Manager, Mechanical Design – Equipment

The Equipment Engineering Manager will be responsible for leading a team of equipment and manufacturing engineers in developing advanced solutions for the production of precision Stapler instruments and accessories used in minimally invasive robotic surgery. This is a key technical leadership role responsible for driving innovation and technology in manufacturing and test equipment design ensuring compliance with quality systems and mentoring a highly skilled engineering team.

This individual will lead and develop a team of equipment and manufacturing engineers focused on designing building and validating custom equipment for precision medical device manufacturing. This role will provide oversight into the entire equipment lifecyclefrom specification concept development and design through implementation and sustained productionwhile ensuring compliance with quality system requirements and regulatory standards. This position requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects on time and within scope.

This person will work in collaboration with Product Design Engineering Supplier Engineering Systems Analysts Manufacturing Engineering Software and Controls Engineering and Quality Engineering teams to create integrated scalable production test and processes equipment.

What Youll Do

• Build and manage a team of mechanical equipment engineers who develop equipment for manufacturing and testing Intuitives Multiport Instrument & Accessories products and components.
• Responsible for the professional development of individual team members.
• Mentor and train new employees
• Establish group and individual objectives priorities and metrics to ensure long term success.
• Establish standards and organize best practices of work for mechanical equipment design engineers.
• Manage and allocate team resources over multiple projects
• Provide technical leadership for the development of production equipment test fixtures and process tools.
• Oversee the validation and qualification of manufacturing equipment and processes leveraging standard qualification approaches (IQ/OQ/DQ/PQ)
• Maintain compliance with medical device quality system including corrective action closure discrepant material disposition and Engineering Change Order (ECO) implementation through Agile
• Manage requirements to ensure equipment meets expectations.
• Establish standards metrics and measurement techniques to assess the quality of equipment delivered by the team.
• Collaborate with design engineers system analysts manufacturing engineers and software/controls engineers to ensure that equipment meets requirements.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement projects with respect to equipment design reliability capacity enhancement and efficiency.
• Lead projects within group and/or with cross-functional teams focused on process and equipment improvements for high-volume manufacturing.

Qualifications :

What Youll Bring

• BS or graduate degree in Electrical Mechanical Mechatronics or Control Systems Engineering or similar field. MS Preferred.
• Successful experience leading teams developing test & process equipment
• Minimum of five years engineering experience with complex electro-mechanical equipment.
• Proven leadership experience motivating mentoring and inspiring a high-capacity technical team.
• Prior responsibility for validation of processes equipment and products.
• Strong quantitative process development skills including (p)FMEA tolerance analysis DoE SPC GR&R and CpK.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills; Able to manage multiple fast-paced projects simultaneously.
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally across a range of technical disciplines with a broad slate of stakeholders including management peers customers and suppliers.
• Excellent verbal presentation and written communication skills with the ability to relate to different people in cross-functional teams.

Working Conditions

• Able to lift 50 lbs
• Ability to travel periodically (5-10%). Ensuring technology transfer to production sites.

Youll Knock Our Socks Off If You:

• Have medical device manufacturing experience (GMP MDD ISO 13485 ISO 9001 etc.).
• Have experience in control systems development for robotics or electro-mechanical systems.
• Are familiar with mechanical CAD (Solidworks) and PLM (Agile) software
• Have experience with high volume and high complexity manufacturing processes
• Have experience with SAP Windchill and Polarian

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

U.S. Export Controls Disclaimer:  In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR 743.13(b)) some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employeeswho are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.

Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the governments licensing process can take 3 to 6 months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (TCP) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).  

For any Intuitive role subject to export controls final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employeesstart date which may or may not be flexible and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes. 

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 compensation ranges are listed.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time