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Job description
Are you a strategic systems thinker ready to lead innovation in medical technology?
At Stryker, we’re seeking a Principal Systems Engineer in R&D to drive complex system design and influence the future of healthcare solutions. Join a collaborative team where your leadership and technical expertise will shape products that improve lives globally.
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You will need to live within commuting distance of our Cary, Illinois office. This is a hybrid role, with on-site work required Monday through Wednesday and the flexibility to work remotely the remainder of the week.
What You Will Do
Lead the design, development, and integration of complex medical device systems across disciplines
Translate user needs into system requirements and guide architectural development
Direct system integration and verification efforts, ensuring compliance and performance
Mentor engineers and influence resolution of complex design challenges
Drive technology exploration, prototyping, and intellectual property development
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to align technical strategies with clinical needs
Lead improvements to engineering processes, tools, and cross-functional collaboration
Contribute to Product Risk Management activities, including identification of failures, mitigations, safety requirements, and design for safety.
Strategize and execute customer-facing activities like voice of customer and customer centric design across the business.
Collaborate on Financial /business modeling and supports business reviews to validate a technical approach.
What You Will Need
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems, or Biomedical Engineering.
Minimum 8 years of relevant engineering experience
Proven expertise in digital system architecture, requirements decomposition, and verification
Experience applying regulatory standards such as ISO 13485 and ISO 14971
Proven strong communication skills for cross-functional and cross-business collaboration
Preferred Qualifications
Proficiency with Requirements Management Software (e.g., Jama)
Experience with SysML and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Working knowledge of appropriate regulations and standards such as ISO 13485, ISO 14971, UL/CE requirements, IEC 60601-1 and IEC 62304.
Familiarity with medical device cybersecurity principles and practices.
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 and Orthopaedics 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.
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