• Principal Controls Engineer

    Stryker (Fort Lauderdale, FL)


    We are looking for a Principal Controls Engineer to support Digital, Robotics, and Enabling Technology Concept Development. This role will lead technical deliverables for research & design of controls modules and subsystems. You will apply advanced controls design principles to develop concepts, proving their feasibility, and translating user needs into design specifications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful concept transitions to New Product Development teams while navigating intellectual property landscapes. Additionally, you will strategize customer-facing activities, support business reviews, and ensure compliance with medical device standards. By partnering with internal and external stakeholders, you will drive technical strategies that meet clinical needs and enhance the company's performance through innovative solutions.

     

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    This role is hybrid with the expectation to be on-site in Weston, FL, 3 days a week.

    What you will do:

    + Lead technical deliverables for research, design, development, modification and evaluation of modules, assemblies, or subsystems often integrating with various SW, HW, and complex system elements.

    + Apply advanced controls software design principles to develop concepts and deploy on hardware.

    + Design specifications into lower level detailed design while establishing methods to prove concept feasibility.

    + Consider cross-functional needs to ensure successful transition of concepts from feasibility to New Product Development process.

    + Assess new technologies and capabilities (prototyping, testing, et.al.) to solve novel challenges.

    + Develop and influence invention disclosures and patents while navigating the intellectual landscape.

    + Write firmware and drivers to control motors, sensors, and communications buses.

    + Collaboratively lead strategies for static/dynamic analysis and integrated development environments (IDE) structures for projects.

    What you need:

    Minimum Qualifications (Required):

    + Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics or related discipline.

    + 8+ years of experience

    + 2+ years experience in medical device or highly regulated industry

    Preferred Qualifications:

    + Advanced understanding of controls software design principles.

    + Advanced understanding of complex electromechanical systems to guide design direction.

    + Proficiency in designing, developing, coding, testing, debugging and maintenance of embedded software.

    + Diverse proficiency for Controls and Embedded Software including MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++, embedded C, and/or others.

    + Ability to prototype and bench test designs

     

    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.