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Senior Research and Development (R&D) Technician - 1st Shift - Starting at $32.22/hr

Stryker
Irvine, CA
Work Flexibility: Onsite

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 working in a clean room setting or building with catheter-based technologies
  • Experience utilizing Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Teams, Word and Excel)
  • Ability to lift, push, pull and carry up to 35 pounds
Preferred
  • Associates or Bachelors degree with focus in engineering or a technical science
  • 5 or more years of experience working with prototyping or research and development
  • Direct experience utilizing test or measurement equipment (ex. calipers, oscilloscopes, and multimeters)
  • Experience with coiling/braiding, welding and/or soldering of small-scale items
$32.22-44.57 per hour plus bonus eligible + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

Travel Percentage: 0%

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.
Posted 2025-12-27

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