
Staff Mechanical Engineer, R&D
Waltham, MAJob$107–179K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.
Watch jobs like this. New roles like this one near Waltham, MA, by email.
Don't just apply. Show up ready.
Olive works from this exact posting.
At a glance
Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.
Requirements
Credentials this posting asks for.
Job overview
Stryker’s Amplitude Vascular Systems team in Waltham is seeking a Staff Mechanical Engineer, R&D to support advanced medical-device development. The role researches concepts, builds prototypes, develops feasibility tests, and contributes across product development. The engineer translates user and clinical needs into designs, applies mechanical and electromechanical expertise, and collaborates with cross-functional teams through design, development, and launch.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Join Stryker’s Amplitude Vascular Systems (AVS) team in Waltham , Massachusetts as a Staff Mechanical Engineer, R&D . This engineering role supports advanced development of medical devices, with a focus on researching new concepts, building prototypes, and developing test methods to evaluate technical feasibility. You will contribute across the product development process, applying mechanical and electromechanical engineering expertise to explore new concepts, solve complex design challenges, and evaluate innovative technologies.
What you will do
-
Research, design, develop, modify, and verify components, modules, and subsystems for medical devices.
-
Translate user and clinical needs into design inputs, specifications, and system-level designs.
-
Develop prototypes and testing methodologies to evaluate concept feasibility and address complex product design issues.
-
Design and optimize mechanical and electromechanical assemblies using design for manufacturability principles, materials knowledge, and manufacturing processes.
-
Create and evaluate engineering drawings and models using geometric dimensioning and tolerancing and computer-aided engineering tools.
-
Apply applicable medical device standards and regulations to design requirements, verification strategies, design controls, and risk management activities.
-
Create and refine engineering documentation, including Design History File documentation, in accordance with the Quality Management System.
-
Partner with R&D, Quality, Manufacturing, Regulatory, Clinical, Marketing, and Project Management, communicating technical plans and supporting projects through design, development, and launch.
What you will need
Required qualifications
-
Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
-
Minimum 4 years of engineering experience, preferably with research, prototyping, testing, feasibility, or product development.
Preferred qualifications
-
Experience developing and optimizing mechanical or electromechanical assemblies using design for manufacturability principles.
-
Experience creating engineering drawings and models and applying geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
-
Experience using computer-aided engineering tools.
-
Experience applying materials and manufacturing process knowledge to product design.
US20 : $107,200 - $178,600 USD Annual
View the U.S. work location and transparency guide (https://view.stryker.com/viewer/fcd609f31e39eac44598615224ec7216?iid=69deda99678eb495e0710914#1) to find the pay range for your location.
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 1,723 open Mechanical Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$107–179K/yr
- Massachusetts median$109–187K/yr36 salary ranges
- US median$115–187K/yr830 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $143K, is 4% below the Massachusetts median midpoint ($149K) — in the middle half of Mechanical Engineering salary ranges in Massachusetts.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 60 open Mechanical Engineering jobs in Massachusetts and 1,723 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
- GE Aerospace3 open
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory3 open
- Arup2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Mechanical Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (962 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 782 of the 1,723 open Mechanical Engineering jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 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.
Similar jobs, posted recently
Open roles like this one, listed in the last 30 days.
Lead Mechanical Engineer 4Hologic · Marlborough, MA · $119–187K/yr
Senior Mechanical EngineerBoston Engineering Corporation · Waltham, MA · $120–145K/yr
Sr. Mechanical Design EngineerMedtronic · Newton, MA · $106–160K/yr
Staff Mechanical EngineerOptikos, LLC · Wakefield, MALead Mechanical Engineer (R & D)Danaher Corporation · Marlborough, MA · $87–100K/yr
You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.