Staff Electrical Engineer

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Portage, MI, USA
In-Office
89K-149K Annually
Mid level
Healthtech • Other • Robotics • Biotech • Manufacturing
Together with our customers, we're on a mission to make healthcare better.
The Role
Designs and develops electrical components and subsystems for regulated medical devices. Leads circuit prototyping, testing, troubleshooting, reliability analysis, and design validation. Translates user and clinical needs into specifications, resolves complex design issues, collaborates with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, and Regulatory teams, maintains Design History Files, and mentors engineers on design controls, risk management, and industry standards.
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Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite

At Stryker, we’re driven to make healthcare better. As a Staff Electrical Engineer-PCB within our Orthopaedic Instruments R&D team, you won’t be designing concepts that may never reach patients. You’ll be improving and redesigning products that are already trusted by surgeons around the world. This is an opportunity to apply your electrical engineering expertise to enhance performance, reliability, manufacturability, and patient outcomes across a portfolio of established medical technologies. Working alongside cross-functional partners, you’ll tackle complex technical challenges, influence product evolution, and make a measurable impact on devices used every day in operating rooms.

Interested in the products you'll help support and improve? Learn more about our Orthopaedic Instruments portfolio and the MAKO RPS handpiece:

https://www.stryker.com/us/en/about/news/2026/stryker-introduces-mako-handheld-robotics-mako-rps.html

What You Will Do

  • Design and develop electrical components and subsystems for medical devices, meeting performance and compliance standards.

  • Apply advanced circuit and system test methods to validate designs and ensure reliability.

  • Lead prototyping and testing efforts to evaluate design feasibility and performance.

  • Translate user needs into design inputs and specifications, ensuring alignment with clinical requirements.

  • Analyze and resolve complex design issues using data-driven approaches to improve processes and outcomes.

  • Collaborate across R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, and Regulatory teams to drive project success.

  • Author and maintain engineering documentation, including Design History Files, in compliance with regulatory standards.

  • Mentor team members on design controls, risk management, and industry standards.

What You Will Need

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.

  • 4+ years of relevant engineering experience.

  • PCB/circuit design, electrical system testing and troubleshooting experience.

  • Ability to interpret and analyze system-level drawings and interactions.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Working knowledge of design controls and regulatory compliance in a product development environment.

  • Experience designing for medical devices or other regulated industries.

  • Knowledge of common electrical component failure modes and mitigation strategies.

  • Familiarity with Voice of Customer (VoC) processes and clinical procedure inputs.

  • Understanding of system and environmental interactions in product design.

  


$89,300 - $148,800 USD Annual

  


Travel Percentage: 10%

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.

Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
  • 4+ years of relevant engineering experience
  • Experience with PCB or circuit design
  • Experience with electrical system testing and troubleshooting
  • Ability to interpret and analyze system-level drawings and interactions
  • Working knowledge of design controls and regulatory compliance in a product development environment
  • Experience designing medical devices or products in other regulated industries
  • Knowledge of electrical component failure modes and mitigation strategies
  • Familiarity with Voice of Customer processes and clinical procedure inputs
  • Understanding of system and environmental interactions in product design

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.

  • Healthcare Strength Multiple medical plan options with HSA support and global mental‑health access indicate broad, accessible care. These features materially enhance the overall value of the total‑rewards package.
  • Retirement Support A meaningful 401(k) company match with potential additional company contribution, alongside an ESPP, supports long‑term savings and wealth building. Documented plan specifics help employees understand eligibility, timing, and vesting mechanics.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental and caregiver leave, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and practical supports like breast milk shipping reflect a comprehensive, family‑friendly approach. These offerings address varied family‑building paths and caregiving needs.

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The Company
HQ: Portage, MI
51,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1941

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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