Intuitive · 11 hours ago
Senior Test Engineer
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$153K/yr - $221K/yr
6+ years expIntuitive is a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care. The Senior Test Engineer will assure the quality of new designs and processes within the New Product Verification Department, collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop test protocols and fixtures for medical devices.
Health CareManufacturingMedical Device
Responsibilities
Develops high level test plans for instrument, accessories, endoluminal, and vision projects
Generates and takes ownership of test protocols for Design Verification and Life/ Reliability tests
Develops clinically relevant test methods ensure design requirements are sufficiently verified by collaborating with appropriate cross functional partners
Executes test protocols for clinically-based surgical simulation and automated testing utilizing da Vinci surgical system, Ion Systems and/or other test equipment
Identifies, reports and negotiate problems that arise during feasibility and design verification testing, and escalates new or persistent failure modes to appropriate engineering teams
Proactively engages with appropriate engineering teams and leads failure investigation and root cause analysis
Clearly documents test results and observations in test report
Designs test fixtures and other test aids needed to perform Design Verification and Life/ Reliability tests
Proactively identifies and develops processes and test methods that could benefit from new or updated fixture designs by engaging with design and test engineers
Ability to apply critical thinking to solve problems while leading cross-functional, technical teams in making decisions
Ability to influence technical stake holders and suggest process improvements
Ability to understand and work on complex products and processes
Ability to collaborate with cross functional teams and contribute to the development of product requirements and risk documents
Effective technical communication across various levels of the organization at core team meetings and design reviews
Ensures successful, on-time completion of department and core team projects; communicates constraints and recommends preferred mitigation to direct management when successful project completion is at risk
Complies with company Department and Standard Operating Procedures
Effectively translate the functional requirements into appropriate acceptance criteria for testcases and test methods
Train test technicians on test methods and procedures
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 6+ years experience working in an engineering or research team environment
Minimum BS in Mechanical, Biomedical Engineering or similar degree
Medical Device Verification/Validation experience is required
Understanding of design controls used in the Medical device development is required
Ability to perform mechanical engineering calculations needed to support equipment design, including dimensional analysis
Experience using tools and measuring equipment (Force Gauge, Calipers, Instron, Oscilloscopes etc.)
Experience with SolidWorks or similar CAD software
Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision
Ability to multitask, and handle tasks with competing priorities effectively
Ability to work with biological samples, including blood, tissue and organs
Accepting and adhering to high ethical, moral, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions, and when dealing with others
Preferred
MS preferred
Prefer experience within medical device or pharmaceutical industry
Experience with working through various phases of medical device product development process (concept through launch) is preferred
Experience with MATLAB, Python, Arduino is highly preferred
Experience with Test Method Validation is highly preferred
Experience in Reliability Engineering is a plus
Experience working with electro-mechanical systems is a plus
Company
Intuitive
Intuitive designs and manufactures robotic-assisted surgical systems.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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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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