Manager, R&D - A&D NPD

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Stryker Medical, Emergency Care is seeking a Manager, Engineering - R&D to lead a talented engineering team supporting the development of innovative medical technologies. This is an opportunity for an engineering leader with a strong engineering background who enjoys developing people while remaining closely connected to technical product development. The team is composed primarily of software engineers
, making software and electrical experience particularly valuable. The ideal candidate brings a combination of technical credibility, people leadership, and product development experience and understands how to move complex engineering programs forward in a fast-paced environment while maintaining the quality and rigor required for medical devices.

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing R&D engineering team, with a strong focus on software and electrical product development.
• Provide technical leadership and direction while empowering engineers to solve complex design and development challenges.
• Lead engineering activities across the product development lifecycle, helping teams translate product needs into robust technical solutions and successfully deliver products to market.
• Drive execution across complex development programs, including resource planning, staffing, schedules, budgets, technical priorities, and delivery commitments.
• Partner closely with Systems, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Program Management, and other cross-functional teams to resolve technical challenges and maintain program momentum.
• Guide teams through technical tradeoffs, design decisions, risk management, troubleshooting, and problem resolution.
• Build an environment of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and strong engineering practices.
• Recruit, retain, coach, and develop engineering talent while creating meaningful growth and development opportunities for team members.
• Ensure engineering activities comply with applicable medical device regulations, quality systems, and design control requirements.
• Communicate technical strategies, program risks, resource needs, and recommendations effectively to cross-functional partners and senior leadership.
• Balance technical rigor, quality, cost, and speed to help teams execute successfully in a dynamic product-development environment.
• Partner with customers, clinicians, and other key stakeholders as appropriate to ensure technical solutions support user and clinical needs.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field
• Minimum 8 years experience in engineering or product development
• Minimum 2 years direct people management experience
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and delivering projects

• Strong software or electrical engineering background and experience leading SWEE-based development teams.
• Experience developing and launching at least one product, preferably within the medical device or healthcare industry.
• Experience leading complex engineering or product-development programs and working across multiple technical and business functions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead engineers, influence cross-functional teams, resolve complex problems, and drive projects toward completion.
• Experience working within a regulated product-development environment and familiarity with medical device design controls.
• Experience leading development of complex products incorporating software, electronics, and other multidisciplinary technologies.
• Demonstrated success coaching and developing engineers at multiple experience levels.
• Experience with engineering resource planning, project budgeting, and prioritization across multiple programs.
• Experience working in fast-paced product-development environments where teams must balance schedule, cost, quality, and regulatory requirements.
• $118,000 - $196,700 USD Annual

Health benefits include:
Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include:
Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in Med Surg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and…