Work Flexibility: Onsite

At Stryker, this role plays a critical part in bringing innovative medical technologies to patients by leading complex product transfer and innovation engineering initiatives. As a Staff Engineer, you will drive technical strategy, oversee engineering execution, and ensure new manufacturing technologies are successfully implemented. This is an opportunity to influence high-impact projects while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a highly regulated environment. This is a high-impact, 1-year fixed-term opportunity to influence critical engineering projects in a fast-paced, regulated industry.

What You Will Do

• Lead complex product transfer and new product introduction initiatives, ensuring delivery within defined scope, schedule, cost, and quality targets.
• Direct the introduction of advanced manufacturing technologies and capital equipment, including design, supplier alignment, commissioning, and validation readiness.
• Serve as the primary technical interface between suppliers and internal stakeholders to resolve technical issues and align project priorities.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate technical, schedule, and regulatory risks while driving data-based decision-making and escalation when required.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product transfer, manufacturing, quality, sourcing, facilities, finance, and continuous improvement to ensure project success.
• Develop project plans, schedules, and engineering deliverables using project management tools to maintain project visibility and accountability.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams supporting product transfer and innovation initiatives.
• Manage engineering progress reporting and support capital planning, budget justification, and spending tracking for assigned projects.

What you need:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related engineering discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in engineering, product development, or manufacturing environments.
• Experience leading new product introduction or product transfer projects in Pharmaceutical or Medical Devices industries.
• Experience using project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree in Engineering Management, Project Management, or related field.
• Experience introducing manufacturing technologies or capital equipment in production environments.
• Experience working in regulated industries such as medical devices or other regulated manufacturing sectors.

Travel Percentage: 20%

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.