Staff R&D Electrical Engineer

Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite

Stryker Instruments is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to support New Product Development of our Neurosurgical product portfolio.  In this role, you will design and develop schematics and PCB layouts in our medical devices. This role goes beyond engineering—it’s about collaboration, leadership, and driving innovation. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams, translating user needs into precise design specifications, influencing clinical outcomes, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. With the opportunity to engage directly with clinicians and stakeholders, you’ll bring products from concept to market, addressing real-world challenges and making a measurable difference in patients' lives.

Check out our Neurosurgical product portfolio here: Stryker Neurosurgical

This role is hybrid with the expectation to be on-site in Portage, MI, 3 days a week.

What You Will Do:

• Independently design and develop schematics and PCB layouts for electronic circuit boards in medical devices, ensuring alignment with system requirements.

• Develop, review, and execute electrical system tests using advanced equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers) to validate performance and reliability.

• Identify and evaluate solutions to complex product design challenges, balancing tradeoffs at the component and sub-system levels.

• Lead the creation and refinement of technical documentation, including schematics, design descriptions, stack-up calculations, and manufacturing test specifications.

• Interface with manufacturers to define and implement manufacturing test specifications for scalable production.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing, and Project Management to drive project success.

• Build relationships and influence across engineering teams, fostering collaboration and technical excellence.

• Deliver high-quality results with passion, energy, and a strong commitment to meeting business priorities such as process improvements, technology advancements, and product development from concept to launch.

What You Need:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline

• 4+ years of work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced understanding of electrical components and manufacturing methods including common failure modes.

• Ability to interpret, analyze, and test electrical designs.

• Working knowledge of the electrical design process.

• Proficiency in the use of CAD and/or other circuit design and analysis tools to design.

• Knowledge of standard technologies used in industry.

• Ability to interpret and analyze system drawings with basic Mechanical/Software/Electrical Interactions.

• Knowledge of sub-system, system, and environmental interactions and how to design to them.

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.