Overview
Permanent hybrid role based in Carrigtwohill, Co Cork. We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer, R&TD to join our high-impact, cross-functional team focused on early-stage, high-risk research and technology initiatives that are 5–10 years away from commercialization. This role is ideal for engineers who are curious and self-driven, love solving complex challenges, and want to make foundational contributions that will shape the medical devices of tomorrow. Stryker is a leading medical technology company dedicated to helping healthcare professionals perform their jobs more efficiently while enhancing patient care.
This is not a typical product development role. It’s an opportunity to work upstream on ideas that will define the next decade of medical innovation at Stryker. To thrive in this role, you’ll bring a strong blend of technical depth, strategic thinking, and collaborative leadership.
We’re looking for someone who is proficient in designing software to control hardware devices and interfaces and understands the micro-electronic domain to ensure proper design and test methodologies.
In this role you are required to be:
* Proficient in designing, developing, coding, testing, debugging and maintenance of embedded software
* Analyze and enhance efficiency, stability and scalability of embedded system resources
* Prototype and bench test designs
* Proficient in writing device drivers from scratch or debugging/enhancing device drivers on an embedded processor
* Expertise in problem solving, root cause analysis, identifying potential solutions, and evaluating them against requirements
* Proficient in conducting research and studies to support product design
Technical Responsibilities
* Lead the design and development of software components in alignment with requirements and defined architecture
* Apply and mentor others on advanced engineering theories, principles, and concepts
* Conduct, design, and select advanced prototyping and testing
* Lead and guide in correction of complex product design issues
* Conduct technology exploration and influence its application in the business
* Translate user needs to design inputs/ specifications and produce complex system level designs independently
* Develop a number of invention disclosures, patents or trade secrets
* Independently make design tradeoff decisions while designing multiple components of the system
* Ability to generate and review the necessary documents with project teams (requirements/design/architecture/bugs/test)
* Work with team members across different disciplines to create high fidelity prototype devices
Business Responsibilities
* Contribute to competitive and market strategy by demonstrating in-depth knowledge of the market, customer dynamics and competitive offerings
* Apply strong understanding of clinical procedures to enhance product development
* Contribute to and execute customer facing activities like Voice of the Customer and customer centric design in partnership with internal and external stakeholders
* Demonstrates financial acumen
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
General Responsibilities
* Work cooperatively with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing and Project Management to ensure project success, both leading and influencing other leaders on the team
* Identify and lead the creation of or improvements to procedures, policies, processes, systems, and technology required
* Execute and lead segments of complex product development to advance projects through the design/development/launch process
* Contribute to complex product development through release and lead one technical area of expertise
* Hold self and others accountable to deliver high quality results with passion, energy and drive to meet business priorities
* Mentor, develop and inspire others
* Lead code reviews for systems, applying design principles, coding standards and best practices
Technical Skills
Programming Languages
* C/C++
* QT
* Python
* Linux
* Windows
* RTOS
* VxWorks
* Matlab
* Shell Scripting
* Assembly
* dc/bldc Motor Controls
* Communication Protocols
* Design new components and systems applying various design concepts and patterns
Design and Development Skills
* Ability to lead strategies in integrated development environments (IDE) for projects
* Ability to lead strategies with tools for static/dynamic analysis, memory management, code coverage and techniques for analyzing software
* Ability to lead integration and deployment processes
Software Process Skills
* Collaboratively influence the Software Development Life Cycle processes changes and best practices
* Collaboratively influence Application Lifecycle Management, traceability best practices and tools
* Collaboratively lead in creating estimates for code implementation time/resource for assigned tasks and projects
* Regulatory and compliance standards applied to the SDLC
Education Requirements
* Bachelor\'s degree in Software Engineering / Computer Science / Electronics or related discipline & 8+ years of work experience
This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company 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.
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