Development Life Cycle processes
- Experience with regulatory and compliance standards applied to the SDLC
Stryker Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stryker and has not been reviewed or approved by Stryker.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with multiple medical plan options and added protections such as critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity, plus mental health resources. Wellbeing programs, onsite gyms, and fitness/nutrition classes further reinforce the perceived strength of health benefits.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings are seen as strong, highlighted by a competitive 401(k) plan with company matching and potential discretionary contributions. These elements are often viewed as valuable pillars of total rewards.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Variable pay is viewed positively, with annual bonuses and sales commissions often lifting total compensation. Incentive plans are seen as a meaningful contributor to pay satisfaction in roles where performance drives earnings.
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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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