Senior Staff engineer R&D – Lead in Cork, Ireland

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Position Summary

We are hiring a Senior Staff Engineer R&D Lead for our Neurovascular team in Stryker NeuroHub. The successful candidate will be a technical expert who has a passion for guiding & mentoring more junior engineers in a technical lead role.

You will lead a number of projects using your technical expertise and excellent communication skills.

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. This is an opportunity to play a huge part in saving people’s lives everyday as you will be part of Stryker team developing new technologies to treat stroke.

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.

• Talent developers. Growth-oriented people who prioritise the development of their team members.

• 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 Senior Staff R&D Engineer will work with team of engineers and technicians to develop the relevant processes and technologies required to launch new products. This will include maintaining detailed Procedures, drawings, schematics or specifications using computer-aided design software.

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.

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:

Required

• B.S. degree in engineering or applicable technical field

• 6+ years of experience

• Process development experience

Preferred

• Prior experience in medical device industry

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with good leadership abilities.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills (Six Sigma preferred).

• Strong technical capabilities and project management capability to develop aspect of assigned projects on time and within budget.

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.