**What you will do** + Provide technical leadership and oversight for complex programs, ensuring alignment with project timelines, quality standards, and budget. + Drive a culture of innovation through engineering forums, technical reviews, and knowledge-sharing initiatives. + Develop creative solutions to complex engineering problems, using analytical thinking and ingenuity. + Guide and support the team in challenging situations, removing obstacles and coordinating with other departments for effective issue resolution. + Serve as a technical mentor, fostering continuous learning and skill development across the team. + Build strong networks with internal leaders, academic institutions, and suppliers to enhance manufacturing and product quality insights. + Develop and maintain a skills matrix aligned with product roadmaps to identify training and coaching opportunities. + Act as a key partner with divisional and global functions to support the successful delivery of new product introductions. **What you need** + Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred. + 3–5 years of leadership experience, or significant experience in engineering support or project management. + Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire and guide high-performing teams. + Proven experience managing NPI projects in a regulated environment is preferred. + Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills. + Strong problem-solving abilities, with a logical and strategic mindset. + Proficiency in GD&T, process mapping, statistical methods, and product/process validations is a plus. + Advanced PC skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and MS Project, with great attention to detail. 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.