Senior Product Systems Engineer, R&D

Stryker • San Jose, CA

18h • Hybrid

About The Position

Stryker is seeking a Senior Product Systems Engineer to help shape its Smart OR platform and surgical visualization solutions. The role contributes to R&D strategy for products used in intelligent operating rooms, ensuring that integrated hardware, software, imaging, video, and workflow technologies deliver value to surgeons, care teams, and patients.

Working across hardware, software, imaging, video processing, and user experience teams, the engineer translates customer, clinical, business, and regulatory needs into system requirements and product features. The role supports product capabilities, system architecture and integration strategies, product decisions, and roadmap development from concept through commercialization.

This is a hybrid role for candidates within commuting distance of San Jose, California. In-office attendance is required three days per week, with remote work available the remaining days. Candidates must be able to commute to the facility as needed. Travel is 10%.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, systems engineering, biomedical engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least 2 years of experience in systems engineering or related product development roles.
• Experience translating user, customer, and business needs into clear, testable requirements and acceptance criteria.

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing regulated medical devices or related surgical visualization, endoscopy, or operating room integration systems.
• Knowledge of applicable standards such as ISO 13485 and ISO 14971.
• Experience developing complex hardware/software systems in a regulated or structured environment.
• Experience applying systems engineering practices, including requirements management, interface definition, verification, and traceability.
• Experience with tools such as Jama, Jira, Azure DevOps, or Miro.
• Experience with digital video systems, including video acquisition, processing, distribution, camera technologies, and image quality considerations.
• Familiarity with video interfaces and standards such as HDMI, SDI, DisplayPort, USB, and Ethernet-based video.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to defining and prioritizing product capabilities for next-generation Smart OR and surgical visualization solutions.
• Contribute to system architectures and define integration strategies and interfaces across connected operating room technologies.
• Own product and system requirements, ensuring traceability from customer needs through verification and validation.
• Translate surgeon, customer, business, and regulatory needs into requirements, workflows, and product capabilities.
• Support product decisions by balancing customer value, technical feasibility, risk, and business impact.
• Partner with Engineering, UX, Marketing, Quality, and Regulatory teams to deliver solutions from concept through commercialization.
• Support product strategy and roadmap development by evaluating emerging technologies, competitive offerings, market trends, and customer feedback.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior