Senior Staff Test Engineer, Test Engineering

Work Flexibility: Hybrid It’s Time to Join Stryker! Stryker’s Sage division, located in Cary, IL, is seeking a Senior Staff Test Engineer, R&D to support the design, development, and execution of test systems, fixtures, and methods used to evaluate the performance, durability, reliability, and safety of our healthcare products. In this role, you will serve as a technical expert for test fixture design, lab capabilities, data acquisition systems, and product evaluation methods. You will partner closely with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, electrical/software engineering teams, technicians, suppliers, and external labs to ensure products meet functional requirements, design inputs, and reliability expectations. This is a highly collaborative technical leadership role where you will influence test strategy, improve lab capabilities, mentor other team members, and help drive high-quality product development through robust testing and data-driven decision making. At Sage, you will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, hands-on environment supporting products that help improve patient and caregiver safety. You will bring technical depth, practical engineering judgment, and a continuous improvement mindset to help ensure our products perform reliably in real-world use environments. What You Will Do You will: Lead the design, development, and refinement of mechanical, electromechanical, and/or virtual test fixtures for components, subsystems, and full product systems. Serve as a technical expert on lab capabilities, including hardware configurations, test system architecture, instrumentation, software integration, and data acquisition. Develop and execute test plans in partnership with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, electrical/software test teams, and technicians. Lead the development of test systems and fixtures to support product development, design verification, reliability testing, and failure investigation. Partner with electrical and software test engineers to integrate hardware, software, controls, and data acquisition systems into test fixtures and lab equipment. Analyze test data, identify failure modes, and translate findings into actionable recommendations that improve product quality, durability, reliability, and design performance. Evaluate, recommend, procure, and maintain actuation systems, instrumentation, sensors, data acquisition tools, and other technologies to continuously improve test methods and lab capabilities. Lead root-cause investigations and support product reliability improvement efforts through test data analysis, failure analysis, and technical reporting. Serve as a technical lead for test team members, technicians, contractors, external labs, suppliers, and cross-functional partners as needed. Act as an internal subject matter expert on test methods, reliability tools, industry standards, and applicable regulations. Share best practices across teams and sites, participate in global technical forums, and contribute to continuous improvement of test systems, procedures, and capabilities. What You Need Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related engineering discipline is required 6+ years of experience in test engineering, product development, reliability engineering, mechanical/electromechanical testing, or a related engineering field is required. Preferred Qualifications Experience designing, developing, or supporting test fixtures, test systems, lab equipment, and/or product evaluation methods. Experience with data acquisition systems, test control systems, instrumentation, sensors, and/or test automation tools. Experience analyzing test data, documenting results, and communicating technical findings to cross-functional teams. Experience with LabVIEW, Pro/ENGINEER/Creo, ANSYS, Nastran, or similar engineering analysis and test tools. Experience with mechanical, electromechanical, or dynamic testing methods, including force, load, stress, strain, fatigue, durability, reliability, or life-cycle testing. Experience with statistical and reliability tools such as design of experiments, measurement system analysis, Weibull analysis, reliability modeling, or similar methods. Experience supporting root-cause analysis, failure investigations, design verification, or product reliability improvement initiatives. Experience working with cross-functional engineering teams, technicians, external labs, contractors, suppliers, manufacturing partners, or operations teams. Experience interpreting or applying industry standards, regulatory expectations, or internal engineering standards in a regulated product development environment. Experience with FEA, misuse/abuse testing, use-environment research, or similar advanced testing methods. Experience supporting healthcare, medical device, consumer healthcare, durable goods, packaging, formulation, or regulated product environments. Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects, mentor others, influence across teams, and drive solutions with limited direction. $112,900 - $188,100 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. Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces! For more information, visit: Work Flexibility Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location. Field-based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary. Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field-based. Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements. Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category. Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility. Roles that are partially remote or co-located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite would be defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.