Staff R&D Engineer, Peripheral Vascular - Sensors

About the role

Stryker's Peripheral Vascular Division is looking for a Staff R&D Engineer to act as technical lead on its R&D Concept team. The role drives the identification, evaluation and integration of novel sensing technologies into future vascular catheter platforms, improving procedural efficiency, physician decision-making and patient outcomes. It is an onsite position in Irvine, California.

Key responsibilities

• Lead research, evaluation and integration of novel sensing technologies and electromechanical systems for next-generation vascular catheter platforms.
• Identify unmet clinical needs and turn physician insights into technical solutions and product concepts.
• Lead concept-stage R&D projects through feasibility, prototyping, testing and technology maturation.
• Translate clinical and user needs into engineering specifications, system architectures and subsystem designs.
• Research, design, develop, modify and verify catheter-based medical device components and sensing technologies with minimal supervision.
• Prototype, assemble and test designs, iterating quickly to validate feasibility and clinical value.
• Partner with physicians, suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders to evaluate emerging technologies.
• Create and maintain engineering documentation such as Design History Files, risk assessments and technical reports in line with design control.
• Mentor engineers, drive engineering best practices and influence technical strategy.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Biomedical or Systems Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 4 years of medical device product development experience with Class II and/or Class III devices.
• Experience developing, integrating or evaluating sensing technologies, electrical architectures or electromechanical systems in a regulated environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical projects, feasibility studies, prototype development, verification testing or cross-functional engineering work.
• Experience turning clinical, physician or user needs into engineering requirements and product concepts.

Required skills

• Proficiency with CAD tools such as SolidWorks and creation of engineering drawings.
• Preferred: sensor, electronics and electromechanical integration in catheter devices, and expertise in ultrasound sensing, pressure sensing, RF-based technologies, PFA systems or IVUS.
• Preferred: working knowledge of the medical device development lifecycle, design controls, verification and validation, and CAE, FEA, GD&T, DFM and manufacturing processes.

What we offer

• Salary range of $102,700 - $171,100 USD per year.
• 10% travel allowance.