Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
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Job Description
Primary Function of the Position
Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex mechanical systems for use in surgery. These systems include both capital equipment and consumables in the form of surgical instruments and accessories. The Senior Mechanical Engineer for Core Instruments will be a lead member and mentor within a team responsible for sustaining engineering of a broad portfolio of currently marketed instruments in the field.
The candidate will drive initiatives to identify performance cost and reliability improvements for Intuitives surgical instruments and complete and guide others in the development documentation and verification of these improvements. The candidate will have both the technical depth to resolve complex mechanical materials and manufacturing design issues and the ability to work in an interdisciplinary team to troubleshoot and establish root cause of higherlevel system issues. A proven sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required as well as a commitment to high product quality. The candidate will help to identify and evaluate new technologies in light of customer and company needs establish design requirements to meet customer needs work with suppliers and other outside companies and consultants to realize viable technical solutions and refine designs for existing product as well as inform design solutions for new products. He/she/they must excel in a highenergy team environment and be capable of creative problem solving when faced with the time pressures and incomplete information. The successful candidate must have outstanding technical depth in relevant areas and be as comfortable collaborating and leading across organizational boundaries as they are working exclusively.
Essential Job Duties
- Serve as lead technical designer on crossfunctional project teams to design develop and verify modifications to surgical instruments and accessories.
- Investigate and establish root cause of both latent and emerging design manufacturing or material defects
- Develop implement test and document solutions for these defects according to corporate standard and departmental operating procedures
- Investigate clinical requirements
- Provide mechanical engineering support for resolution of field and manufacturing issues
- Support the CAPA and continuous improvement projects and quality/regulatory audits as required
- Establish personal goals consistent with overall project goals
Technical leadership
- Act as technical Drive on component and assembly redesign efforts
- Mentor and train less experienced engineers in the art of sustaining engineering and mechanical design
- Review mechanical engineering designs of other Intuitive engineers in both a formal and informal capacity
- Lead or assist other design engineers through brainstorming detailed reviews and collaborative problemsolving resulting in compelling product architectures
- Provide detailed input to project planning including goals budgets staffing schedules milestones etc.
- Make recommendations to senior management about the direction activities and staffing of ongoing projects as well as recommendations and proposals for new product/project opportunities
- Identify resource gaps and make recommendations to address issues and prioritize
Qualifications :
Required Skills and Experience
- Exceptional aptitude with an emphasis on theoretical fundamentals
- High Proficiency using software like 3D CAD to design mechanisms; SolidWorks preferred 3D design & surfacing) Matlab Finite Element Analysis (such as Ansys/ Pro Mechanica)
- Programming in Matlab to interface with electromechanical assemblies and perform data analysis
- Demonstrated knowledge of component manufacturing processes such as high volume injection molding machining wire EDM MIM heat treatment electropolish brazing laser welding etc.)Experience creating prototypes and evaluating designs via testing and rigorous analysis
- Project Management experience a plus
- Comfortable in dissecting electrical assemblies and sensors
- Comfortable with all phases of the product development lifecycle including design implementation debugging verification qualification and transfer
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- Comfortable operating machine shop equipment
- Exceptional understanding of component selection criteria and design for reliability and manufacturability
- Prefer medical device experience
- Process development and assembly instructions
Required Education and Training
- Minimum BSME required
- Minimum 6 years of industry experience designing commercial mechanical products with a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering or Biomedical Engineering or minimum 8 years of industry experience with a Bachelors degree
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience and skills in design of high volume (e.g. injection molded MIM) components and design for manufacturability preferred
Additional Information :
Due to the nature of our business and the role please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID19. Details can vary by role.
Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.
We provide marketcompetitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives benefits and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role as actual pay will be determined based on several factors including experience skills and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.
Due to the nature of our business and the role please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID19. Details can vary by role.
Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.
Mandatory Notices
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.
Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside or plan to reside in Alabama Arkansas Delaware Florida Indiana Iowa Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina or Tennessee.
We provide marketcompetitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives benefits and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role as actual pay will be determined based on several factors including experience skills and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
