The Staff Mechanical Engineer will conceptualize develop analyze and verify new mechanical design concepts for next generation surgical robot systems. You will apply your product development and analysis expertise to next generation da Vinci designs leveraging your creativity and engineering analysis to the design of kinematics robotic actuation and sensing solutions. This requires indepth collaboration with crossfunctional teams that will routinely leverage your technical and interpersonal skills as you develop a shared understanding of the new product requirements.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Subject matter expert in leading and executing complex FEA and model analysis experimental characterization and design optimization including CFD and thermal modeling.
- Lead multidisciplinary technical teams to analyze existing designs and define requirements for new and current designs including thermal management.
- Mentor and guide other colleagues in characterization and analysis.
- Create detailed mechanical assemblies and prototypes with careful consideration of key functions precision design principles cost manufacturability and safety.
- Design test methodologies and fixtures to develop deeper understanding of key technical challenges verify and refine designs.
- Design components and producing mechanical drawings in a government regulated environment for volume manufacturing processes which may include cast metal injection molded plastic sheet metal stamped and others.
- Contribute to budget resource and planning of technical projects and workstreams.
Qualifications :
Key Skills Experience Education & Training
Required
- BSME or similar.
- Minimum 12 years of related experience or 8 years with a MSME or 5 years with a PhD.
- Solidworks CAD design drawing GD&T and ANSYS proficiency.
- Analytical foundation in mechanical engineering first principles.
- Curiosity in driving to first principles and root cause understanding.
- Exercises independent judgment in methods techniques and evaluation criteria to analyze complex systems.
- Experience leading crossfunctional projects and teams including collaborations with consultants and external project teams.
- Experience designing precision robotic joints including integrating gears actuators encoders and brakes with attention to size weight torque dynamics precision cost and manufacturability.
- Selfdriven to achieve individual and collaborative results in a highenergy small focused team environment to maintain a strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward and to foster a positive and encouraging group culture.
- Flexible to changing priorities and able to balance and prioritize multiple and competing demands based on organizational goals and needs.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to build clarity and consensus among crossfunctional stakeholders.
- Understanding of engineering materials component selection criteria and design for reliability and manufacturability.
- Effectively takes the lead in communicating with and influencing peers and senior stakeholders. Communicates effectively across varying organizational levels.
- Effectively makes decisions and achieves project goals involving crossfunctional teams.
Key Skills Experience Education & Training
Required
- BSME or similar.
- Minimum 12 years of related experience or 8 years with a MSME or 5 years with a PhD.
- Solidworks CAD design drawing GD&T and ANSYS proficiency.
- Analytical foundation in mechanical engineering first principles.
- Curiosity in driving to first principles and root cause understanding.
- Exercises independent judgment in methods techniques and evaluation criteria to analyze complex systems.
- Experience leading crossfunctional projects and teams including collaborations with consultants and external project teams.
- Experience designing precision robotic joints including integrating gears actuators encoders and brakes with attention to size weight torque dynamics precision cost and manufacturability.
- Selfdriven to achieve individual and collaborative results in a highenergy small focused team environment to maintain a strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward and to foster a positive and encouraging group culture.
- Flexible to changing priorities and able to balance and prioritize multiple and competing demands based on organizational goals and needs.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to build clarity and consensus among crossfunctional stakeholders.
- Understanding of engineering materials component selection criteria and design for reliability and manufacturability.
- Effectively takes the lead in communicating with and influencing peers and senior stakeholders. Communicates effectively across varying organizational levels.
- Effectively makes decisions and achieves project goals involving crossfunctional teams.
Preferred
- Graduate study or equivalent research experience.
- Medical product development process and product launch experience.
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 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