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(Staff) Senior Project Engineer (m/f/d) R&D

Stryker
Germanyfull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 Mar 2026

About the role

Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite

As a Senior Project Engineer you will be part of the Trauma R&D team, helping our customers rebuild lives with your products.  

You will perform implant and instrument design work as well as advance assigned projects through design development. As part of a multifunctional team, you will be responsible to ultimately launch the product into the market. 

What will you do

  • Working on cross-functional design teams to plan and develop new implant and instrument systems for the upper extremities as well as address design issues/maintenance of existing ones. 

  • Responsible for advancing the assigned projects or sub-projects through the entire design development phase until launch. 

  • Interface with clinical advisors to gather input for design and evaluation of new products 

  • Modeling and detailing of implant and instrumentation designs utilizing CAD software 

  • Development of prototypes for design verification and validation 

  • Drawing creation for new product designs in close collaboration with production experts to ensure design for manufacturing principles 

  • Utilization and Management of the Design Control in an Agile Project Management Framework 

  • Technical report writing  

What will you need

Required:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Science, Mechanical Engineering, Medical Engineering, Industrial Engineering or similar. 

  • Understanding of design controls within a regulated industry 

  • Fluency in English (spoken and written); German language skills are appreciated 

  • Prior work experience/internships in the medical device industry

  • Minimum of 2-3 years of product or process design experience

  • Demonstrated ability to lead complex initiatives from concept through release

  • Experience with a parametric CAD design package, Creo preferred 

Given the respective qualifications this position can be filled as Staff Engineer.

Diversity is important to us. We welcome applications from people regardless of their ethnic, national or social origin, gender, disability, age or sexual identity. 

Travel Percentage: 10%

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