Manufacturing Engineer Process Development

Primary Function of the Position  

Contribute your technical manufacturing equipment design and project management skills to a dynamic manufacturing engineering team creating precision stapling instruments for minimally invasive robotic surgery. The role requires active participation in the sustaining manufacturing engineering organization to refine mechanical components assemblies process documentation tooling/fixtures/test tools and test methods to improve efficacy reliability manufacturability and cost for surgical robotic instruments. 

Essential Job Duties  

• Responsible for the validation and qualification of manufacturing equipment and processes leveraging standard qualification approaches (IQ/OQ/DQ/PQ). 
• Provide production line support for day-to-day engineering issues on core instrument lines. 
• Identify and implement continuous improvement projects with respect to first pass yield cycle time reduction product reliability capacity enhancement and cost reduction. 
• Provide product and process DFx (Manufacturing Assembly) input to enhance manufacturability  
• Take responsibility for maintaining compliance with medical device quality system including corrective action closure discrepant material dispositions and ECO implementation. 
• Provide technical support analyzing and /or performing failure analysis for discrepant production components assemblies and field returns. 
• Contribute to iterative component designs and manufacturing processes for reliability improvements and cost reductions. 
• Create maintain and improve manufacturing assembly lines specifying and/or refining BOMs workflow processes manufacturing plan and detailed work instructions. 
• Design document procure qualify implement and improve fixtures tools and equipment. 
• Analyze instrument-manufacturing line from a risk perspective (PFMEA) to incorporate and validate critical tests used in manufacturing. 

Qualifications :

Required Skills and Experience  

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical discipline. 
• 0-2 years of experience as design or manufacturing engineer 
• High mechanical aptitude. 
• Strong oral and written communication skills. 
• Ability to employ statistical methods (Cpk ANOVA Design of Experiments GR&R) in data analysis for process development and problem-solving. 
• CAD experience (preferred Solidworks). 
• Able to travel periodically to suppliers or Intuitive manufacturing sites. 

Required Education and Training  

• BS degree in Engineering discipline.  

Working Conditions 

• None 

Preferred Skills and Experience  

• Prior experience designing automated equipment or complex mechanism manufacturing. 
• Experience in an ISO 13485 ISO 9001 or medical device manufacturing environment. 
• Skills in problem solving and using MiniTab Python SQL Tableau and/or other SW tools for data analysis to identify root cause and drive corrective actions. 
• Use of Agile or similar lifecycle management system tool. 

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