Design Engineer, R&D - Mechanical

Stryker is seeking to hire a Design Engineer to support Stryker Medical's Acute Care Business Unit. This role is focused on product/sustaining engineering.

This is an on-site role based in Portage, MI; candidates must live within commuting distance and be on-site.

Know more about the Acute Care Product Line you will work on: Stryker Acute Care (

What you will do

The Design Engineer - Mechanical works with Manufacturing, Customer and Operations Quality, Materials, Regulatory Affairs, Content Management, Clinical Sciences, and Marketing teams to ensure project success. On the product engineering team, the engineer designs, develops, modifies, evaluates, and verifies changes to mechanical components for medical devices. This includes:

• Working on problems for production support, quality improvements, and line extensions. This includes conducting and supporting problem-solving efforts, root cause analysis, and identification and evaluation of potential solutions.

• Demonstrating ownership and integrity of work, a spirit of volunteerism, a passion for excellence and our products, and a hands-on approach to engineering.

• Interpreting and understanding the product's intended use, clinical procedures, customer needs and design inputs.

• Creating and/or refining engineering documentation, such as the Design History File and the Device Master Record.

• Following, learning, and contributing to R&D procedures, such as design controls and risk management, per the Quality Management System.

• Assisting prototyping efforts and bench testing.

What you need

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.

• 0-2 Years of experience.

• Working knowledge and understanding of mechanical engineering practices and design principles.

• Working knowledge of design and concept generation, and engineering analysis utilizing CAD and CAE tools, Creo Preferred.

• Working knowledge of materials and manufacturing methods.

• $69,500 - $110,900 USD Annual

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker 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 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

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.