Stryker

Summer 2027 Internship - Interaction Design - Washington

Stryker  •  Washington, DC (Onsite)  •  2 hours ago
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Job Description

Work Flexibility: Onsite

As an Interaction Designer for Emergency Care, you will collaborate with our existing team of experienced designers in their process to define, design, and document all user-experience and interface related aspects of our products.

With a focus on mobile and web software applications, you will gain valuable experience supporting both UI and UX elements across a variety of Emergency Care products and work closely with software engineering, marketing, and clinical teams to generate creative solutions that enhance the user experience.

You will be responsible for maintaining Stryker’s visual design brand language related to user interface design and functionality while working as a part of a cross-functional product design and development team to advocate for the end user of our products.

What you will master:

  • Problem-solving techniques, with a focus on human-centered design thinking
  • Processes involved in crafting successful design sprints
  • Information architecture, user and task flow diagrams, and interaction modeling techniques
  • How to use and maintain design systems, and establishing clear visual brand language across ecosystem of software products
  • Develop an understanding of how to conduct user research and contextual interviews

Who we want:

  • Problem solvers. Curious-minded achievers who resolve complex problems where precedent may not have previously existed.
  • Articulate communicators. Individuals with a natural ability to communicate complex concepts into easily understandable ideas both verbally and visually.
  • Attentive multitaskers. Designers who hold themselves accountable for managing multiple priorities and timelines at once.
  • Relationship builders. Team players who collaborate and drive consensus with internal stakeholders to create powerful outcomes.

What you need:

  • Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in UX/UI Design, Human Computer Interaction, or a related field.
  • Foundational skills in digital prototyping, creative problem solving, and ux/ui workflows. Bonus points if experienced in user research!
  • Proficiency with Figma, AI plugins or software, Adobe Creative Suite, or similar tools preferred.
  • A portfolio demonstrating clear process and rationale, design thinking, and intentional choices that stemmed from an openness to feedback.

$20 min hourly wage – $35 max hourly wage, sign-on bonus, 11 paid holidays annually, and either paid corporate housing or a living stipend, dependent upon hiring location

Travel Percentage: 10%

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.

Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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About Stryker

Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with our customers, we are driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology and Orthopaedics that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. More information is available at stryker.com and careers.stryker.com.

Facts:

● 2024 Sales: $22.6 billion

● Industry: Medical Instruments & Supplies

● Employees: 53,000 worldwide

● 40 years of sales growth leading up to 2020

● 44+ Manufacturing and R&D Locations Worldwide

● $1.5 billion spent on research and development in 2024

● ~14,200 patents owned globally in 2024

● Products sold in ~75 countries

● Fortune 500 Company

● 7 consecutive years as one of Fortune's World's Best Workplaces

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Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Kalamazoo, MI
Year Founded
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