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Senior Electrical Test Engineer

Stryker

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Compensation
$101–168K/yr
Location
San Jose, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Stryker seeks a Senior Electrical Test Engineer to support development, verification, and improvement of electromechanical medical devices. The role focuses on electrical testing, hardware troubleshooting, and system-level verification, working with multidisciplinary engineering teams to evaluate performance and investigate failures. The engineer will support products in the Surgical Support portfolio and contribute to laboratory testing and automation initiatives. The position is on site in San Jose, CA, or alternatively Flower Mound, TX.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Electrical TestingHardware TroubleshootingElectrical SchematicsLaboratory Test EquipmentEmbedded HardwareMicrocontrollersSensorsMotorsElectronic Control SystemsTest Procedure DevelopmentTest FixturesVerification ProtocolsProgrammingScriptingLaboratory Test AutomationIndependent Problem SolvingCross-Functional Collaboration

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Electrical, Biomedical, or Related Engineering2+ Years ExperienceRegulated or Safety-Critical Industry Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

It's Time to Join Stryker

This position is on site with a preferred location of San Jose, CA or alternatively Flower Mound, TX

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Test Engineer to support the development, verification, and ongoing improvement of complex electromechanical medical devices. In this hands-on engineering role, you will focus on electrical testing, hardware troubleshooting, and system-level verification of products incorporating sensors, motors, actuators, microcontrollers, and electronic control systems.

You will work closely with electrical, mechanical, software, and systems engineers to evaluate product performance, investigate failures, and identify opportunities to improve product reliability. This position offers the opportunity to support both established and recently launched products within our Surgical Support portfolio, as well as contribute to laboratory testing and automation initiatives.

The ideal candidate brings strong electrical engineering fundamentals, a practical approach to troubleshooting, and the ability to independently execute engineering assignments while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

What You Will Do

  • Develop, execute, and document electrical and system-level verification tests for complex electromechanical medical devices, including normal operating conditions, boundary conditions, and fault scenarios.

  • Perform hands-on electrical testing and troubleshooting using oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, and other laboratory equipment to evaluate circuit and system behavior.

  • Interpret electrical schematics, PCB layouts, and technical documentation to understand hardware functionality, identify potential issues, and support testing activities.

  • Investigate electrical and electromechanical system failures, perform root-cause analysis, and collaborate with design engineers to identify and implement solutions.

  • Develop and improve test methods, procedures, fixtures, and laboratory setups to support product verification and development activities.

  • Support testing of embedded hardware and electronic control systems involving microcontrollers, sensors, motors, actuators, power electronics, and related components.

  • Collaborate with electrical, software, mechanical, systems, and quality engineering teams to support design verification, product improvements, and resolution of technical issues.

  • Contribute to laboratory test automation and equipment improvements, including opportunities to automate testing of capital equipment and electromechanical systems.

  • Create and maintain engineering documentation, including test protocols, results, technical reports, and verification records in accordance with applicable quality and regulatory requirements.

  • Independently manage assigned engineering deliverables, communicate technical findings, and contribute to problem-solving across teams and geographic locations.

  • Participate in technical reviews and support engineering design activities as needed.

What You Need

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or other related engineering discipline is required.

  • 2 or more years of experience is required. Experience working with products within regulated or safety-critical industries highly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with electrical testing, hardware troubleshooting, and verification of electronic or electromechanical systems.

  • Experience reading electrical schematics and using laboratory test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and logic analyzers.

  • Familiarity with embedded hardware, microcontrollers, sensors, motors, or electronic control systems.

  • Experience developing or executing engineering test procedures, test fixtures, or verification protocols.

  • Basic programming or scripting knowledge, or exposure to laboratory test automation.

  • Demonstrated experience owning engineering deliverables, independently solving technical problems, and collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams.

  • Flower Mound, TX : $85,500 - $142,500 USD Annual

  • San Jose, CA : $101,000 - $168,400 USD Annual

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.

How this job compares

Set against the 3,094 open Test Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$101–168K/yr
  • California median$125–179K/yr656 salary ranges
  • US median$102–161K/yr2,064 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $135K, is 12% below the California median midpoint ($154K) — in the middle half of Test Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 819 open Test Engineer jobs in California and 3,094 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Test Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (2,595 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,679 of the 3,094 open Test Engineer jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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