Principal Engineer - Embedded Systems

Why engineering at Stryker?

At Stryker we are dedicated to improving lives, with a passion for researching and developing new medical device products. As an engineer at Stryker, you will be proud of the work that you will be doing, using cutting-edge technologies to make healthcare better. Here, you will work in a supportive culture with other incredibly talented and intelligent people, creating industry-leading medical technology products. You will also have growth opportunities as we have a culture that supports your personal and professional development.

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Who we want:
The incumbent will design and develop firmware as per the project requirements. Require a firmware design expert with exceptional trouble shooting skills and exposure to multiple development platforms. The candidate must posses good knowledge of electronics design. They must have worked on complex systems involving embedded Firmware. They shall work in collaboration with the team to meet the team's objectives

What you will do:
Technical Responsibilities:
• Lead or mentor technical team in design and development of components, sub-systems, and/or systems for medical devices
• Apply and mentor others on advanced engineering theories, principles, and concepts across various products within business unit
• Assess and integrate new technologies and capabilities (prototyping, testing, et.al.) for the organization
• Mentor and influence in correction of complex product design issues
• Navigate and influence the Intellectual landscape for filings and protection
• Translate user needs to design inputs/ specifications and produce system/architectural level layouts and platform designs
• Develop and influence a number of invention disclosures, patents or trade secrets
• Lead architecture of a complex system and guide design tradeoff decisions
• Generate and review the necessary documents with project teams. (requirements/design/architecture/bugs/test)
Business Responsibilities:
• Possess an in-depth knowledge of the industry and competitive landscape
• Partner with customers, internal and external key opinion leaders to develop technical strategies that meet clinical needs
• Strategize and execute customer-facing activities like voice of customer and customer centric design across the business
• Collaborate on financial /business modeling and support business reviews to validate a technical approach
Med Device Compliance:
• Divisional expert with extensive experience applying industry standards in device development
• Act as independent reviewer and advisor for the creation or refinement of engineering documentation, such as the Design History file
• Lead the development of standards and regulations, working closely with functions within and across business
General Responsibilities:
• Lead cooperative efforts with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing and Project Management to ensure project success
• Lead and support team members to create or improve procedures, policies, processes, systems, and technology requirements
• Develop and utilize tools to enhance the company's product/process development or performance
• Mentor and grow technical talent within discipline/function
• Lead and support complex product development for cross functional teams, influencing multiple technical areas of expertise
• Hold team accountable to deliver high quality results with passion, energy and drive to meet business priorities
• Mentor, develop and influence across the business, intentionally building divisional relationships
• Identify and implement design and process solutions and ensure they are sustained over time
• Lead code reviews for projects/systems as independent reviewer applying design principals, coding standards and best practices
• Collaboratively review and update coding standards

Minimum Qualifications (Required):
• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering/ Computer Science or related discipline & 13+ years of work experience

Preferred Qualifications (Strongly desired):
Technical Skills:

• Minimum 13 years of hands on experience in Embedded Systems/Products Development & Testing
• Capable to access the overall level of security of Product Software (OS, RTOS, Drivers, Protocols, SW Applications, Decompile firmware and analyzed manually or dynamically, Gain Operating system / admin / root privilege, etc)
• Highly proficient in C language and have exposure in C++ and object-oriented programming.
• Experience on development/testing of systems/products with microcontroller and microprocessors
• Experience on Control Systems, Real-time stimulus/acquisition & RF based products
• At least 4-5 years' experience in Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing using tools like Metasploit, Kali Linux
• Hands on experience in identifying vulnerabilities of USB, WIFI, Bluetooth or any other interfaces inside the product
• Able to perform various types of attacks & analysis, depending on product and target (Binary Attack, Fuzz Attack, EM Fault Injections Attacks, Side Channel Attacks, etc)
• Expert level skill in firmware design and development with understanding of hardware-software interaction.
• Proven expertise with strong technical knowledge in Embedded Applications, Linux, RTOS & non-RTOS based system design, device drivers, communication protocols, microprocessors, and microcontrollers.
• Hands on experience with multiple Microcontroller architectures, ARM, DSP ESP, Raspberry PI etc.,
• Designing and understanding software architectures and application layers.
• Hands on experience with Board bring up activities, interfacing external peripherals, Linux based BSP.
• Timing analysis, SDC constraints, static code analysis, memory leak analysis etc.,
• Hands on experience of embedded Linux, device driver level programming, inter process communication.
• Hands-on experience in the following protocols : SPI, I2C, UART, Modbus, 1-wire etc.,
• Master of using debug equipment like scope, ICE, simulators, debuggers and have demonstrated exceptional debugging skills
• Experience with Python.
• Working knowledge of tools like MatLab, Simulink.
• Experience with embedded products with Embedded Security Systems, Motor/Motion Control Systems/DSP/FPGA/Control Systems
• Hands on with lab equipment like DSO, logic analyzer

About Stryker
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 130 million patients annually. More information is available at stryker.com.