Stryker Corporation

Staff Product Safety Engineer

Stryker Corporation$89K — $148K *
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • 4+ years of engineering experience
  • Experience leading Product Safety Programs in complex R&D projects
  • Understanding of IEC and related regulatory compliance standards
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Competency in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Intermediate expertise in product design theory, including electrical hardware and architecture.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Product Safety Programs for R&D projects in Surgical Technologies.
  • Collaborate with leadership to influence safety initiatives across business units.
  • Ensure compliance with international electrical and mechanical safety standards and certifications.
  • Direct safety testing activities, supporting laboratory personnel with test plans.
  • Collaborate with external certification bodies to maintain product certifications.
  • Provide technical education and mentorship for early-career Product Safety Engineers.
  • Promote a strong safety culture within engineering and design teams.
  • Provide strategic technical leadership to resolve complex safety challenges.

Benefits

  • Work flexibility with onsite requirements
  • Opportunities for mentorship and professional development
  • Engagement in complex and innovative R&D projects
  • Participation in shaping future technology roadmaps
  • Collaboration with external certification organizations and authorities.
Full Job Description
Work Flexibility: Onsite

What You Will Do

  • Lead Product Safety Programs for complex R&D projects within the Surgical Technologies business unit, ensuring safety requirements are integrated throughout product development.

  • Collaborate with leadership and influencing technical and organizational safety initiatives across business units.

  • Ensure Regulatory Compliance with U.S. and international electrical and mechanical safety standards, regulations, and certifications.

  • Direct Safety Testing Activities by supporting laboratory personnel, developing test plans, and ensuring compliance testing meets third-party certification requirements.

  • Collaborate with External Certification Bodies including NRTLs and other organizations to achieve and maintain product certifications.

  • Provide Product Safety technical education, mentorship, and frameworks that support the growth of early-career Product Safety Engineers.

  • Promote a Strong Safety Culture by embedding product safety, compliance, and industry best practices across engineering and design teams.

  • Provide Strategic Technical Leadership by resolving complex safety challenges, supporting product lifecycle activities, consulting on compliance issues, and shaping future technology roadmaps.

What You Need (Required Qualifications)

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related Engineering degree

  • 4+ years of engineering experience

  • Prior experience leading Product Safety Programs for complex R&D projects, ensuring safety requirements are integrated throughout product development.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Possess an understanding of IEC standards and understanding of compliance or related regulatory compliance standards.

  • Viewed as a divisional resource in area of expertise.

  • Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.

  • Competent with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.).

  • Demonstrated competence and an intermediate level of expertise in product design theory and application as applied specifically to electrical hardware and architecture, microcontroller, microprocessor, wireless technologies, embedded systems but also familiarity with mechanical components and products.

  • Work within and apply the following standards in the development of our products (not limited to the below standards):

    • IEC 60601-1 (General Safety Requirements for Medical Electrical Equipment)

    • IEC 60601-1-2 (EMC)

    • IEC 60529 (Ingress Protection for Enclosures)

    • IEC 61000 Series (EMC Testing Techniques)

    • UL 746C (Polymeric Material Used In Electrical Equipment)

    • (Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment - Part 1: Safety requirements)

    • IEC 61010-1 (Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use - Part 1: General requirements )

    • ISO 17025 (General Requirements For The Competence Of Testing And Calibration Laboratories)

 

$89,300 - $148,800 USD Annual

  

 

Travel Percentage: 10%

About Stryker Corporation

Stryker Networks is a premier Information Technology partner providing IT managed services and database application development.

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Learn more about Stryker Corporation
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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