Product Safety Engineer

Staff Product Safety Engineer

Work Flexibility:
Hybrid or Onsite

At Stryker, we are dedicated to improving lives, with a passion for researching and developing new medical device products. As an engineer at Stryker, you will be proud of the work that you will be doing, using cutting-edge technologies to make healthcare better. Here, you will work in a supportive culture with other incredibly talented and intelligent people, creating industry-leading medical technology products.

You will also have growth opportunities as we have a culture that supports your personal and professional development.

As Staff Product Safety Engineer, you will lead safety initiatives for new and existing products for our Ortho Tech Orthopaedic Instruments (OI) business. Collaborating with cross-functional leadership, you'll drive the strategic vision of the Product Safety organization, ensuring consistent safety practices throughout the product lifecycle. This role is responsible for product safety and compliance, providing guidance and solutions to meet safety and regulatory standards for successful medical device design.

What You Will Do

• Support product safety activities for New Product Development and Product Engineering teams to ensure compliance of our products to the global safety requirements.
• Work with R&D teams to define and implement a product safety program plans for large, complex development programs.
• Participate in product safety activities to represent and advance the interests of the product safety community across the division, including both technical and organizational initiatives.
• Support initiatives for product development teams with the technical understanding of 60601 and other required safety standards during the design & development of medical devices.
• Positively influence the R&D project teams to ensure compliance to the product safety standards.
• Collaborate with the team on design analysis to support the development of products within the boundaries of safety standards.
• Partner with R&D on identification of problems and solutions, analysis, and implementation of design elements relevant for product safety.
• Conduct, coordinate and evaluate results of safety testing, including EMI/EMC and Wireless.
• Serve as an interface between development teams and NRTLs (e.g. CSA, UL, ETL, TUV) or other regulatory agencies.

What You Need (Required Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related discipline
• 4+ years of work experience
• 2+ years of work experience in the field of product safety

This role is hybrid in Portage, MI with the expectation to be in office 4 days a week.

$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.