Staff Mechanical Engineer, R&D
- Pay
- $107,200 – $178,600 per year
- Location
- Waltham, MA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Lead / Staff
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 14 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Mechanical engineering
- Electromechanical design
- Prototyping
- Test method development
- Engineering drawings
- Medical device standards and regulations
- Design controls
- Risk management
- Design History File documentation
Also useful
- Design for manufacturability
- Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
- Computer-aided engineering (CAE) tools
- Materials and manufacturing process knowledge
Work Flexibility: Onsite
Join Stryker’s Amplitude Vascular Systems (AVS) team in Waltham, Massachusetts as a Staff Mechanical Engineer, R&D. This engineering role supports advanced development of medical devices, with a focus on researching new concepts, building prototypes, and developing test methods to evaluate technical feasibility. You will contribute across the product development process, applying mechanical and electromechanical engineering expertise to explore new concepts, solve complex design challenges, and evaluate innovative technologies.
What you will do
- Research, design, develop, modify, and verify components, modules, and subsystems for medical devices.
- Translate user and clinical needs into design inputs, specifications, and system-level designs.
- Develop prototypes and testing methodologies to evaluate concept feasibility and address complex product design issues.
- Design and optimize mechanical and electromechanical assemblies using design for manufacturability principles, materials knowledge, and manufacturing processes.
- Create and evaluate engineering drawings and models using geometric dimensioning and tolerancing and computer-aided engineering tools.
- Apply applicable medical device standards and regulations to design requirements, verification strategies, design controls, and risk management activities.
- Create and refine engineering documentation, including Design History File documentation, in accordance with the Quality Management System.
- Partner with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing, and Project Management, communicating technical plans and supporting projects through design, development, and launch.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Minimum 4 years of engineering experience, preferably with research, prototyping, testing, feasibility, or product development.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience developing and optimizing mechanical or electromechanical assemblies using design for manufacturability principles.
- Experience creating engineering drawings and models and applying geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
- Experience using computer-aided engineering tools.
- Experience applying materials and manufacturing process knowledge to product design.
Pay and benefits
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Travel Percentage: 10%
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Equal opportunity and legal notices
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.
From Stryker's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 27, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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