Intuitive · 5 hours ago
Senior Reliability Engineer
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$160K/yr - $230K/yr
3+ years expIntuitive is a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, committed to transforming healthcare. The Senior Reliability Engineer will focus on innovative approaches to reliability and life testing, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to enhance system performance and support product development.
Health CareManufacturingMedical Device
Responsibilities
This position will contribute to the high-level strategies of the reliability team regarding testing and failure data collection and analysis
While the immediate focus is the system reliability, important cases in instrument and accessories may be also covered
The reliability team charter includes but not limited to, implementation of proactive reliability approaches during product development
The team provides vital guidance to ME, SW, FW, HW, and SA teams for data-driven design and operation decisions
The team also regularly analyzes field data from previous generation of the product to identify improvement opportunities for both legacy and future products
Review functional and reliability requirements of systems/subsystems to plan reliability/life tests that help evaluate the short/ long term compliance with the specs
Design, procure and assemble test fixtures to limit/eliminate the need for human intervention during the tests
Test fixture design covers the mechanical & electrical parts as well as control platforms, algorithms & SW
Work closely with SW, FM, IT and data team to enable automatic data collection during the system test
This includes the system logs and other critical info such as temperature, vibration, noise that may not be available directly from the system
Modify/ develop the SW scripts necessary to run automated tests that cover the required subset of the system operational profile
Plan interim quality and performance inspection required to verify integrity of the system/components critical functions during the test
Work closely with quality, regulatory, and document control to properly document and release the test fixtures if used for finished products and features
Provide regular reports on the status tests, regarding cumulative test hours, total number and nature of the failure events
Regular triage of the failure data with the design team for full blown root cause analysis towards design improvement
Plan and execute accelerated and highly accelerated life tests for components and subsystems, this may include critical accessories and instruments DOE for performance tests to help engineering design and manufacturing team with required gage R&R, variability and capability analysis
Qualification
Required
Minimum 3 years of work experience in reliability/life testing of medical capital/consumer equipment and instruments with strong written and oral communication skills
Solid understanding of Newtonian mechanics and measurement principles
Proven ability to work well in a team environment and drive individual projects
Experience managing partners and small projects with agility
Direct experience with accelerated/ highly accelerated life test design and analysis
Direct experience with successful test design and implementation from scratch
Proficiency using CAD to design highly customized fixtures and rapid prototyping
SolidWorks preferred
Hands on with data acquisition tools and techniques, for measuring electrical and physical phenomenon such as voltage, current, torque, force, pressure, or sounds
Hands on with NI DAQs or similar platforms for PC-based control and automation
Experience in Python, MATLAB and LabVIEW
Minimum Masters (Ph.D. preferred) in mechanical or reliability engineering or Other Related Engineering Fields With Direct Work Experience
Preferred
Hands on experience with complex mechatronic/optomechanical systems
Hands on with vibration measurement and analysis techniques, in both time and frequency domains, including peak, RMS, FFT, PSD and Spectrogram analysis
Highly analytical in problem solving with mechanical systems and data
Mechanical simulation experience (ANSYS preferred)
Experience in both hardware and software failure analysis
Strong skills in manipulating big data (SQL, python, excel)
Hands on with statistical tools such as JMP, Minitab, DOE++, Weibull++, ALTA and GoldSim
Experience with compiled languages (C++) and Linux
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
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$5MKey Investors
St. Cloud Capital
2003-04-30Post Ipo Equity
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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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