Summer 2027 Internship
Stryker
About the Role
As an Electrical Engineering intern at Stryker, you will contribute to meaningful projects, gain exposure to leaders who will mentor you, and experience a culture of innovation and teamwork that is shaping the future of healthcare. You will apply classroom knowledge, implement new ideas, and network with key stakeholders.
Opportunities include:
- Advanced Quality (AQE): Engineering projects related to new product development, focusing on human factors engineering, risk management, statistics, reliability engineering, design verification, and design validation.
- Process Quality (PQE): Collaborating with cross-functional teams for product sustainment, performing root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions. Utilizes tools including CAD, root cause analysis methods, and LabView.
- Supplier Quality (SQE): Working closely with suppliers to ensure components and manufacturing processes meet required standards, utilizing technical and business skills.
- Quality: Ensuring product development and sustainment with highest quality by evaluating risk, meeting customer needs, and driving craftsmanship, safety, durability, and reliability. Handles complaints and implements design changes for post-market quality issues.
- Research & Development - New Product Development (R&D): Identifying needs and goals of future products, researching new technologies, customer expectations, business requirements, and regulations. May work with CAD, FEA, and Test Labs to develop new product concepts.
- Research & Development - Product Engineering (R&D): Identifying needs for improvements on current products, researching new technologies, customer feedback, and product performance data. Works with CAD, FEA, Test Labs, and root cause analysis methods.
- Test Lab: Partnering closely with Test Engineers and R&D to experiment with prototypes and vet product designs. Responsible for design verification.
- Manufacturing: Collaborating with Design and Operations to deliver new products, improving manufacturing lines through new fixture development, assembly line process enhancement, lean manufacturing principles, and improving ergonomics and safety.
Key Responsibilities
- Apply classroom knowledge and gain experience in a fast-paced industry setting.
- Implement new ideas and develop skills.
- Network with key stakeholders and leaders.
- Document complex processes and present them clearly.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
- Work with suppliers to ensure components and manufacturing processes meet standards.
- Evaluate risk and ensure customer user needs are met.
- Research new technologies and customer expectations.
- Design new products and drive them from concept to production.
- Improve the safety and efficacy of existing products.
- Experiment with prototypes and vet product designs.
- Design and build fixtures to simulate real-life situations.
- Improve manufacturing lines through fixture development and process enhancement.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Majors Targeted: Electrical Engineering, or related majors.
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field; must remain enrolled in a degree-seeking program after the internship.
- Cumulative 3.0 GPA or above.
- Legally authorized to work in the U.S. and not require employment-based sponsorship now or in the future.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven ability to collaborate and build relationships.
- Demonstrated leadership, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Eagerness to learn in a dynamic environment.
Additional Details
- Hourly wage: $20 - $35
- Sign-on bonus
- 11 paid holidays annually
- Paid corporate housing or a living stipend, dependent upon hiring location.