Intuitive · 22 hours ago
Manager, Mechanical Engineering
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$171K/yr - $246K/yr
5+ years expIntuitive is a pioneer in robotic-assisted surgery, committed to enhancing minimally invasive care. The role involves leading a team of mechanical engineers to address complex design issues and ensure the highest product quality for robotic surgical systems.
Health CareManufacturingMedical Device
Responsibilities
Lead a team of mechanical engineers supporting the Continuous Improvement of the da Vinci® Surgical System
Understand and exemplify Intuitive’s culture of first principles thinking and that patients come first, always
Coach, evaluate and give feedback to the team members throughout the year and through annual Performance Review
Work with team members to create long-term development plans
Manage the team’s assignments, priorities and budget annually
Provide guidance through complex situations or conflicting goals
Support continued commercialization of the existing product by ensuring the product meets the highest level of quality through helping cross functional teams with issues emerging from the field, the manufacturing floor or the supply chain
Drive continuous improvement of the existing product by gathering and synthetizing information, formulating and prioritizing long-term projects through planning with leadership from New Product Development, Supplier, Manufacturing, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Production, Service Operations, and other groups
Align with cross functional teams to ensure designs provide value to patients, surgeons, and hospitals
Provide expertise and leadership in maintaining the risk and requirement documentation related to the system
Qualification
Required
Excellent judgment in the presence of competing priorities and incomplete data; proven ability to make difficult trade-offs
Ability to lead, collaborate, and motivate across functional boundaries with multi-disciplinary teams like clinical, quality, regulatory, manufacturing, etc
Good understanding of medical device company and/or robot design
Training or commensurate experience in Root Cause Analysis
Strong analytical skills as proven by a track record for analyzing and fixing complex problems in products and processes
Understand concepts of design controls - FMEAs, design input/output, and requirement traceability
Technical proficiency in electro-mechanical products and mechanism design
Demonstrated knowledge of a wide variety of manufacturing processes
Passion for solving tough technical problems and creating elegant and reliable products
Determination to finishing the vital thing, efficiently and well; attention to the right details
Self-driven desire to excel in a fast paced, small, focused team environment, to maintain a strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward, making work interesting, meaningful, and enjoyable
Expertise in communicating effectively and accurately (written and oral) across all levels and functions, including interacting with suppliers, and presenting to a technical audience
Coach, develop, and manage the engineering team through influential leadership, balancing the development objectives of the team with the needs of the organization
BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience
Typical minimum 5 years of designing complex commercial mechanical products, or relevant graduate education
Preferred
Mechatronics experience in a medical device or regulated industry
Experience with Statistical Process Control in a Mass Production environment
Experience with a variety of manufacturing processes
Experience supporting post-market performance through reliability engineering, serviceability design, or field failure analysis
Benefits
Market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity
Company
Intuitive
Intuitive designs and manufactures robotic-assisted surgical systems.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5MKey Investors
St. Cloud Capital
2003-04-30Post Ipo Equity
2000-06-23IPO
1996-01-01Seed· $5M
Leadership Team
Gillian Duncan
Senior Vice President, Professional Education & Program Services - Worldwide
Myriam Curet
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
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