Intuitive · 20 hours ago
New Product Development Engineering Technician
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
6+ years expIntuitive is a pioneer in robotic-assisted surgery, committed to enhancing minimally invasive care. The New Product Development Engineering Technician will work within the Cardiac Instruments and Accessories team to develop next-generation devices, focusing on design, testing, and collaboration with various teams to meet clinical and business needs.
Health CareManufacturingMedical Device
Responsibilities
Develop and down select novel design concepts that meet relevant clinical (e.g. performance, safety) and business (e.g. cost, scalability) needs
Build and test prototypes to discover failure modes for proposed design concepts
Develop robust and creative test methods to facilitate rigorous understanding of the design - not just how a design behaves, but why
Collaborate with clinical, usability, design, and other interfacing teams to develop, negotiate, decompose, and substantiate device and device interaction requirements
Collaborate with process and supplier engineering to drive design manufacturability
Optimize the design based on rigorous understanding of design behavior, needs, tradeoffs
Investigate issues using robust and efficient experimental approaches, employing statistical tools where appropriate
May mentor or oversee the work of junior staff or technicians
Qualification
Required
Minimum 6 years' experience supporting a mechanical engineering group in a product development organization
Associate of Science degree, or equivalent work experience
Prior experience working in an FDA/ISO regulated environment
Hands-on experience building mechanical assemblies, sub-assemblies, or equipment, with some electrical or pneumatic assembly using hand tools
Ability to perform prototype testing per written protocol or verbal instruction and document results
Ability to fabricate and assemble electromechanical prototypes using machine and hand tools, including lathe, mill, drill press, Dremel tool, rapid prototyping equipment, bonding equipment, soldering station, laser welding equipment, etc
Ability to inspect components using metrology equipment (including calipers, micrometers, vision systems, CMM)
Manual dexterity to assemble very small components, with microscope or similar magnification
Ability to move/manipulate large, heavy wheeled equipment, and lift equipment up to 30 lbs
Computer skills in Microsoft Office required, Solidworks experience desired
Excellent organizational skills
Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with development teams, including design and manufacturing engineers, buyers, suppliers, project managers, and other technicians
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
Craig Child
Sr. Vice President, Human Resources
Gillian Duncan
Senior Vice President, Professional Education & Program Services - Worldwide
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