Staff Advanced Manufacturing Automation/Software Engineer

• Lead the full lifecycle of industrial automation and test systems from requirements, architecture, and design through implementation, validation, and release.
• Define system-level requirements encompassing mechanical, electrical, software, controls, and safety considerations.
• Develop and integrate control software, embedded interfaces, test sequences, and operator interfaces (HMI/SCADA).
• Ensure robust performance, maintainability, reliability, and alignment with design intent and manufacturing needs.
• Troubleshoot complex processes, software, and equipment issues; optimize system performance and uptime.

Supplier & Equipment Vendor Leadership

• Manage automation and equipment suppliers, including capability assessments, technical reviews, process monitoring, and on-site visits.
• Create clear, comprehensive URS documentation and ensure supplier deliverables meet specifications, regulatory requirements, and Stryker quality standards.
• Lead make/buy analyses, sourcing recommendations, cost and risk evaluations, and supplier selection.
• Support capital equipment sourcing, FAT/SAT execution, and factory commissioning.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership

• Collaborate closely with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Sourcing, Project Management, and external partners to ensure production readiness.
• Influence technical direction across product teams, challenge assumptions, and advocate for robust, user-centered solutions.
• Communicate progress, issues, and technical strategies to stakeholders at all levels.
• Contribute to engineering best practices, and drive continuous improvement.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• 4+ years of experience in industrial automation, controls, embedded systems, or manufacturing engineering.
• Experience leading full lifecycle of industrial automation and test systems from requirements, architecture, and design through implementation, validation, and release.
• Strong proficiency reading mechanical, electrical, and system-level drawings.
• Experience with PLCs, controls engineering, SCADA, HMI development, and automated test systems.
• Ability to work with embedded boards, interfaces, and communication protocols (Serial, CAN, HTTP, etc.).
• Experience programming in one or more: Ladder Logic, Python, C#, Linux-based environments.
• Ability to design, validate, and troubleshoot firmware flashing and automated test tooling.
• Strong problem-solving, cross-functional communication, and technical leadership skills.
• Preferred
• Hands-on experience with electro-mechanical assembly, automated test systems, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience working in FDA-regulated or similarly regulated industries.
• Background in R&D, product development, or new product introduction.

$89,300 - $148,800 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 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. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

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.