Research and Development (R&D) Technician – 1st Shift – Starting at $28.23/hr

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Irvine, CA, 92602, US
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Work flexibility: Onsite Req ID: R554130 Employee type: Full Time Job category: Engineering Travel: 0% Relocation: No

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Job description

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

Overtime may be required to support business needs

What you will do

As a Research and Development (R&D) Technician, you will provide technical support on a variety of products for Stryker Inari. In this position, you will assist engineers, scientists, and team members in the development an analysis of products, materials, processes, or equipment. Additionally, in this role you will:

  • Apply technical knowledge to innovate, design, and develop processes, procedures, tooling, and/or automation
  • Build quality into all aspects of work by maintaining compliance with all quality requirements and maintaining accurate documentation throughout the process
  • Develop cross-functional team interaction to support other teams and departments
  • Organize, coordinate, and execute building and testing of prototypes/products per engineering instructions
  • Develop concepts and construct prototypes/products from concepts
  • Independently explore and propose creative solutions based on solid rationales and contribute to design and process concepts
  • Assist team members in establishing specifications and quality standards, and train others on new product processes or test procedures
  • Use internal resources and qualified external vendors to identify and obtain supplies and services

What you need

Required

  • High School Diploma or GED/equivalent
  • At least 2 years of related technical experience
  • Experience utilizing Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Teams, Word and Excel)
  • Ability to lift, push, pull and carry up to 35 pounds
  • Good manual dexterity and hand/eye coordination for operation of tools

Preferred

  • Associates or Bachelors degree with focus in engineering or a technical science
  • 3 or more years of experience working with prototyping or research and development
  • Direct experience utilizing test or measurement equipment (ex. calipers, oscilloscopes, and multimeters)
  • Experience working in a clean room setting or building with catheter-based technologies is a plus

$28.23-38.74 per hour plus bonus eligible + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

Position Posted: December 1, 2025


Pay rate will not be below any applicable local minimum wage rates.

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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