• Job Description

  Req#: R535762
  Work Flexibility: Onsite

  What You Will Do

  Mechanical Engineering Co-op’s on our Endoscopy R&D team will work with cross-functional teams to identify the needs and the goals of future surgical visualization products. They research new technologies, customer expectations, business requirements and regulations. They may work with a variety of tools, including CAD, FEA, and our Test Labs to develop new product concepts. Co-ops will utilize their technical education to design new products and drive them from concept to production.

  • Develop and analyze mechanical design solutions to assess feasibility and acceptability.
  • Design and build prototype devices and design concepts to solve engineering problems or user needs.
  • Use rapid prototyping methods to quickly generate design concepts.
  • Executes experimental testing on design concepts and performs benchmark analysis.
  • Develop test methods, designs test fixtures and jigs, and executes experimental testing on design concepts and perform benchmark analysis.
  • Execute detailed engineering analysis including tolerance analysis.
  • Communicate design progress through technical presentations and design reviews.
  • Translate design inputs to engineering specifications and acceptance criteria.
  • Identify component and manufacturing vendors and liaison in support of development.
  • Create test protocols, conducting tests and generating test reports.
  • Work with cross-functional teams Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing and Project Management to ensure project success.
  • Release Engineering Change Orders (ECO’s) of Device Master Record (DMR) documents into our Agile Product Lifecycle Management software.
  • Follow R&D procedures like design controls and risk management, per the Quality Management System.
  • Demonstrate ownership and prioritize work with minimal supervision.

  What You Need

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree; Mechanical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering
  • Cumulative 3.0 GPA or above
  • Working knowledge and understanding of mechanical engineering practices and design principles.
  • Demonstrated experience with 3D CAD (PTC Creo, Solidworks)
  • Technical ability to create engineering drawings
  • Fabrication / Machining / Rapid Prototyping experience
  • Medical device product development and QMS experience

  Travel Percentage: 10%

  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.

  Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

• About the company

  Stryker Corporation is an American multinational medical technologies firm based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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