Senior Research and Development (R&D) Technician, Irvine

Schedule:

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm

Overtime may be required to support business needs

What you will do

As a Senior Research and Development (R&D) Technician, you will provide technical support on a variety of products for Stryker Inari. In this position, you will work independently and with project teams, technicians, engineers, and scientists in the development and analysis of products, materials, processes, or equipment. Additionally, in this role you will:

Assist engineers in developing work instructions and assist in validating new processes

Act as a technical leader and lead cross-functional training for new processes, materials, test methods and prototypes

Analyze data, calculate statistics, and provides input to product test reports

Actively participate in project team meetings; coordinating and monitoring project task execution and project progress against deliverables

Identify and acquire necessary supplies, materials, equipment, and tools for specific projects, interacting with vendors as necessary

Become experts on use of complex test equipment, train staff on its operations, and confirm required calibration or preventative maintenance

Build quality into all aspects of their work by maintaining compliance to all quality requirements

Use sound technical judgement in making independent decisions

Ensure products are tested to the most current/validated method/process and specification and documentation is correctly completed per Good Documentation Practices (GDP) and Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) to adhere to quality standards

What you need

Required

High School Diploma or GED/equivalent

At least 3 years of related technical experience

Experience with building/manufacturing catheters (especially experiences with coiling/braiding/laser welding are a plus)

Ability to lift, push, pull and carry up to 35 pounds

Preferred

Associates or Bachelors degree with focus in engineering or a technical science is a plus

5 or more years of experience working with prototyping or research and development; experiences with creating prototype drawings is a plus

Direct experience utilizing test or measurement equipment (ex. calipers, oscilloscopes, and multimeters)

Proficiency with catheter manufacturing equipment such as lamination machines, hotbox, tipping/flaring tools, leak testers, and Instron systems

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills to effectively support cross-functional teams

Pay rate will not be below any applicable local minimum wage rates.

$32.22 - $44.57 USD Hourly

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.