RF Power Engineer - R&D

About the role

Stryker is looking for an RF Power Engineer for its R&D team in Cork, working on electrosurgery medical devices. The role suits people who create user-focused technology, drive product launches and solve analytical problems. Work is hybrid or onsite, with about 20% travel.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, refine and evaluate electrical components, assemblies and sub-systems for electrosurgery medical devices.
• Lead the design and implementation of high-energy electrical sub-systems for patient-connected medical devices.
• Translate user, clinical and system-level needs into electrical requirements, specifications and system-level designs.
• Apply concurrent engineering, advanced prototyping and test methods to shorten time to market while meeting project, cost and compliance requirements.
• Mentor and train team members on product commercialisation, design trade-offs, technology exploration and complex product design.
• Contribute to voice of customer, customer-centric design, competitive strategy and market understanding with internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead or contribute to engineering documentation, Design History File content, R&D procedures and standards-based development.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related discipline and 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Direct, hands-on experience designing custom magnetics, including high-frequency isolation transformers.
• Experience giving technical guidance to electrical engineers and influencing cross-functional technical teams.
• Similar experience in RF power electronics, electrical, electronics, R&D or power electronics engineering is also suitable.

Required skills

• Advanced electrical design of complex components and electronic subsystems in medical device systems.
• Power electronics from hundreds of kHz to low MHz, including resonant/quasi-resonant topologies, custom magnetics, HV DC/DC converters and power amplifiers.
• RF, electromagnetics, EMC, measurement, sensing and control interfaces, including high dv/dt and high common-mode noise environments.
• PCB/cable design, electrical stackups, statistical methods and manufacturing/test methods.
• Medical device standards, risk management, insulation diagrams, MOOP/MOPP, PEMS/PESS and standards-based testing.
• MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent, dynamic modelling, control algorithms, PID controllers and other control topologies.

What we offer

• Pay range in Ireland of EUR 66,000 - 109,000 per year, plus possible incentive compensation.
• Hybrid or onsite work with about 20% travel.
• A comprehensive benefits package.