Mechanical Engineer, Product Engineering

Intuitive Accessories are the interface between all aspects of the da Vinci system and enable safe and effective robot-assisted surgery. Our customers interact directly with Accessories in every surgical procedure and they serve a critical role in customer satisfaction and patient outcomes.

The Mechanical Engineer Product Engineering for Single-Port Accessories will provide engineering support across the product portfolio. Projects will include a mix of product improvements for cost savings and manufacturability to enable significant volume growth along with enhancements to improve reliability and usability.

The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment have a passion for continuous improvement and possess the ability to bring cross-functional teams together to solve problems.  A strong sense of responsibility and ownership is required as well as a commitment to high quality. 

    Work within multi-disciplinary teams to design develop and document mechanical components and assemblies for surgical system accessories including parts made by plastic injection molding thermoset compression molding and machining
    Review and define functional requirements based on user and product-level requirements and international standards and maintain Design History Files per regulatory and corporate requirements
    Analyze risk of component failure (FMEA) and implement effective mitigations
    Create and maintain product specifications (including engineering drawings) with careful consideration for critical functions and safety while designing for manufacturability and cost in accordance with corporate operating procedures
    Troubleshoot issues and get to root cause quickly using thorough and logical methods
    Iterate design solutions rapidly by prototyping testing and analyzing using engineering principles and techniques including computer simulation and physical models
    Support and participate in clinical and human factors evaluations to ensure positive user experience
    Collaborate with manufacturing and supplier engineering to facilitate transfer of designs into sustainable production
    Establish individual goals aligned with overall project and company goals
 

Qualifications :

Required Skills and Experience: 

    Demonstrated excitement and capacity to learn and quickly analyze tough technical problems using fundamental principles strong mechanical intuition and persistence to pinpoint root cause of problems
    Demonstrated ability to think at a systems level interface between multiple design groups and negotiate conflicting requirements
    Passion for continuous improvement and a commitment to quality
    Understanding concepts of design input design output requirement traceability and FMEA risk analysis
    Mechanical analysis including statics dynamics and strength of materials 
    Demonstrated ability to design for reliability and manufacturability
    Exposure to full product development lifecycle including ideation design analysis debug verification qualification transfer to manufacturing and sustaining
    Demonstrated knowledge of materials (preferably plastics and silicone rubber) and material properties. Ability to apply knowledge of engineering materials and component selection criteria to product designs through strong concept development analysis hands-on prototyping and reliability testing skills.
    Experience designing plastic components and assemblies
    Knowledge of component manufacturing processes (including injection molding thermoset molding machining vacuum thermoforming pad printing laser marking etc.)
    Proficiency with CAD (SolidWorks strongly preferred): designing parts with complex geometry creating assemblies creating detailed manufacturing drawings and analyzing designs with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) 

    Proficiency at failure analysis including root cause analysis techniques (e.g. fishbone 5 Whys etc.)
    Fluency in ASME Y14.5 GD&T and tolerance stack analysis
    Comfortable operating machine shop measurement and test equipment
    Demonstrated ability to create and execute an engineering test plan and proficiency at writing engineering test reports
    Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) across functions including presenting to a technical audience
    Minimum 3 years of hardware product design experience with undergraduate degree or minimum 2 years with graduate degree.
    Ability to travel up to 10%

Required Education and Training:
    Minimum BS in Mechanical Engineering required MSME preferred.  Biomedical or other engineering discipline may be acceptable with appropriate mechanical experience.

Preferred Skills and Experience: 
    Sense of shared responsibility and reward
    Ability to excel in a fast-paced high transaction mass-production environment
    Ability to utilize deep technical knowledge and broad expertise to achieve company objectives in creative and effective ways
    Experience leading cross-functional meetings
    Knowledge of sterilization methods biocompatibility and packaging of medical devices
    Knowledge of additional manufacturing processes such as extrusion blow molding ultrasonic welding RF welding heat staking and laser welding
    Prior experience working in a regulated industry (medical device strongly 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 COVID-19.  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 market-competitive 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