3 months ago
Base Salary
$89k - $149k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the full lifecycle of industrial automation and production test systems from requirements, architecture, and design through implementation, validation, and release.
- Define system-level requirements spanning mechanical, electrical, software, controls, and safety considerations.
- Develop and integrate control software, embedded interfaces, test sequences, and operator interfaces using HMI/SCADA systems.
- Troubleshoot complex process, software, and equipment issues and optimize system performance, reliability, maintainability, and uptime.
- Manage automation and equipment suppliers through capability assessments, technical reviews, process monitoring, site visits, and deliverable oversight.
- Create URS documentation and ensure supplier deliverables meet specifications, regulatory requirements, and quality standards.
- Lead make/buy analyses, sourcing recommendations, cost and risk evaluations, supplier selection, capital equipment sourcing, FAT/SAT execution, and factory commissioning.
- Collaborate with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Sourcing, Project Management, and external partners to ensure production readiness.
- Influence technical direction, communicate technical strategies and project issues, contribute to engineering best practices, and drive continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
- At least 4 years of experience in industrial automation, controls, embedded systems, or manufacturing engineering.
- Experience leading the full lifecycle of industrial automation and test systems from requirements and architecture 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.
- Experience with embedded boards, interfaces, and communication protocols including Serial, CAN, and HTTP.
- Programming experience in one or more of Ladder Logic, Python, C#, and 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 qualifications include hands-on electro-mechanical assembly, automated test systems, manufacturing processes, FDA-regulated or similarly regulated industries, and R&D, product development, or new product introduction experience.
Benefits
- Hybrid role based in Portage, Michigan, with onsite work four to five days per week.
- Approximately 10% travel is required.
About Stryker
Stryker designs and manufactures medical devices and equipment for hospitals and surgeons, spanning orthopaedic implants, trauma and spine hardware, surgical tools, endoscopy, navigation, and patient care equipment. The NYSE-listed company, founded in 1941 and headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, sells products and related services worldwide to health systems and ambulatory centers. It reported $22.6 billion in 2024 sales and markets its portfolio across roughly 75 countries.