Total Rewards

Stryker focuses on total rewards, meaning we offer competitive compensation and benefits, in addition to non-financial rewards like an engaging work environment and meaningful career advancement opportunities. We focus on the total value of our employment offer.

Independent studies have shown that the value of Stryker’s total rewards package for employees is superior to our competitors. And we are continuously seeking to improve our offerings by customizing our programs to serve our employees and their families better.

Our total rewards offering varies by country but often includes bonuses; commissions; healthcare; insurance benefits; retirement programs; stock-based plans; paid time off plans; family and parenting leaves; tuition reimbursement; wellness programs; onsite fitness centers and cafeterias; discount purchase programs; and service and performance awards — not to mention various social and recreational activities.

My Profile

We are looking for high achieving, passionate and ethical people to join the Stryker team and have a positive impact on people’s lives. We invite you to create your profile and tell us about yourself so that you can apply for one of our many opportunities and begin your Stryker candidate experience.

No time to search or apply now? Simply let us know which careers you are interested in and we will notify you when positions of interest to you are available.

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At Stryker, we care as much about what you can do as what you have done. As a global leader in the growing medical technology industry, we offer dynamic career opportunities that allow people to move functionally and geographically and realize new experiences without changing employers.

Are you driven to make a difference? Apply now.

Student Center

Here at Stryker we want you to succeed. That’s why our culture offers our employees the ability to continually learn, develop and contribute.

We’re open to your ideas. Whether you are a new hire, an intern or a co-op, the projects and tasks you are assigned from day one will be meaningful to the success of our business.

You will build strong and lasting relationships with your colleagues and work with people who, like you, are driven to make a difference. We’ll give you the tools, responsibility, guidance and freedom you need to succeed. You can start your career at Stryker and stay — we offer many opportunities that may allow you to move departments, locations and responsibilities. We won’t just give you a job, we’ll open doors to your fulfilling career.

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News & Awards

2009

• Stryker moves up to #375 on the Fortune 500 list.
• Stryker wins the Gallup Great Workplace Award for the third consecutive year, prevailing over millions of work teams in more than 100 countries.
• Barron's ranks Stryker #140 on its list of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. and Canada.
• Stryker is #166 on IndustryWeek's U.S. 500, a list of the largest publicly-held U.S. manufacturing companies.
• Fortune names Stryker the #6 most admired company in the medical and other precision equipment industry.
• Stryker ranks in Newsweek's inaugural Green Rankings of the 500 largest U.S. companies for environmental performance, policies and reputation as #420. 
• Fortune ranks Kalamazoo, Michigan, as the 182nd Best Place in the U.S. for Businesses and Careers. It also lists Stryker as the best big company in the area.
• Stryker Endoscopy is named the #13 best place to work in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times/Silicon Valley Business Journal.
• Hewitt Associates names Stryker's Global Technology Center the #13 Best Employer in India, recognizing our worldwide employment and development practices.
• The Sunday Times includes Stryker U.K. on its list of Top 100 Companies, naming Stryker the 51st best mid-size company to work for in the U.K.
• Stryker’s sales office in Duisburg, Germany, receives the TOP JOB award for the second time, again distinguishing itself as one of the best employers in Germany.

2008

• Stryker is #401 on the Fortune 500 list.
• Stryker is awarded the Gallup Great Workplace Award for the second year in a row, recognized once again for having one of the best-performing workforces in the world.
• Fortune names Stryker the #2 most admired company in the medical and other precision equipment industry. Ranked #1 in the same group for financial soundness and long-term investment.
• Stryker receives the Lifetime Achievement for Innovation Award from the Western Michigan Business Review.
• Included on The Motley Fool’s list of 245 Incredible Companies for having the best stock performance over the past decade.
• Stryker is ranked #33 on the Hay Group’s list of the top 50 companies most admired for human resource practices.
• The Sunday Times names Stryker U.K. the best medical device company to work for in the U.K. for the second year in a row and the 32nd best mid-size company to work for in the U.K.
• Stryker Canada is named one of the top employers in the Hamilton-Niagara region of Ontario in Canada’s Top 100 Employers competition.
• Stryker Osteosynthesis is named one of the top employers for engineers in Germany by CRF.com.
• Karriere magazine names Stryker Osteosynthesis a "Fair Company" for treating interns and students with respect.
• Stryker Osteosynthesis’ plant in Freiburg, Germany receives the CRF Award for human resources and places third in company culture and job security.

2007

• Stryker is awarded the Gallup Great Workplace Award, which recognizes the companies with the most engaged and productive workforces in the world.
• For its 25th anniversary, USA Today highlights Stryker as 1 of 25 companies whose stock, if purchased 25 years ago, would have produced a 25,383% return.
• BusinessWeek ranks Stryker #31 on its list of the 50 best performers in the S&P500.
• Fortune ranks Stryker as the #3 most admired company in the medical products and equipment sector.
• Stryker is awarded the Diversification Achievement in Life Sciences Award from the State of Michigan for laying new economic foundations in the technology sector.
• Stryker U.K. is named the best medical device company to work for in the U.K. by The Sunday Times.
• Stryker Endoscopy is named the #5 best place to work in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times / Silicon Valley Business Journal / East Bay Business Times.
• Stryker Osteosynthesis’ plant in Kiel, Germany, receives the BestPersAward for the third consecutive year and places first in personnel development.
• Stryker's sales office in Duisburg, Germany, receives the TOP JOB award, distinguishing itself as one of the best employers in Germany.

Exceptional Careers for Exceptional People

Stryker offers results-driven people a place where they can make a difference. It is our privilege to create medical technology that exceeds our customers’ expectations and improves peoples’ lives around the world. We give you the opportunity to develop your career based on your strengths and potential, including the possibility to move geographically, functionally, laterally and vertically. Stryker is a career destination for engaged, passionate and talented people who seek the innovation, growth and opportunity that only we offer.