CAD Designer - 1st Shift

Work Flexibility:
Onsite Schedule 1st Shift: Mon – Fri, 8am – 5pm Position is onsite in Portage, MI Overtime based on business needs

• Create, revise, and maintain 3D CAD models and engineering drawings using PTC Creo in accordance with company drafting standards.
• Partner with mechanical, product, and electrical engineers to support product development, sustaining engineering activities, prototype builds, testing, and design updates.
• Serve as a Windchill power user, managing CAD data, document life cycles, version control, workflows, and product release activities.
• Review, check, and approve engineering drawings and documentation to ensure compliance with company drafting standards and quality requirements.
• Create, route, and expedite Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), engineering changes, and initial design release documentation through applicable approval processes.
• Maintain Device Master Record documentation and support product sustainment, quality system, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide technical support, training, and troubleshooting to engineers on CAD, Windchill, and documentation processes.
• Support design-for-manufacturability initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve design, documentation, and production-related issues.

• Required Bachelor’s degree, or 5+ years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree
• Strong working knowledge of ERP, PLM, and CAD systems, including 3D modeling, engineering drawings, drafting standards, technical documentation, product data management, and engineering change processes.
• Experience interpreting technical drawings and supporting engineering documentation and change control processes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Preferred Experience with Creo, Windchill, Solid Works, Solid Edge, or similar CAD/PLM systems.
• Manufacturing or fabrication experience, including machining, welding, or Design for Manufacturability (DFM).
• Experience supporting document control systems and product lifecycle management workflows.

$34.16 - $48.02 USD Hourly Travel Percentage:
None

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.

Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better.

We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes.

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Work Flexibility Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location. Field-based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary.

Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field-based. Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements. Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category. Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility.

Roles that are partially remote or co-located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite would be defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.