Intuitive · 2 weeks ago
Senior Mechanical Engineer - Equipment
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$152K/yr - $218K/yr
8+ years expIntuitive is a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care. The Senior Mechanical Engineer will design and construct manufacturing equipment for minimally invasive medical devices, playing a critical role in developing advanced manufacturing capabilities for surgical technologies.
Health CareManufacturingMedical Device
Responsibilities
Design and build in-house manufacturing equipment from concept to implementation
Create effective design solutions of mechanical assemblies from simple fixturing to more complex assembly and fixtures for automation equipment
Iterate rapidly by prototyping, testing, and examining product designs using engineering methods and techniques, including computer simulation and physical models
Create and manage project plans including schedules, budgets, and stakeholder updates
Develop documentation for equipment including specifications, assembly instructions, maintenance, and calibration procedures
Conduct effective design reviews of new equipment at all stages of development
Provide equipment-related technical support for on-going production operation and expansion
Establish and manage external resources (contractors, system integrators, vendors) in the planning and execution of equipment projects including duplication activities
Ensure manufacturing equipment designs meet functional, safety, ergonomic, and documentation requirements, to facilitate efficient production operations
Create and execute protocol documentation for equipment DQ, IQ, OQ, PQ validations
Provide controls-related root-cause analysis and technical support to on-going production operations
Support other equipment-related operations and duties as required
Qualification
Required
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering or similar
Minimum 8 years' experience designing and developing Automated manufacturing equipment
Proficiency with CAD (SolidWorks highly preferred): designing parts with complex geometry, creating assemblies and creating detailed manufacturing drawings
Comfortable operating machine shop, measurement, and test equipment
Mechanical design and exploration skills, including statics, dynamics, and strength of materials, including stress analysis, fatigue, and thermal analysis
Experience in integration of mechatronics components such as sensors, motors, pneumatics, and motion and vision control components
Experience in working with precision parts, locating features, machine tolerances
Familiarity with pneumatic controls, sensors, vision systems, servos and other actuators
Excellent understanding of tolerance analysis and statistical methods. Fluency in ASME Y14.5 GD&T and tolerance stack analysis
Prior Experience developing equipment qualification, calibration and PM procedures and practices
Great attitude, eager, willing/able to take initiative, works well with others in team environment
Ability to travel nationally and internationally. Travel requirements will be approximately 5%
Preferred
Advanced degree preferred
Experience with enterprise software (e.g. Agile document control, Confluence, Polarion, Windchill, etc)
Prior experience working with PLM systems (Agile preferred), SAP applications, including ECO creation, origination of equipment specification, test protocols, BOM, and work instructions
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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