Senior Staff/Principal Electrical Engineer

Work Flexibility: Onsite

Join Stryker Medical’s Acute Care team, where we design high-acuity hospital products that directly impact patient care—such as med-surg beds, ICU beds, and support surfaces. We are seeking a Sr. Staff Electrical Engineer to lead the end-to-end development of electrical components and subsystems for medical devices, from early research through product launch, ensuring compliance with medical device standards. In this role, you will gain deep insights into customer needs through research, collaboration with upstream marketing, and direct clinician interactions. Working with a diverse, cross-functional team, you’ll design, develop, evaluate, and verify innovative electrical solutions that improve patient outcomes.

What You Will Do:

•  Design & Development: Lead or mentor design and development of electrical components, subsystems and/or systems for medical devices- including schematic capture, layout, and failure mode analysis for PCBAs, cables, and electromechanical parts.
• Testing & Analysis: Develop advanced circuit/system test methods; analyze EMI/EMC, reliability, safety, cost, and manufacturability.
• Prototyping & Problem-Solving: Conduct advanced prototyping, lead and guide in correction/troubleshooting of complex product design, and balance trade-offs.
• Customer & Market Insight: Translate user needs to design inputs/ specifications and produce complex system level designs independently.
• Compliance & Documentation: Lead others to create and refine engineering documentation, such as the Design History file. Contribute to R&D procedures and development of industry standards working closely with cross-functional business units.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing, and Project Management teams to ensure project success.
• Business acumen: Contribute to competitive and market strategy by demonstrating in-depth knowledge of the market, customer dynamics and competitive offerings.

 

What You Will Need:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 6+ years of electrical design experience in product development.
• Advanced understanding of electrical components, failure modes, and manufacturing methods.
• Proficiency in CAD and circuit design/analysis tools.
• Ability to interpret system drawings and design for mechanical/software/electrical interactions.
• Knowledge of EMI/EMC, reliability, and safety standards.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of wired and wireless communication interfaces, including I2C, UART, RS-232, RS-485, CAN, SPI, LVDS, Ethernet, and DRAM interfaces, with proficiency in the hardware, software, simulation tools such as PSpice, PCBA layout tools, and troubleshooting techniques required to develop, validate, and debug robust interface solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across engineering teams and external suppliers, including electrical, software, and mechanical disciplines, to implement EMC best practices, execute testing at internal/external labs, drive process improvements, and develop test methods such as ICT and FCT.

 

  

• $102,600 - $171,000 USD Annual

  

Travel Percentage: 20%

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.

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