Staff Engineer, Advanced Operations (Hybrid)

Work Flexibility: Hybrid

What You Will Do

At Stryker, the Staff Engineer, Advanced Operations plays a critical role in transforming innovative concepts into scalable, manufacturable products. You will lead complex technical initiatives that bridge product design and operational excellence, ensuring new technologies are robust, compliant, and ready for commercialization. This is a high-impact opportunity to influence advanced manufacturing strategies in a regulated environment.

• Lead the design, development, and validation of new products, ensuring performance, reliability, cost, and safety requirements are achieved.
• Define detailed product specifications, engineering drawings, and bills of materials using CAD systems.
• Develop and execute verification, validation, and process qualification plans to support product commercialization.
• Apply statistical analysis tools to evaluate design performance and support data-driven engineering decisions.
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams and external partners to optimize designs for manufacturability and scalability.
• Support or lead new product introduction initiatives, ensuring alignment with timelines and operational readiness.
• Evaluate design effectiveness and implement engineering improvements based on testing and risk assessments.
• Document technical activities in compliance with regulatory and quality system requirements.

What you need:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Industrial Engineering.
• Minimum 3 years of engineering leadership or substantial project management experience in team-based environments.
• Advanced English proficiency.
• Experience in new product introduction within a regulated industry.
• Experience using CAD software and statistical analysis tools such as Minitab.

Preferred:

• Experience leading cross-functional engineering or process development initiatives.
• Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing and product or process validation methodologies.

Travel Percentage: 30%

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.