Lead Embedded Software Engineer

Permanent hybrid role based in Carrigtwohill, Co Cork

We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer, R&TDto 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 one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and is dedicated to helping healthcare professionals perform their jobs more efficiently while enhancing patient care. The Company offers a diverse array of innovative medical technologies, including reconstructive, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology and spine products to help people lead more active and more satisfying lives. 

This is not your 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. Understands the micro-electronic domain sufficiently to ensure proper design and test methodologies.

In this role youare 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. 

• An 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. This will require knowledge of software but also electronic and mechanical principles.

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 theCustomer 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.