The Senior Staff Engineer will provide technical leadership across a range of projects and initiatives for the facility. They will be a Subject Matter Expert in a Technical, Engineering, Automation or Business Process area. **hat will you do:** + Provide Technical leadership to the wider engineering team in the field of process automation. + Provide day to day support to operations for Automation and Controls components within the manufacturing process.  + Identify, evaluate & implement opportunities for continuous improvement. + Participate within project teams, provides technical support and makes informed decisions on hardware and architecture selection. + Analyse, understand, fault-find and modify where necessary automation software in line with the sites quality management system. + Develop, test and install control’s software as part of a highly automated and validated production environment. + Champion digital reporting tools and visualisations that are thorough, detailed and able to be comprehended by the end user + Develop User, Functional and Detailed Design Specifications. + Provide guidance on integrating, testing, evaluating and modifying automated systems and seeing the process through from beginning to end. **What you need:** + Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or related field with equivalent technical experience. + Has minimum of 6+ years, software and controls experience in a manufacturing environment. + Demonstrated ability to provide technical solutions for complex problems through automation systems knowledge. + Proven Project Management skills through the delivery of Automation and or Digitalisation projects. + Strong technical background is essential for this role (PLC, HMI, Robotics, GAMP, GMP). + Understanding of FDA, BSI and regulatory software validation requirements **Preferred** + Experience with Allen Bradley and Siemens controls systems + Some experience of scripting programming languages + Some experience of Object Orientated Programming and SQL Server DB design + Working knowledge of Ignition SCADA platform and Cognex vision systems is beneficial.  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 150 million patients annually. 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.