Work Flexibility: Onsite It's Time to Join Stryker! Stryker is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer, Robotics to lead systems engineering activities for critical electromechanical components within a complex robotic medical platform. In this role, you will serve as a systems engineering owner for robotic end effectors , including powered surgical tools and future attachments that interface directly with the robotic system. You will help translate user and clinical needs into system architecture and requirements, define interfaces across electrical, mechanical, and software disciplines, and guide the product from requirements development through integration and verification. This role requires a highly collaborative engineer who can bring together input from multiple technical disciplines and maintain a system-level view throughout development. What You Will Do Systems Engineering Own systems engineering activities for robotic end effectors and related electromechanical subsystems. Translate user, clinical, and product needs into clear, verifiable system requirements and design inputs. Develop and refine system architectures, interfaces, and functional requirements across electrical, mechanical, software, and controls disciplines. Allocate and decompose system requirements to appropriate subsystems and engineering disciplines. Lead technical trade studies, design assessments, performance analyses, and other systems engineering activities used to guide design decisions. Support concept development and architecture definition for new end effectors, features, and product capabilities. Requirements, Integration, and Verification Establish and maintain requirements traceability throughout the product development lifec
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Job description
Stryker is seeking a Staff Advanced Manufacturing, Automation/Software Engineer to join our Advanced Operations team, supporting the Medical Division - Acute Care Business Unit. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced automation and production test systems for new product introductions. This role is critical to ensuring reliable, scalable, and compliant manufacturing for patient support and patient environment products. You will serve as both a technical owner and a supplier-facing leader, architecting systems internally while guiding external partners to deliver high‑quality automation solutions. You will have the opportunity to work on the design transfer of new products from research through development and into production.
This is a hybrid role based out of Portage, MI. The team works onsite 4-5 days per week to support collaboration and project needs.
What you will do:
Automation System Architecture & Development
- Lead the full lifecycle of industrial automation and test systems from requirements, architecture, and design through implementation, validation, and release.
- Define system-level requirements encompassing mechanical, electrical, software, controls, and safety considerations.
- Develop and integrate control software, embedded interfaces, test sequences, and operator interfaces (HMI/SCADA).
- Ensure robust performance, maintainability, reliability, and alignment with design intent and manufacturing needs.
- Troubleshoot complex processes, software, and equipment issues; optimize system performance and uptime.
Supplier & Equipment Vendor Leadership
- Manage automation and equipment suppliers, including capability assessments, technical reviews, process monitoring, and on‑site visits.
- Create clear, comprehensive URS documentation and ensure supplier deliverables meet specifications, regulatory requirements, and Stryker quality standards.
- Lead make/buy analyses, sourcing recommendations, cost and risk evaluations, and supplier selection.
- Support capital equipment sourcing, FAT/SAT execution, and factory commissioning.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership
- Collaborate closely with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Sourcing, Project Management, and external partners to ensure production readiness.
- Influence technical direction across product teams, challenge assumptions, and advocate for robust, user-centered solutions.
- Communicate progress, issues, and technical strategies to stakeholders at all levels.
- Contribute to engineering best practices, and drive continuous improvement.
What you need:
- Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field.
- 4+ years of experience in industrial automation, controls, embedded systems, or manufacturing engineering.
- Experience leading full lifecycle of industrial automation and test systems from requirements, architecture, and design through implementation, validation, and release.
- Strong proficiency reading mechanical, electrical, and system-level drawings.
- Experience with PLCs, controls engineering, SCADA, HMI development, and automated test systems.
- Ability to work with embedded boards, interfaces, and communication protocols (Serial, CAN, HTTP, etc.).
- Experience programming in one or more: Ladder Logic, Python, C#, Linux‑based environments.
- Ability to design, validate, and troubleshoot firmware flashing and automated test tooling.
- Strong problem-solving, cross-functional communication, and technical leadership skills.
- Preferred
- Hands-on experience with electro-mechanical assembly, automated test systems, and manufacturing processes.
- Experience working in FDA‑regulated or similarly regulated industries.
- Background in R&D, product development, or new product introduction.
$89,300 - $148,800 USD Annual
Travel Percentage: 10%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.Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
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What you need: Required Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field; 4+ years of experience in industrial automation, controls, embedded systems, or manufacturing engineering; 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
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