Senior Mechanical Engineer, Instruments

Primary Function of 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 Design Engineer will develop robotic instruments for minimally invasive applications using both data-based and hands-on approaches. 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 root cause higher level system issues. They must excel in a high-energy focused and small-team environment. The candidate will help identify and evaluate new technologies in light of customer and company needs help establish design requirements to meet customer needs work with suppliers and consultants to realize viable technical solutions and refine designs for transfer to the New Product Introduction organization for commercialization.

The successful candidate will have a commitment to high quality prototypes and concepts and a demonstrated record of developing creating and debugging innovative engineering solutions. An exceptional sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required.

Essential Job Duties

• Work in a small cross-functional project team to design and develop robotic surgical instruments.
• Observe clinical cases and participate in interviews with clinical experts to inform designs.
• Document prepare and review patent submissions.
• Create and maintain SolidWorks CAD databases including assemblies components and detailed drawings.
• Hands-on design assembly and testing of instruments to support proof of concept design development pre-clinical and V&V activities. Support defining and developing technical specifications and requirements for robotic instruments.
• Support the documentation of design and manufacturing processes including: working with suppliers to create components inspection procedures assembly instructions manufacturing processes test methods purchase specifications bills of materials component / assembly drawings per the companys operating procedures.
• Provide support for pre-clinical and clinical labs.
• Generate and execute test methods to characterize designs and to establish root cause of design challenges manufacturing variation or material defects. Critically examine test results and make design changes or recommendations to the team.
• Provide written protocols reports presentations and perform technical design reviews to solicit feedback on design activities.
• Provide mechanical engineering support for resolution of field and manufacturing issues.
• Establish individual goals consistent with overall project goals.

Qualifications :

Required Skills and Experience

• A passion for solving tough technical problems solid mechanical intuition and persistence to identify the root cause of a problem solving problems using first principles.
• Ability to learn rapidly and quickly prototype creative and practical solutions from rough requirements.
• Solid aptitude for experimental design testing and data analysis; experience with design of experiments (DoEs) and statistical analysis.
• Ability to think at a systems level interface between multiple design groups and negotiate conflicting requirements.
• Highly proficient using CAD to design and document complex mechanisms and systems; SolidWorks preferred.
• Familiar with all phases of product development lifecycle including design implementation debug verification/validation qualification and design transfer.
• Understanding of material and component selection criteria as well as design for reliability and manufacturability best practices.
• Experience with a variety of fabrication methods for metals and plastics working with suppliers and their processes; including multi-axis machining MIM plastic injection molding overmolding stamping extrusions 3D printing and laser cutting.
• Experience with medical devices including FDA QSR 21 CFR Part 820 ISO 13485 IEC 60601 and other related external standards.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills.
• Comfortable operating machine shop equipment

Required Education and Training

• Minimum BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering Mechatronics Biomedical Engineering or related engineering or scientific discipline
• Minimum 6 years designing mechanical engineering products or relevant experience

Working Conditions

• None

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience using SolidWorks Matlab and Finite Element Analysis (such as Ansys/ Pro Mechanica)
• Experience with electromechanical design including cable driven systems and small mechanisms is preferred.
• Experience and skills in design of high volume (e.g. injection molded MIM) components and design for manufacturability strongly preferred
• Medical device design experience
• Experience developing manufacturing processes and assembly instructions

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.

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

Employment Type :

Full-time