Stryker Corporation

Sr Staff Design Quality Engineer

Stryker Corporation$129K — $216K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
  • Minimum 6 years of experience in medical device product development or design quality engineering.
  • Experience with formal quality systems and design documentation practices in regulated industries (e.g., ISO 13485).
  • Proficiency in design controls, risk management, and V&V planning for electro-mechanical products.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design quality activities for electromechanical medical devices and consumables.
  • Support product launches and post-market stabilization while maintaining design control rigor.
  • Translate user needs into specifications while ensuring traceability through design processes.
  • Define and execute advanced prototyping and testing strategies according to applicable standards.
  • Identify and resolve complex design issues through investigations and design change decisions.
  • Create and refine regulated design documentation and mentor teams on documentation practices.
  • Apply and coach risk management and statistical methods in design activities.

Benefits

  • Work flexibility in a hybrid environment.
  • Opportunity to mentor and lead cross-functional teams.
  • Engage directly with customers and surgeons to incorporate real-world feedback into design improvements.
Full Job Description
Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Sr. Staff Design Quality Engineer - Flower Mound, Texas

You'll partner with product development teams to deliver design quality for complex electromechanical medical devices and consumables. This role focuses on translating user needs into design requirements, guiding risk and test strategies, and ensuring design documentation and verification align with global medical device standards. You lead technical problem solving, mentor others, and collaborate across functions to advance products through design, development, and launch.

You will support the Urology portfolio, including legacy products and a recently launched product integrating capital equipment, visualization platforms, and fluid management technologies.

What you will do
  • Lead design quality activities for electrical components, subsystems, and system-level designs on complex electromechanical medical devices and consumables.
  • Support products in the midst of launch and post-market stabilization, navigating evolving priorities while maintaining design control rigor and risk-based decision making.
  • Translate user needs into design inputs/specifications and maintain traceability through design outputs, verification, and validation deliverables.
  • Define and execute advanced prototyping, test methods, and verification strategies aligned to applicable standards (e.g., IEC 60601, IEC 62304) and project plans.
  • Identify and resolve complex product design issues by driving root cause investigations, design tradeoff decisions, and design changes with documented rationale.
  • Create and refine regulated design documentation (including Design History File content) and mentor teams on good documentation practices and required technical evidence.
  • Apply and coach risk management, corrective and preventive action, audit readiness, and statistical methods within design and development activities.
  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing, and Project Management) to plan and deliver design reviews, milestones, and release readiness.
  • Support direct customer and surgeon engagement, including voice-of-customer activities, field feedback, and quality events or complaints tied to design or usability, translating real-world use into design improvements.


What you will need

Required
  • Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • Minimum 6 years of experience in medical device product development and/or design quality engineering.
  • Experience working within highly regulated industries with formal quality systems and design documentation practices (e.g., ISO 13485 or comparable industry standards).
  • Experience with design controls, risk management, and verification/validation planning for electro-mechanical products.


Preferred
  • A master's degree in a relevant discipline and certifications such as Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), or Six Sigma Green or Black Belt
  • Experience supporting new product launches and post-market design improvements for complex electromechanical medical devices and consumables
  • Experience with medical device design and software lifecycle standards (e.g., IEC 60601, IEC 62304).
  • Hands-on experience evaluating and testing:
    • Software code (C, C++, C#)
    • Electronic designs, including printed circuit board assemblies and subsystems
    • Mechanical designs and technical drawings


US10: $129,800 - $216,400 USD Annual

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Travel Percentage: 20%

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Size
46,000 employees
Market Cap
$91.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.5 billion
Founded
2004
5 Year Trend
+8.6%
Revenue
$14.3 billion
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