Job Description

Stryker is seeking to hire an R&D Design Engineer - Interaction Design, to support Stryker’s Endoscopy division. This role is hybrid and located in Burnaby, BC.

Who We Want:

• User-focused researchers who learn to understand our users and use this knowledge to create medical products that delight users and optimize workflow experience in the operating room.
• Intuitive product designers embrace human-centered design to develop digital interactions for use across multiple interfaces in the hospital environment.
• Wholistic thinkers think of the product as part of the wider ecosystem and environment it is used in to help define the product requirements.
• Articulate communicators with a natural ability to communicate complex concepts into easily understandable ideas both verbally and visually.
• Relationship builders who collaborate and drive consensus with internal stakeholders to create powerful outcomes.

The Team:

The User Experience and Product Definition team are responsible for defining and creating innovative, clinically focused user experiences for hardware and software category-leading surgical visualization and operating room integration products.

What You Will Do:

As a member of the User Experience and Product Definition team, the R&D Design Engineer - Interaction Design (IxD) will:

Develop intuitive User Experiences (UX) and compelling digital user interface (UI) design assets.

Apply research methodologies, design thinking & systems thinking to develop key insights to help define what the product should be.

Use system engineering processes to help define the requirements for a product.

Job Responsibilities:

• Work with senior designers and systems engineers to engage with customers to better understand their needs, patients' needs, and the clinical environment.
• Develop concepts and prototypes for better understanding the product needs, testing hypotheses and establishing product requirements.

• Translate high-level design concepts into design descriptions and guidelines which can be used to brief the implementation R&D teams.
• Partner and communicate with technical engineers throughout development to launch.
• 5-10% travel to clinical sites will be required from time to time to interview end-users, demonstrate prototypes, and observe clinical procedures.
• Help contribute to design reviews, communicate design concepts to key stakeholders, and contribute to roadmap planning, and sprint planning.
• Be the junior designer on a number of projects at a single time and balance work priorities and deadlines.

What You Need:

• BE in Mechanical, Biomedical engineering or BA/BS in Design (interaction, visual communication, graphic, product, industrial) or related discipline
• No professional experience required for this role
• A portfolio that demonstrates basics of UX/ UI methodologies and implementations
• Must demonstrate creative thinking and paper-based problem-solving ability.
• Good competency with Figma.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as reading comprehension
• An interest and passion in medical devices or healthcare

Preferred:

• Previous co-op or intern experience in a relevant role.
• Experience in a healthcare, or medical product development environment or experience in a regulated environment.
• Experience in designing for a range of unique physical environments, such as industry, healthcare, manufacturing, and consumer.
• Familiarity with iterative processes like Agile Scrum and the tools and strategies that make those processes successful.
• Demonstrated experience of Human Factors studies, Ergonomics analysis and user research.