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CAD Designer roles in manufacturing, architecture, and engineering can qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process. Employers document that no qualified U.S. worker is available before filing your I-140 petition, putting you on a path to permanent residency rather than repeated visa renewals.
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Staff Designer, CAD
Portage, MI
As a Staff Designer, CAD, you will provide advanced design and digital engineering expertise to support the development of electromechanical medical devices within Stryker's Orthopaedic Instruments business. In this role, you will create, manage, and optimize complex CAD models, assemblies, engineering drawings, bills of materials, and product documentation throughout the product development lifecycle.
Working closely with cross-functional engineering teams, you will translate design requirements into manufacturable solutions that meet performance, quality, and regulatory standards. You will support concept development, prototyping, design verification, and manufacturing readiness activities while helping drive design integrity, data accuracy, and continuous improvement across new product development programs.
What You Will Do
- Create, modify, and manage complex CAD models, assemblies, engineering drawings, and bills of materials in accordance with engineering specifications.
- Translate design inputs into manufacturable product designs while ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory requirements.
- Evaluate product designs with cross-functional engineering teams to verify function, durability, manufacturability, and design integrity.
- Review engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation to ensure adherence to company and industry standards.
- Support prototype development, design verification activities, testing, and engineering analyses throughout product development.
- Submit and manage engineering documentation through design control, approval, and change management processes, including engineering change orders.
- Coordinate cross-functional project activities to support the delivery of mechanical assemblies, prototypes, and product development milestones.
- Train and mentor team members on CAD methodologies, design documentation practices, and established engineering standards.
What You Will Need
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma with a minimum of 6 years of additional relevant CAD experience, or an Associate Degree with a minimum of 4 years of additional relevant CAD experience, or a Bachelor's Degree.
- Minimum 4 years of experience using CAD, CAE, or related engineering software.
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Graphics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience supporting product development, design verification, or engineering analysis activities.
- Experience creating and maintaining engineering drawings, assemblies, and product documentation.
- Experience supporting engineering change management and design control processes.
Compensation
- Salary Range: $77,700 - $129,500 USD Annual
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.
Why join Stryker?
Looking for a place that values your unique talents? Discover Stryker's award-winning culture.
We are proud to offer you our total rewards package which includes bonuses, healthcare, insurance benefits, retirement programs, wellness programs, as well as service and performance awards – not to mention various social and recreational activities, all of which are location specific.
Job description
We are excited to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces by Fortune Magazine! We are proud to offer you 12 paid holidays annually. For an overview of our benefits and time off, please follow this link to learn more: US Stryker employee benefits.
Staff Designer, CAD
Portage, MI
As a Staff Designer, CAD, you will provide advanced design and digital engineering expertise to support the development of electromechanical medical devices within Stryker's Orthopaedic Instruments business. In this role, you will create, manage, and optimize complex CAD models, assemblies, engineering drawings, bills of materials, and product documentation throughout the product development lifecycle.
Working closely with cross-functional engineering teams, you will translate design requirements into manufacturable solutions that meet performance, quality, and regulatory standards. You will support concept development, prototyping, design verification, and manufacturing readiness activities while helping drive design integrity, data accuracy, and continuous improvement across new product development programs.
What You Will Do
- Create, modify, and manage complex CAD models, assemblies, engineering drawings, and bills of materials in accordance with engineering specifications.
- Translate design inputs into manufacturable product designs while ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory requirements.
- Evaluate product designs with cross-functional engineering teams to verify function, durability, manufacturability, and design integrity.
- Review engineering drawings, specifications, and technical documentation to ensure adherence to company and industry standards.
- Support prototype development, design verification activities, testing, and engineering analyses throughout product development.
- Submit and manage engineering documentation through design control, approval, and change management processes, including engineering change orders.
- Coordinate cross-functional project activities to support the delivery of mechanical assemblies, prototypes, and product development milestones.
- Train and mentor team members on CAD methodologies, design documentation practices, and established engineering standards.
