R&D Technician - 1st Shift

Work Flexibility: Onsite

What we want –

• Teammates. Partners who listen to ideas, share thoughts and work together to move the business forward.
• Analytical problem solvers. People who go beyond just fixing to identify root causes, evaluate optimal solutions, and recommend comprehensive upgrades to prevent future issues.
• Self-directed initiators. People who take ownership of their work and need no prompting to drive productivity, change, and outcomes.

What you will do –

You will work with minimal supervision to assist engineers, scientists, and/or teams in the development and analysis of products, materials, processes, or equipment. You will also assist project teams in establishing specifications/quality standards from start to completion of the project and communicate basic technical information clearly in written and oral form. 

• Train others on new product processes and test procedures. 
• Organize, coordinate, and execute building and testing of prototypes/products per engineering instructions. 
• Act as a resource to other employees. 
• Use internal resources/qualified external vendors to assist engineering teams to identify and obtain supplies and services. 
• Build quality into all aspects of their work by maintaining compliance to all quality requirements. 
• General understanding of common engineering statistical and scientific tools (e.g Gage R&R, DOE, SPC, stress/strain analysis etc)/applies technical knowledge to innovate, design, and develop processes, procedures, tooling and/or automation. 
• Ensure product is tested to the most current/validated method/process and specification and documentation is correctly completed per GLP & QS requirements as applicable. 
• Develop concepts and accordingly construct prototypes/products from concepts. 
• Independently explore and propose creative solutions based on solid rationales and contribute to design and process concepts. 
• Support the development and implementation of capable manufacturing processes for new products.    
• Provide Design for Manufacturability (DFM) input to the engineering team and contributes ideas to or generates Intellectual Property submissions. 
• Prepares and presents technical data and recommendations at technical reviews as requested. 

What you need –

• High school diploma or equivalent – required
• Two-year Technical Degree (i.e., AA, Certificate) and/or equivalent experience. 
• 2+ years of work experience – required
• Technical work experience in medical device development – preferred
• Able to provide preliminary equipment and prototype drawings and specifications- preferred
• Bench fixturing/tooling design experience – preferred
• Experience working with external vendors – preferred

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.