Senior Staff Design Engineer, R&D

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Salt Lake City, UT, 84044, US
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Work flexibility: Hybrid Req ID: R577155 Employee type: Full Time Job category: Engineering Travel: 30% Relocation: Yes

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Job description

Join Stryker’s Neurovascular R&D team as a Senior Staff Design Engineer focused on the development of catheter-based technologies for acute ischemic stroke. In this senior technical role, you’ll lead complex engineering work from early concept through technical feasibility, partnering across R&D, Process Development, Marketing, and external development teams.

To learn more about Stryker’s Neurovascular portfolio click here: Stryker | Neurovascular


You will need to live within commuting distance to Stryker’s Salt Lake City, UT office and be on-site 3 days per week.


What you will do

  • Lead the design and development of catheter-based products and technologies, providing technical direction across complex development projects.
  • Translate customer, clinical, and marketing needs into measurable engineering requirements, product specifications, concepts, and development plans.
  • Evaluate technical approaches and resolve complex engineering challenges to establish clear development paths in early-stage programs.
  • Drive concept development, prototyping, benchmarking, technology evaluation, testing, and technical feasibility activities.
  • Apply catheter development expertise, including polymer selection, processing, extrusion, and other applicable manufacturing technologies.
  • Direct technical activities with external development partners while advancing internally developed technologies.
  • Partner with R&D, Process Development, Marketing, and other cross-functional teams to advance product development activities.
  • Mentor engineers by providing technical guidance, design feedback, and catheter development expertise.

What you will need

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
  • Minimum 6 years of relevant engineering experience in product development.
  • Previous experience in medical device industry.

Preferred

  • Medical device product development experience in catheter-based, cardiovascular, peripheral vascular, or neurovascular technologies.
  • Experience with polymer selection, polymer processing, and extrusion processes.
  • Experience with laser cutting of stainless steel and nitinol.
  • Experience leading early-stage product development from concept through prototyping and technical feasibility.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and strengthen technical capabilities within a development organization.

 

Additional Information

  • Travel: Up to 30%, including occasional international travel.
  • Business: Stryker Neurovascular.
  • Focus: Research and development of catheter-based technologies supporting ischemic stroke treatment.

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies. Together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. Learn more at www.stryker.com.





  • US5: $107,700 - $179,600 USD Annual

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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. Click here to learn more about: US Stryker employee benefits

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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