Stryker Corporation

Staff Catheter Engineer

Stryker Corporation$107K — $178K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Biomedical, or Materials Engineering.
  • Minimum 4 years in medical device product development.
  • Experience designing catheter systems and handling prototypes.
  • Proficiency in SolidWorks for design documentation.
  • Understanding of FDA and ISO Design Controls.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop disposable balloon catheter systems.
  • Create catheter concepts that meet diverse requirements.
  • Develop engineering documentation using SolidWorks.
  • Select and evaluate various catheter materials.
  • Optimize manufacturing and assembly processes for catheters.
  • Plan and execute verification and validation testing.
  • Investigate design issues and implement solutions.

Benefits

  • Work flexibility with onsite requirements.
Full Job Description
Work Flexibility: Onsite

Staff Catheter Engineer

Waltham, MA

Join a team focused on the design, development, and commercialization of innovative disposable catheter technologies in the intravascular lithotripsy market. As a Staff Catheter Engineer, you will contribute across the full product development lifecycle, from concept generation and prototype development through verification, validation, and manufacturing transfer. This role combines hands-on engineering, technical problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration to support the delivery of safe, effective, and manufacturable medical devices.

What You Will Do
  • Design and develop disposable balloon catheter systems and catheter platforms for new and existing applications.
  • Create catheter concepts that meet clinical, functional, manufacturability, and regulatory requirements.
  • Develop engineering drawings, specifications, and design documentation using SolidWorks and established documentation practices.
  • Select and evaluate catheter materials, including polymers, balloons, shafts, braids, coils, adhesives, and marker bands.
  • Develop and optimize catheter manufacturing and assembly processes, including balloon bonding, thermal forming, lamination, tip forming, adhesive bonding, and laser processing.
  • Plan, execute, and document verification and validation testing to confirm compliance with design requirements, applicable standards, and regulatory expectations.
  • Investigate design and process issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to improve product performance, manufacturability, and reliability.
  • Support risk management, design reviews, supplier qualification activities, manufacturing transfer, and regulatory submissions through technical documentation and engineering analysis.


What You Will Need

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
  • Minimum 4 years of experience in medical device product development.
  • Experience designing catheter systems, including prototype development, assembly, or testing activities.
  • Proficiency with SolidWorks.
  • Experience applying Design Controls within FDA and ISO requirements.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with balloon catheter technologies, balloon forming, or catheter manufacturing processes.
  • Experience with extrusion, braiding, coiling, laser processing, or related catheter manufacturing methods.
  • Experience working in ISO Class 7 or ISO Class 8 cleanroom environments.
  • Training or experience in statistical analysis, Design of Experiments (DOE), Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), or Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA).


  • $107,200 - $178,600 USD Annual


Travel Percentage: 10%

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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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