Job Description

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and is dedicated to helping healthcare professionals perform their jobs more efficiently while enhancing patient care. Stryker offers a diverse array of innovative medical technologies, including reconstructive, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology and spine products to help people lead more active and more satisfying lives. We are currently seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer, Advanced Operations to join our Stryker Instruments division in Portage, Michigan.

What you will do:

As the Staff Electrical Engineer, Advanced Operations you will provide process engineering support for sustainment and improvement of our surgical instruments, working with Marketing, R&D, Cost Accounting, and Advanced Sourcing, Advanced Quality, and Validation team members.  You will serve as the voice of operations in the development process and work on design for manufacturability and assembly. This position is responsible for process design, development, and validation in new product development. 

• Work closely with internal and contract manufacturers to develop processes for electro-mechanical assembly including PCBA manufacturing, potting, soldering, pressing, plastic injection molding, torquing and manual assembly
• Design and develop requirements, prototypes, and solutions to deliver electrical designs for surgical applications
• Generate detailed electrical and electronic solutions and release applicable documentation
• Work closely with manufacturing, quality assurance, other engineering teams, and program management to deliver products
• Execute project plans
• Review peer designed drawings
• Contribute to the building and testing of electrical prototypes
• Practice advanced understanding of manufacturing principles and quality assurance documentation in the medical industry
• Lead or support capital acquisition activity from specifying equipment, contract negotiation, installation, and validation
• Ensure quality of process and product as defined in the appropriate operation and material specifications
• Select components and equipment based on analysis of specifications, reliability, and regulatory requirements
• Work with quality engineers to develop component specific testing and inspection protocols
• Analyze equipment to establish operating data, conduct experimental test and result analysis
• Lead and/or participate in process review meetings.
• Participate in Process Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (PFMEA), Control Plan, SOP and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) generation associated with product transfers and launches
• Complete capability studies for in process inspection and generate subsequent Inspection documentation
• Review and approval of validation documentation

What you need:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Engineering (Electrical, Mechatronics, Mechanical, Chemical preferred)
• 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing or R&D environment
• Basic knowledge of electrical engineering principles

Preferred Skills:

• Experience working with the design of electronics (printed circuit boards, cables) with emphasis on manufacturability
• Experience reading electrical schematics, CAD drawings and product architecture drawings
• Experience with ICT, FCT, safety and functional testing
• Experience with complex PCBA DFM & manufacturing
• Experience with electromechanical assembly
• Knowledge of analytical tools and statistical methods
• Experience working in a highly regulated industry
• Experience managing/working with a 3rd party equipment suppliers

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