Job description

The Patient Specific Solutions, Associate Engineer is responsible for reviewing and processing patient data and creating pre-operative alignment reports and patient specific instrumentation for products designed at Stryker. Candidate must possess intermediate CAD knowledge and exhibit aptitude, strong organizational skills, and familiarity with computer systems.

Responsible for quality, timely design and development of project segments which may have an impact on the company's short, mid, and long-term sales goals.  

What will you do

Technical Responsibilities:

• Under supervision, design, develop, modify, and verify mechanical components for patient specific devices.

• Support problem solving, root cause analysis, identify potential solutions, and evaluate them against requirements.

• Ensure all solutions meet critical design prerequisites including patient and customer safety.

• Read and work from various clinical imaging including x-rays and CT scans.

• Provide adequate information via technical drawings and 3D models to manufacturing and inspection.

• Under supervision, conduct research and studies to support product design.

• Perform engineering calculations, making reasonable assumptions, to support design validity.

• Preparation of surgical planning guides/instructions inclusive of appropriate surgical instruments and defining operating instructions for patient-specific implants

• Review coworkers preop reports and patient specific instrumentation design and specifications.

Business Responsibilities:

• Interpret customer needs and understands design inputs.

• Understand the product’s intended use and clinical procedures.

• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with all functional areas within the company to insure timely and smooth product development, design, manufacturing, and commercialization. 

• Any other tasks that sit outside your current role from time to time to support the activities of the business.

Med Device Compliance:

• Mentor others as a business unit expert on the usage of industry standards, including design requirements and test strategies per applicable regulations.

• Lead others to create and refine engineering documentation, such as the Design History file and create more progressive technical content. 

• Contribute to R&D procedures and development of industry standards working closely with cross-functional business units.

Technical Skills:

• With supervision, work with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing and Project Management to ensure project success.

• Fundamental knowledge and understanding of mechanical engineering practices and tools, design principles within a regulated environment.

• Basic knowledge of design and concept generation CAD or CAE modeling tools

• Basic knowledge of analysis tools and statistical methods.

• Basic knowledge of materials and manufacturing methods.

• Ability to read and interpret complex drawings.

What you need:

• Intermediate experience with SolidWorkds or other CAD software such as UniGraphics.

• Some knowledge of orthopedic / mechanical products, ASTM/ISO Standards, radiology.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office.

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or BioMedical & 0+ years of work experience

• Intermediate English level (B2)

Pay rate will not be below any applicable local minimum wage rates.