Job Description

Why join Stryker?

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Job description

We are excited to be named one of the World's Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine!


We are proud to offer you our total rewards package which includes bonuses, healthcare, insurance benefits, retirement programs, wellness programs, as well as service and performance awards - not to mention various social and recreational activities, all of which are location specific.

Who we want:

Stryker is seeking a dedicated Manager R&D with a strong background in embedded device Connectivity and IOT, Microservices and cloud domain, coupled with excellent people management skills. In this role, you will mentor and lead a team, driving innovation and delivering high-quality enterprise-class products. You will oversee software development team(s), ensuring the scalability, longevity, and reliability of product releases.

What you will do:

Technical / Managerial Responsibilities

Manage the development, testing, and deployment of Embedded Devices that are connected to on-prem/cloud environments. Manage the development of various wireless technologies like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and others . Drives functional excellence initiatives, delivers high quality R&D functional deliverables, and ensures technical excellence for product or technology development. Drives technical projects of major magnitude and scope . Provides significant guidance and approval regarding technical strategies and approaches . Lead a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging at a team level in hiring and staff development. Lead the Software development process, including planning, code reviews, code hygiene, and alignment with important product releases. Provides guidance and training to staff, assists subordinates in attaining career goals, motivates individuals to achieve results, and recruits and maintains a high-quality staff . Determines project staff assignments and schedules work to meet completion dates and R&D deliverables. Establishes cross-functional team relationships.

Business Responsibilities:

Drive financial accountability across direct team and roll-up (if applicable) at a project level. Responsible for budget creation and contributing to higher-level R&D budget at business unit level, projections, and tracking activities. Partner with senior leaders to strategize and execute customer facing activities like Voice of Customer and customer centric design across the business. Partner with customers and internal / external key opinion leaders (KOLs) to develop technical strategies that meet clinical / business needs. Collaborate on financial / business modeling and contribute to strategy and execution for one or more product segments / business function.

Med Device Compliance:

Lead a team and cross-functional counterparts to demonstrate compliance with applicable regulatory requirements for a specific project/program. Provide overall direction to direct reports/department as related to design controls for new and existing processes/products. Review and approve (or delegate) program / project specific technical documentation and deliverables.

Minimum Qualifications (Required):

Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Engineering or applicable technical field. 8+ years applicable experience, with 2+ years direct people management experience preferred.

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):

Technical Skills:

Experience working with

LINUX

Kernel . Experience working on

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or other wireless

Technologies. Demonstrated experience of deploying embedded devices to on-prem and cloud environments Familiarity with cloud platforms such as

AWS or GCP

, and their associated services. Basic understanding of Encryption protocols such as

TLS

. Knowledge of MQTTS protocol. Knowledge with

Kafka Confluent

for event streaming and message brokering Solid understanding of database technologies, including both

SQL (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra)

. Basic understanding of containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Leadership Experience:

Talented performance coach who is skilled at providing actionable feedback to team members, setting clear performance objectives and managing team member performance. General knowledge of the healthcare market and competitors. Experience executing a talent and performance management strategy. Demonstrated ability to communicate complex plans and technical information to team members within a division. Proven ability to deliver programs or other business goals on time, on quality and within budget.

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.