Staff Industrial Automation Process Engineer

Stryker • Portage, MI • 1d ago

Stryker is seeking a Staff Industrial Automation Process Engineer to join our Advanced Operations team, supporting the Acute Care Business Unit. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced automation and production test systems for new product introductions. This role is critical to ensuring reliable, scalable, and compliant manufacturing for patient support and patient environment products. You will serve as both a technical owner and a supplier-facing leader, architecting systems internally while guiding external partners to deliver high-quality automation solutions.

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. Stryker offers a diverse array of innovative medical technologies, including reconstructive, medical, and surgical, neurotechnology, and spine products to help people lead more active and more satisfying lives. We are looking to hire a Staff Industrial Automation Process Engineer for the Advanced Operations team to support Medical Division - Acute Care Business Unit with primary focus in Supplier Process Engineering to launch new productions focused on patient support and patient environment products. You will have the opportunity to work on the design transfer of new products from research through development and into production.

This is a hybrid role based out of Portage, MI. The team works onsite 4-5 days per week to support collaboration and project needs.

What you will do:

Automation System Architecture & Development

Lead the full lifecycle of industrial automation and test systems from requirements, architecture, and design through implementation, validation, and release.

Define system-level requirements encompassing mechanical, electrical, software, controls, and safety considerations.

Develop and integrate control software, embedded interfaces, test sequences, and operator interfaces (HMI/SCADA).

Ensure robust performance, maintainability, reliability, and alignment with design intent and manufacturing needs.

Troubleshoot complex processes, software, and equipment issues; optimize system performance and uptime.

Supplier & Equipment Vendor Leadership

Manage automation and equipment suppliers, including capability assessments, technical reviews, process monitoring, and on-site visits.

Create clear, comprehensive URS documentation and ensure supplier deliverables meet specifications, regulatory requirements, and Stryker quality standards.

Lead make/buy analyses, sourcing recommendations, cost and risk evaluations, and supplier selection.

Support capital equipment sourcing, FAT/SAT execution, and factory commissioning.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership

Collaborate closely with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Sourcing, Project Management, and external partners to ensure production readiness.

Influence technical direction across product teams, challenge assumptions, and advocate for robust, user-centered solutions.

Communicate progress, issues, and technical strategies to stakeholders at all levels.

Contribute to engineering best practices, and drive continuous improvement.

What you need:

Required

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.

4+ years of experience in industrial automation, controls, embedded systems, or manufacturing engineering.

Strong proficiency reading mechanical, electrical, and system-level drawings.

Experience with PLCs, controls engineering, SCADA, HMI development, and automated test systems.

Ability to work with embedded boards, interfaces, and communication protocols (Serial, CAN, HTTP, etc.).

Experience programming in one or more: Ladder Logic, Python, C#, Linux-based environments.

Ability to design, validate, and troubleshoot firmware flashing and automated test tooling.

Strong problem-solving, cross-functional communication, and technical leadership skills.

Preferred

Hands-on experience with electro-mechanical assembly, automated test systems, and manufacturing processes.

Experience working in FDA-regulated or similarly regulated industries.

Background in R&D, product development, or new product introduction.

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. Stryker 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. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability.

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