Work Flexibility: Hybrid

Permanent hybrid role based in Carrigtwohill, Co Cork

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our high-impact, cross-functional team focused on early-stage, high-risk research and technology initiatives that are 5–10 years away from commercialization. This role is ideal for engineers who are curious and self-driven, love solving complex challenges, and want to make foundational contributions that will shape the medical devices of tomorrow.

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. The Company offers a diverse array of innovative medical technologies, including reconstructive, medical and surgical, and neurotechnology and spine products to help people lead more active and more satisfying lives.

This is not your typical product development role. It’s an opportunity to work upstream on ideas that will define the next decade of medical innovation at Stryker.

To thrive in this role, you’ll bring a strong blend of technical depth, strategic thinking, and collaborative leadership.

What you will do:

Technical Responsibilities:

Work with team members across different disciplines to create high fidelity prototypes devices. This will require knowledge of software but also electronic and mechanical principles.
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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: What you will need (strongly desired):

Technical Skills:

Programming Languages:

·Lead system software implementation using programming skills. Design new components applying various concepts design concepts and patterns.

Design and Development Skills:

·Collaboratively lead strategies for integrated development environments (IDE) structures for projects.

·Collaboratively lead strategies with tools for static/dynamic analysis, memory management, code coverage and techniques for analyzing software.

·Collaboratively lead strategies for integration and deployment processes.

Software Process Skills:

·Lead the adoption of Software Development Life Cycle process changes and best practices. Provide strategic planning and guidance for project based SDLC decisions.

·Lead the adoption of Application Lifecycle Management /Traceability best practices and tools.

·Lead teams in creating estimates for code implementation including time/resources for projects.

·Regulatory and compliance standards applied to the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle).

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: What you will need (must have):

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering/ Computer Science or related discipline & 8+ years of work experience.

Travel Percentage: 10%

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