Summer 2027 Internship
Stryker
About the Role
Stryker is offering a Summer 2027 Internship for Electrical Engineering students in California. As an intern, you will contribute to meaningful projects, gain exposure to leaders for mentorship, and experience a culture of innovation and teamwork.
What You Get Out Of The Internship
- Apply classroom knowledge and gain experience in a fast-paced and growing industry setting.
- Implement new ideas, be constantly challenged, and develop your skills.
- Network with key/high-level stakeholders and leaders of the business.
- Be a part of an innovative team and culture.
- Experience documenting complex processes and presenting them in a clear format.
Opportunities Available
As an Electrical Engineering intern at Stryker, you will be placed in one of the following teams:
- Advanced Quality (AQE): Work on engineering projects related to the development of new products. Areas of emphasis may include human factors engineering, risk management, application of statistics, reliability engineering, design verification, and design validation including customer interaction.
- Process Quality (PQE): Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support product sustainment. Perform root cause analysis and implement effective corrective actions for non-conforming issues in production. Utilize CAD for fixture design, root cause analysis methods, LabView, and validation activities to optimize production, inspection, and quality system processes.
- Supplier Quality (SQE): Responsible for supplier-related activities, ensuring components and their manufacturing processes meet required standards. Requires technical background and communication skills to influence suppliers. Involves working closely with internal customers and suppliers, utilizing both technical and business skills.
- Quality: Work with internal cross-functional teams and external sales teams and customers to ensure product development and sustainment of the highest quality. Focus on developing the right products, evaluating risk, ensuring customer user needs are met, and driving craftsmanship, safety, durability, and reliability. Handle post-market complaints and implement design changes with regulatory guidance.
- Research & Development - New Product Development (R&D): Work with cross-functional teams to identify needs and goals of future products. Research new technologies, customer expectations, business requirements, and regulations. May work with tools including CAD, FEA, and Test Labs to develop new product concepts. Design new products and drive them from concept to production.
- Research & Development - Product Engineering (R&D): Work with cross-functional teams to identify areas for improvement on current products. Research new technologies, customer feedback, and product performance data. Work with tools including CAD, FEA, Test Labs, and root cause analysis methods. Improve the safety and efficacy of existing products.
- Test Lab: Partner closely with Test Engineers and R&D to experiment with early prototypes and vet out product designs. Responsible for design verification – the quantitative testing of the technical specifications of the product.
- Manufacturing: Collaborate with Design and Operations to deliver new products to market. Partner with technicians and engineers to improve manufacturing lines through new fixture development, assembly line process enhancement, implementation of lean manufacturing principles, and improving ergonomics and safety.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related majors.
- 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.
Compensation & Benefits
- $20 min hourly wage – $35 max hourly wage.
- Sign-on bonus.
- 11 paid holidays annually.
- Either paid corporate housing or a living stipend, dependent upon hiring location.