Stryker

Principal R&D Engineer, Electro-Mechanical

United States · Work style not stated · Full time

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EmployerStryker
LocationUnited States
Work styleWork style not stated
Employment typeFull time
Employer posted2 Oct 2026

Work Flexibility: Onsite

Are you ready to lead cutting-edge projects that directly impact the lives? At Stryker, we’re driven by a shared mission to make healthcare better. As a Principal Electrical Engineer at Peripheral Vascular for our Research & Development team, you’ll design and develop advanced medical devices that improve patient outcomes globally. This is your opportunity to lead innovation, mentor talent, and solve complex challenges that matter.

This role is in Irvine, California.

To learn more about our Peripheral Vascular portfolio, please click here: Peripheral Vascular | Stryker.

What You Will Do

Lead the design, development, and evaluation of complex electro-mechanical systems, subsystems, and platform-level architectures for medical devices.
Guide decisions across electrical, mechanical, and integrated system designs while balancing performance, manufacturability, reliability, and cost.
Lead advanced prototyping, testing, verification, and resolution of complex technical challenges using data-driven analysis.
Apply advanced engineering principles to solve multidisciplinary problems spanning mechanical, electrical, and system-level domains.
Partner with clinical stakeholders and cross-functional teams to translate voice-of-customer insights into innovative product solution.
Drive innovation through invention disclosures, patent development, and the evaluation and integration of emerging technologies.
Serve as a technical leader and mentor, influencing electrical engineering design initiative across the organization in technical excellence, compliance, and best practices.
Collaborate cross-functionally with R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, Manufacturing, and Marketing teams to ensure successful product development and commercialization.
Act as an independent reviewer of engineering documentation and ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and quality requirements.
Lead initiatives that improve electrical engineering processes, tools, product performance, and organizational capability.

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What You Will Need

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
Minimum eight years of relevant engineering experience in product development.
Proven experience designing, developing, and optimizing complex electrical/electro-mechanical systems.
Demonstrated expertise in electrical engineering, with the ability to effectively lead across both disciplines.
Experience translating user needs into technical requirements, system architectures, and product specifications.
Strong understanding of system integration, verification, validation, and engineering problem-solving methodologies.
Experience mentoring engineers and influencing cross-functional technical teams.
Proficiency with engineering design, analysis, modeling, and testing tools relevant to the candidate's area of expertise.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in medical device development or other highly regulated industries.
Experience with the design and development of catheter-based medical devices, including the integration of electrical, sensing, or electromechanical technologies.
Advanced knowledge of system integration across electrical and software domains.
Experience with Design for Manufacturability (DFM), reliability engineering, and systems engineering principles.
Knowledge of electrical system design, circuit development, testing methods, or controls engineering.
Knowledge of mechanical design, materials, manufacturing processes, CAD modeling, GD&T, and CAE tools.
Strong understanding of regulatory requirements, engineering documentation, and quality system compliance. (ex: IEC 60601)
Ability to communicate complex technical strategies and influence stakeholders across multiple business functions.

US15: $135,700 - $226,200 USD Annual

Travel Percentage: 10%

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.

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