Principal Engineer – Cloud/Web Software

Why engineering at Stryker?

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.

Need another reason to apply? Check out these 8 reasons to join Stryker’s engineering team: https://www.strykercareersblog.com/post/8-reasons-to-join-strykers-engineering-team 

Who we want:
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What you will do:
Technical Responsibilities:
• Lead or mentor technical team in design and development of components, sub-systems, and/or systems for medical devices
• Apply and mentor others on advanced engineering theories, principles, and concepts across various products within business unit
• Assess and integrate new technologies and capabilities (prototyping, testing, et.al.) for the organization
• Mentor and influence in correction of complex product design issues
• Navigate and influence the Intellectual landscape for filings and protection
• Translate user needs to design inputs/ specifications and produce system/architectural level layouts and platform designs
• Develop and influence a number of invention disclosures, patents or trade secrets
• Lead architecture of a complex system and guide design tradeoff decisions
• Generate and review the necessary documents with project teams. (requirements/design/architecture/bugs/test)
Business Responsibilities:
• Possess an in-depth knowledge of the industry and competitive landscape
• Partner with customers, internal and external key opinion leaders to develop technical strategies that meet clinical needs
• Strategize and execute customer-facing activities like voice of customer and customer centric design across the business
• Collaborate on financial /business modeling and support business reviews to validate a technical approach
Med Device Compliance:
• Divisional expert with extensive experience applying industry standards in device development
• Act as independent reviewer and advisor for the creation or refinement of engineering documentation, such as the Design History file
• Lead the development of standards and regulations, working closely with functions within and across business
General Responsibilities:
• Lead cooperative efforts with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing and Project Management to ensure project success
• Lead and support team members to create or improve procedures, policies, processes, systems, and technology requirements
• Develop and utilize tools to enhance the company’s product/process development or performance
• Mentor and grow technical talent within discipline/function
• Lead and support complex product development for cross functional teams, influencing multiple technical areas of expertise
• Hold team accountable to deliver high quality results with passion, energy and drive to meet business priorities
• Mentor, develop and influence across the business, intentionally building divisional relationships
• Identify and implement design and process solutions and ensure they are sustained over time
• Lead code reviews for projects/systems as independent reviewer applying design principals, coding standards and best practices
• Collaboratively review and update coding standards

Minimum Qualifications (Required):
• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering/ Computer Science or related discipline & 8+ years of work experience

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):
Core Technical Skills:

• Experience with.NET Core, Angular, REACT, Nodejs frameworks.
• Proficiency in Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD), C#, JavaScript, Python, XML, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap.
• Knowledge of Data formats such as XML, JSON and databases MySQL/SQL Server, MongoDB, NoSQL etc.
•  Extensive end to end cloud technologies experience (Design, Development, Deployment and maintenance) with cloud platforms such as Azure/AWS/GCP. Experience with AWS is a plus.
• Familiarity and well versed with Agile, Scrum, CI/CD, Waterfall software development life cycle. Extensive practice and knowledge of Agile Scrum or DevOps implementation is a plus.
• Familiarity with Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Eclipse, Git and dynamic/static memory analysis tools.
• Knowledge and experience on mobile technologies and platforms is an added plus.
• Knowledge of software development practices (DevOps) including source control, unit testing, and CI/CD.
• Knowledge and experience in Regulatory and compliance standards similar to IEC62304, HIPAA Data Privacy, FIPS is a Plus.
• Lead system software implementation using programming skills. Design new components applying various concepts design concepts and patterns.

  • Collaboratively lead strategies for integrated development environments (IDE) structures for projects
  • Collaboratively lead strategies with tools for static/dynamic analysis, memory management, code coverage and techniques for analyzing software
  • Collaboratively lead strategies for integration and deployment processes
  Software Process Skills:
  • Lead the adoption of Software Development Life Cycle process changes and best practices. Provide strategic planning and guidance for project based SDLC decisions
  • Lead the adoption of Application Lifecycle Management /Traceability best practices and tools
  • Lead teams in creating estimates for code implementation including time/resources for projects

About Stryker

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

The company offers innovative products and services in Medical and Surgical, Neurotechnology, Orthopedics, and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 100 million patients annually.

More information is available at stryker.com