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Stryker Staff/Senior Staff Engineer, R&D in Cork, Ireland
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Staff/Senior Staff Engineer, R&D - Neurovascular
The Neurovascular Stroke Market is continuing to go through huge growth, driven by developments in new products to improve clinical outcomes, treat more patients and save lives.
We are hiring a Staff/Senior Staff R&D Engineer to join our team and play a key role in launching new products to treat stroke. If you have excellent communication and influencing skills and an ability to provide direction to other engineers and technicians in developing new processes and technologies, then please keep reading and apply below!! Prior experience working on designing minimally invasive medical devices and/or associated processing technologies is not necessary but would be advantageous.
Who We Want
Analytical Problem Solvers. People who go beyond to just fixing to identifying root causes, evaluating optimal solutions and recommending comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.
User-focused creators. Engineers who design with the user in mind, developing medical devices that help change patients’ lives.
Detail-Oriented Process Improvers. Critical thinkers who naturally see opportunities to develop and optimise work processes – finding ways to simplify, standardise and automate.
Effective Communicators. People who can interpret information clearly and accurately to concisely communicate results and recommendations to stakeholders, senior management, and their teams.
Collaborative Partners. People who build and leverage cross-functional relationships to bring together ideas, data and insights to drive continuous improvement in functions
What You will Do
The Staff/Senior Staff R&D Engineer will prepare and maintain detailed design drawings or specifications using computer-aided design software.
They will work with team of engineers and technicians to develop the relevant processes and technologies required to launch new products.
Working cross-functionally will be a key part of the role in order to facilitate successful launches of new neurovascular devices to treat stroke.
You should be able to apply engineering and scientific rationale along with the application of methodical problem solving and data analysis techniques to provide direction to address technical issues.
Travel will be required from time to time in order to assess potential vendors, visit Divisional headquarters in California to present out on project status and complete technical reviews or meet with sales and marketing personnel or physicians in order to improve product knowledge.
You will get fantastic career development and training opportunities in this role so that you can grow with the business and be well positioned to help drive future new product development programmes.
What You Need
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline
4+ years of work experience for Staff
6+ years of work experience for Senior Staff
Technical Competencies:
Good understanding of CAD tools (Solid Works)
Good problem solving and trouble shooting skills
Excellent planning skills
Experience with 3D printing
Experience in designing mechanical components and systems
A good analytic and mathematics understanding
Experience in Automation desired but not essential
Excels at problem solving (Ability to work through each problem, use case, etc., and find the root cause, then provide potential solutions; methodical 4D).
Able to design & execute a test protocol to prove a design meets acceptance criteria of a design Input
Ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams (Quality, Manufacturing. Project Managers etc.)
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company 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.
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.