Senior Staff Test Engineer, Test Engineering

About the role

Stryker’s Sage division, located in Cary, IL, is seeking a Senior Staff Test Engineer, R&D to support the design, development, and execution of test systems, fixtures, and methods used to evaluate the performance, durability, reliability, and safety of our healthcare products.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and refinement of mechanical, electromechanical, and/or virtual test fixtures for components, subsystems, and full product systems.
• Serve as a technical expert on lab capabilities, including hardware configurations, test system architecture, instrumentation, software integration, and data acquisition.
• Develop and execute test plans in partnership with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Operations, electrical/software test teams, and technicians.
• Lead the development of test systems and fixtures to support product development, design verification, reliability testing, and failure investigation.
• Partner with electrical and software test engineers to integrate hardware, software, controls, and data acquisition systems into test fixtures and lab equipment.
• Analyze test data, identify failure modes, and translate findings into actionable recommendations that improve product quality, durability, reliability, and design performance.
• Evaluate, recommend, procure, and maintain actuation systems, instrumentation, sensors, data acquisition tools, and other technologies to continuously improve test methods and lab capabilities.
• Lead root-cause investigations and support product reliability improvement efforts through test data analysis, failure analysis, and technical reporting.
• Act as a technical lead for test team members, technicians, contractors, external labs, suppliers, and cross-functional partners as needed.
• Share best practices across teams and sites, participate in global technical forums, and contribute to continuous improvement of test systems, procedures, and capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related engineering discipline is required.
• 6+ years of experience in test engineering, product development, reliability engineering, mechanical/electromechanical testing, or a related engineering field is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing, developing, or supporting test fixtures, test systems, lab equipment, and/or product evaluation methods.
• Experience with data acquisition systems, test control systems, instrumentation, sensors, and/or test automation tools.
• Experience analyzing test data, documenting results, and communicating technical findings to cross-functional teams.
• Experience with LabVIEW, Pro/ENGINEER/Creo, ANSYS, Nastran, or similar engineering analysis and test tools.
• Experience with mechanical, electromechanical, or dynamic testing methods, including force, load, stress, strain, fatigue, durability, reliability, or life-cycle testing.
• Experience with statistical and reliability tools such as design of experiments, measurement system analysis, Weibull analysis, reliability modeling, or similar methods.
• Experience supporting root-cause analysis, failure investigations, design verification, or product reliability improvement initiatives.
• Experience working with cross-functional engineering teams, technicians, external labs, contractors, suppliers, manufacturing partners, or operations teams.
• Experience interpreting or applying industry standards, regulatory expectations, or internal engineering standards in a regulated product development environment.
• Experience with FEA, misuse/abuse testing, use-environment research, or similar advanced testing methods.
• Experience supporting healthcare, medical device, consumer healthcare, durable goods, packaging, formulation, or regulated product environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical projects, mentor others, influence across teams, and drive solutions with limited direction.

Benefits

• Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program.
• Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.