What You Will Need
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma with a minimum of 6 years of additional relevant CAD experience, or an Associate Degree with a minimum of 4 years of additional relevant CAD experience, or a Bachelor's Degree.
- Minimum 4 years of experience using CAD, CAE, or related engineering software.
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate's Degree or Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Graphics, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience supporting product development, design verification, or engineering analysis activities.
- Experience creating and maintaining engineering drawings, assemblies, and product documentation.
- Experience supporting engineering change management and design control processes.
Compensation
- Salary Range: $77,700 - $129,500 USD Annual
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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a CAD Designer
Align your portfolio with PERM job requirements
PERM requires employers to advertise the exact duties and credentials of your role. Build a portfolio that mirrors the specific CAD software, industry standards, and deliverables named in your job description so your qualifications are defensible if DOL audits the filing.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Engineering firms, aerospace contractors, and manufacturing companies file PERM petitions regularly for CAD roles. Search the OFLC Wage Search for certified LCA filings by occupation and employer to identify who has sponsored similar positions before approaching them.
Verify your role clears the specialty occupation threshold
EB-2 requires a bachelor's degree in a directly related field as a standard requirement for the position. Review the O*NET profile for your specific CAD specialization, since drafting roles and engineering design roles carry different degree requirements that affect which EB category applies.
Use Migrate Mate to filter green card sponsoring employers
Searching broadly for CAD Designer openings wastes time on employers who won't sponsor. Migrate Mate filters job listings by employers with documented green card sponsorship history, so you focus applications on companies already familiar with the PERM and I-140 process.
Negotiate PERM filing into your offer before signing
Some employers sponsor reluctantly and delay indefinitely without a written commitment. Ask during the offer stage whether the company will include PERM sponsorship in your employment agreement and confirm the expected timeline from hire date to petition filing.
Understand priority dates before your EB-3 petition is filed
Priority date is set when USCIS receives your I-140, not when PERM is certified. For most countries outside China and India, EB-3 dates are current or close to current, meaning adjustment of status can begin quickly after I-140 approval rather than after years of waiting.
Green Card CAD Designer: Frequently Asked Questions
Do CAD Designer roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most CAD Designer positions qualify under EB-3 as skilled workers requiring at least a two-year degree or equivalent training. Roles that mandate a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, architecture, or a related field as a standard job requirement can qualify under EB-2. The classification depends on what the employer genuinely requires for the position, not the highest credential you hold.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for a CAD Designer?
H-1B visa is a temporary status capped at 65,000 registrations annually, subject to a lottery, and tied to employer renewals every three years. PERM-based green card sponsorship has no annual cap at the petition level and leads to permanent residency. The process takes longer overall, typically two to four years for most nationalities at the EB-3 level, but it removes the lottery risk entirely and ends in a permanent status that isn't tied to a single employer after the I-485 is filed.
What does the PERM labor certification process involve for a CAD Designer employer?
The employer must conduct a DOL-supervised recruitment campaign showing no minimally qualified U.S. workers applied for the role. This includes newspaper ads, postings on the company website, and other recruitment steps over a 30-day window. DOL reviews the results before certifying the application. Only after PERM certification can the employer file your I-140 petition with USCIS to formally sponsor your green card.
How can I find CAD Designer jobs where the employer is willing to sponsor a green card?
Most job postings don't advertise green card sponsorship directly, so searching without the right filter wastes time. Migrate Mate indexes employers with verified PERM and green card filing history, letting you identify CAD Designer openings at companies that have already navigated the sponsorship process rather than cold-pitching employers who may decline when you raise the topic.
Can I switch employers after my PERM is certified but before my green card is approved?
You can change employers after your I-140 has been approved and your I-485 has been pending for at least 180 days, as long as the new job is in the same or a similar occupational classification. A CAD Designer role moving to a related engineering design position would generally qualify. Changing employers before those conditions are met restarts the sponsorship process from PERM certification.