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Principal Design Quality Engineer - Digital (Remote)

Stryker

Stryker

Design, Quality Assurance
Durham, NC, USA
USD 115,600-245,800 / year
Posted on Nov 19, 2025
Work Flexibility: Remote or Hybrid or Onsite

Join Stryker’s Design Quality Digital team as a Principal Design Quality Engineer and help shape the future of digital solutions for Trauma, Foot & Ankle, and Upper Extremities portfolios. In this role, you’ll influence product development from concept to launch, ensuring patient safety, product security, and compliance with global standards. Your expertise will drive innovation and quality in life-changing medical technologies.

Work Flexibility: This role involves collaborating with global teams, including Europe and India. Flexibility to work across multiple time zones is essential. Preferred locations are CST or EST; Proximity to Columbia City, IN, or Memphis, TN is a plus but not required.

What You Will Do:

  • Provide design controls expertise throughout product development, ensuring successful design transfer.

  • Develop and implement risk management strategies for product and cybersecurity to safeguard patient safety.

  • Interpret and apply industry standards and regulations to establish world-class quality processes.

  • Lead and mentor teams to build robust software architecture aligned with regulatory requirements.

  • Drive development and utilization of tools and systems that enhance product and process performance.

  • Facilitate internal and external audits to maintain compliance with global quality standards.

  • Guide product development teams through vulnerability assessments within defined security risk frameworks.

  • Communicate security initiatives and process improvements to leadership and stakeholders across global teams.

What You Need:

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering required; preferred to be in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, System Engineering, Product Security or mathematics.

  • Minimum 8 years of related experience, including at least 4 years in new product development or software/systems quality engineering activities within a highly regulated environment.

  • Demonstrated knowledge of security control frameworks, risk assessments, and threat scoring.

Preferred:

  • Master’s degree in a related field.

  • Experience with security risk management processes in healthcare or medical devices.

  • Familiarity with programming languages, embedded software tools, and Agile methodology.

  • Direct experience in vulnerability management and defect review.

  • One or more active, industry-recognized cybersecurity certifications.

  • Understanding of NIST, ISO, and related security frameworks, particularly in vulnerability management.

  • Knowledge of medical device regulations (e.g., US FDA 21 CFR Part 820, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 62304, IEC 60601-1, FDA cybersecurity guidance).

115,600.00 to 245,800.00 salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Actual minimum and maximum may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

Travel Percentage: 10%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.Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.