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Stryker Mechanical Engineer, R&D - Sustaining in Mahwah, New Jersey
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Stryker is seeking to hire a Mechanical Engineer, R&D to support Stryker’s Joint Replacement Division. This role is focused on sustaining engineering. This is a hybrid role, working 3 days per week in the office and you can be located Mahwah, NJ. Stryker | Joint Replacement (https://www.stryker.com/us/en/portfolios/orthopaedics/joint-replacement.html)
WHO WE WANT:
Collaborative partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data, and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions.
Motivated product launchers. People who bring strategic direction and drive for execution to ensure products are developed and launched with precision.
Detail-oriented process improvers. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimize work processes – finding ways to simplify, standardize and automate.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
As a Product Support Engineer , you will have the opportunity to support our global Sustaining Engineering activities by maintaining our portfolio of world-class orthopedic products and by ensuring the highest level of product and process quality. Product Support Engineers efficiently drive rigor in Sustaining activities through creative problem solving and preserve market continuity of safe and effective medical devices. You will also partner with Design Assurance, Regulatory, and Manufacturing team members from multiple sites world-wide to ensure compliance to the company’s quality system and external standards.
Additionally, you will maintain models of implants and instruments within CAD/Creo, update design drawings, conduct dimensional analysis, and author design control documents and technical rationales, all while collaborating with cross functional colleagues. Furthermore, you may have the opportunity to enter into a rotational development program where you’ll engage directly within other Cross Functional Development teams.
You Will Also
Interface with surgeons to gather input for design and evaluation of new products.
Utilize knowledge of surgical procedures to develop innovative solutions that satisfy customer needs.
Under minimal supervision, works with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing and Project Management to ensure project success.
Under minimal supervision designs, develops, modifies, evaluates and verifies mechanical components for medical devices.
Quickly process and assimilate procedures, policies, processes, systems, and technology required.
Participate in and lead, as applicable, design reviews.
Works on complex problems, applying advancing experience and learnings.
Demonstrates ownership and prioritizes work with minimal supervision.
Works as key member of the team, collaborating with others and solidifying relationships.
Learn how the financial models are constructed.
Follow fundamental industry standards, design requirements and test strategies which apply to regulatory requirements.
Independently create or refine engineering documentation, such as the Design History file.
Follow R&D procedure like design controls and risk management, per the Quality Management System.
Under minimal supervision, research, design, develop, modify, and verify components/modules for medical devices.
Translate design inputs to engineering specifications and produce sub-system level designs.
Develop and analyze solutions, prototyping one or more options to provide proof of concept.
Apply fundamental and some advanced concepts, practices and procedures for problem solving.
Prepare and review information for invention disclosures and patent applications.
WHAT YOU NEED:
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Biomedical, Mechanical
Product Design experience in medical device industry or Mechanical Engineering Internship experience.
Experience with a parametric CAD design package such as Creo, SOLIDWORKS, or AutoCAD
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in the function, clinical issues, and performance of joint replacement implants
Experience in design controls, risk management, and verification & validation within a regulated industry
Experience in scientific and engineering disciplines
Ability to read detailed engineering drawings and understand basic GD&T principles per the ASME Y14.5 (or equivalent) standard
Knowledge of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and applications
Knowledge of Medical Device Regulation
Demonstrated ability to effectively work cross functionally with other departments including Manufacturing, Product Development, Regulatory, and Marketing
Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.
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.