Principal Electrical Engineer

Permanent Hybrid role based in Carrigtwohill, Cork

We are seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer 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 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. 

In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Lead technical development efforts, driving innovation in areas such as miniaturised sensors, optical detection systems, radiofrequency (RF) ablation devices and power electronics.

• Architect, design, and prototype novel electronic systems and subsystems for future technologies.

• Collaborate closely with mechanical engineers, software developers, clinical experts, and human factors specialists to explore and evaluate new product concepts.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and integrate cutting-edge components and design practices to expand our technological capability and feasibility.

• Contribute to strategic decision-making by identifying technical risks, generating mitigation strategies, and informing technology roadmaps.

This is not your typical product development role. It’s an opportunity to work upstream onideas 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 has the following key competencies: 

• Deep Technical Expertise in analog/digital circuit design, embedded systems and sensor integration.

• System-Level Thinking with the ability to architect and prototype complex, multi-disciplinary systems in ambiguous environments.

• Innovation Mindset with a track record of technology scouting, rapid prototyping, and intellectual property creation.

• Leadership & Collaboration through mentoring, cross-functional teamwork, and driving technical decisions across R&D teams.

• Execution Excellence in designing, documenting, and validating reliable, scalable electrical systems aligned with medical device standards.

Technical Responsibilities:

• Lead or mentor technical team in design and development of components, sub-systems, and/or systems for medical devices.

• Apply and mentor others on advanced engineering theories, principles, and concepts across various products within business unit.

• Assess and integrate new technologies and capabilities (prototyping, testing, et.al.) for the organization.

• Mentor and influence in correction of complex product design issues.

• Navigate and influence the Intellectual landscape for filings and protection.

• Translate user needs to design inputs/ specifications and produce system/architectural level layouts and platform designs.

• Develop and influence a number of invention disclosures, patents or trade secrets.

• Lead architecture of a complex system and guide design tradeoff decisions.

Business Responsibilities:

• Possess an in-depth knowledge of the industry and competitive landscape.

• Partner with customers, internal and external key opinion leaders to develop technical strategies that meet clinical needs.

• Strategize and execute customer-facing activities like voice of customer and customer centric design across the business.

• Collaborate on financial /business modeling and support business reviews to validate a technical approach.

Med Device Compliance:

• Divisional expert with extensive experience applying industry standards in device development.

• Act as independent reviewer and advisor for the creation or refinement of engineering documentation, such as the Design History file.

• Lead the development of standards and regulations, working closely with functions within and across business.

General Responsibilities: 

• Lead cooperative efforts with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing and Project Management to ensure project success.

• Lead and support team members to create or improve procedures, policies, processes, systems, and technology requirements.

• Develop and utilize tools to enhance the company’s product/process development or performance.

• Mentor and grow technical talent within discipline/function.  

• Lead and support complex product development for cross functional teams, influencing multiple technical areas of expertise. 

• Hold team accountable to deliver high quality results with passion, energy and drive to meet business priorities. 

• Mentor, develop and influence across the business, intentionally building divisional relationships.

• Identify and implement design and process solutions and ensure they are sustained over time.

Preferred Technical Skills: 

• Ability to lead and teach electrical engineers in electrical design.

• Advanced understanding of the design of complex components and sub-systems.

• Ability to apply advanced circuit and electrical system test methods.

• Advanced understanding of manufacturing and testing methods.

• Ability to apply standard technologies used in industry.

• Advanced understanding of the interplay between system requirements (EE, ME, SW).

• Ability to perform complex system level stackups including mechanical, software, and other inputs.

​​Preferred Skills​ / Engineering tools:

• Understands the advanced theory and methods of PCB design, sensor data acquisition, dataprocessing and communication and can lead others in thoseapplications while demonstrating:

• Schematic capture, PCB design and assembly using tools such as Altium.

• Understanding of the physics of sensors and underlying principles

• Proficiency in low voltage analog and low noise analog design and associated board design aspects

• Ability to collect and analyze data from physical systems to characterize system performance

• Experience of embedded software and UI development (e.g. C, C++, Python).

• Data analysis using tools such as MATLAB or R.

• Rapid prototyping experience using off-the-shelf and 3D printed components.

• Knowledge of statistical methods such as:identifying assumptions, data normality, mean vs mode vs median, skew, power, and interpretation

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in EE or related discipline & 10+ years experience in industrial design. Experience in UX design is a plus

• Preferably a Master's degree or PhD in EE or related discipline