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Senior Robotics Mechanical Engineer

Stryker

Portage, MI · HybridJob$89–149K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$89–149K/yr
Location
Portage, MIHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Stryker’s Senior Robotics Mechanical Engineer will design and develop robotic medical-device components and modules for the Mako and Enabling Technology team. The role involves translating design inputs into engineering specifications, prototyping solutions, verifying designs, and creating engineering documentation. It is hybrid in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with on-site work three to four days per week and a commutable-distance requirement.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Robotics Mechanical EngineeringEngineering DrawingsEngineering ModelingGD&TCAE ToolsMaterials KnowledgeManufacturing ProcessesProduct DesignCommunication

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering or Related Field2+ Years Relevant Engineering Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

At Stryker, we are committed to improving healthcare through cutting edge medical technologies. As a Senior Robotics Mechanical Engineer on our Mako and Enabling Technology team, you would design and develop life changing robotic devices that directly impact patient outcomes. This is an opportunity to solve complex challenges, collaborate across disciplines, and make a lasting difference.

To learn more about Stryker’s Mako RPS Portfolio click here: Mako RPS | Stryker (https://www.stryker.com/us/en/joint-replacement/systems/mako-rps.html)

This is a hybrid role based in Kalamazoo, MI, requiring you to be on-site 3-4 days per week, so candidates must live within a commutable distance.

What You Will Do

  • Design, develop, modify, and verify components/modules for medical devices under minimal supervision

  • Translate design inputs to engineering specifications and produce sub-system level designs.

  • Develop and analyze solutions, prototyping one or more options to provide proof of concept.

  • Apply fundamental and some advanced concepts, practices and procedures for problem solving

  • Demonstrate advanced understanding of customer needs and design inputs.

  • Follow fundamental industry standards, design requirements and test strategies which apply to regulatory requirements.

  • Independently create or refine engineering documentation, such as the Design History file.

  • Demonstrate ownership and prioritize work with minimal supervision.

  • Works as key member of the team, collaborating with others and solidifying relationships.

What you will need

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

  • Minimum two years of relevant engineering experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Working knowledge and understanding of robotics mechanical engineering practices and design principles

  • Technical ability to create engineering drawings and models, applying GD&T and CAE tools.

  • Demonstrated ability to apply knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes to product design.

  • Ability to Communicate basic plans and technical information to team members.

$89,300 - $148,800 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 7,738 open Mechanical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$89–149K/yr
  • Michigan median$91–166K/yr57 salary ranges
  • US median$106–160K/yr4,666 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $119K, is 5% below the Michigan median midpoint ($126K) — in the middle half of Mechanical Engineer salary ranges in Michigan.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 183 open Mechanical Engineer jobs in Michigan and 7,738 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Michigan
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Mechanical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 6,436 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 5,283 of the 7,738 open Mechanical Engineer jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 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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