Staff Mechanical Engineer, R&D

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Waltham, MA, 02451, US
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Work flexibility: Onsite Req ID: R575611 Employee type: Full Time Job category: Engineering Travel: 10% Relocation: No

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Job description

Join Stryker’s Amplitude Vascular Systems (AVS) team in Waltham, Massachusetts as a Staff Mechanical Engineer, R&D. This engineering role supports advanced development of medical devices, with a focus on researching new concepts, building prototypes, and developing test methods to evaluate technical feasibility. You will contribute across the product development process, applying mechanical and electromechanical engineering expertise to explore new concepts, solve complex design challenges, and evaluate innovative technologies.


What you will do

  • Research, design, develop, modify, and verify components, modules, and subsystems for medical devices.
  • Translate user and clinical needs into design inputs, specifications, and system-level designs.
  • Develop prototypes and testing methodologies to evaluate concept feasibility and address complex product design issues.
  • Design and optimize mechanical and electromechanical assemblies using design for manufacturability principles, materials knowledge, and manufacturing processes.
  • Create and evaluate engineering drawings and models using geometric dimensioning and tolerancing and computer-aided engineering tools.
  • Apply applicable medical device standards and regulations to design requirements, verification strategies, design controls, and risk management activities.
  • Create and refine engineering documentation, including Design History File documentation, in accordance with the Quality Management System.
  • Partner with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing, and Project Management, communicating technical plans and supporting projects through design, development, and launch.

What you will need

Required qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
  • Minimum 4 years of engineering experience, preferably with research, prototyping, testing, feasibility, or product development.

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience developing and optimizing mechanical or electromechanical assemblies using design for manufacturability principles.
  • Experience creating engineering drawings and models and applying geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
  • Experience using computer-aided engineering tools.
  • Experience applying materials and manufacturing process knowledge to product design.

US20: $107,200 - $178,600 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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