Intuitive · 20 hours ago
Director SP Manufacturing Engineering
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$226K/yr - $339K/yr
10+ years expIntuitive is a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care. The Director of SP Manufacturing Engineering will lead a team of manufacturing engineering managers to advance new surgical instruments and accessories, guiding the development of manufacturing strategies and processes while ensuring product reliability and quality.
Health CareManufacturingMedical Device
Responsibilities
Management of efficient “mid-volume” manufacturing assembly lines, specifying and/or refining BOMs, work flow processes, and detailed work instructions
Lead initiatives focused on yield improvement, material cost reduction, capacity enhancement, and outsourcing of assemblies
Manage and allocate team resources over multiple projects. Provide and solicit resources to and from other teams as necessary
Provide component engineering services to proactively identify and resolve/mitigate material obsolescence or availability issues
Identify, design, qualify, document and introduce production assembly/test fixtures
Provide product and process Design for Manufacturability, Design for Assembly and Design for Service input to enhance manufacturability and servicing
Analyze, trend, and report on RMA investigations to guide the team to meaningful projects that help improve customer experience in the field
Provide technical support for Material Review Board (MRB) to ensure discrepant material is processed efficiently and projects are identified to fix the root cause to reduce the
Project Manage product transfers from Sunnyvale to Mexico
Must possess strong communication skills to interface with cross functional engineering teams, technicians, planning, purchasing, quality and regulatory teams
Provide engineering leadership during audits to respond to production, process control sections of the audit
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated Mechanical and Process Engineering ability
Demonstrated ability in failure analysis and continuous improvement
Demonstrated ability to represent the company to its partners, suppliers, and vendors
Experience in Medical Device Manufacturing (including GMP, MDD, ISO) – a plus
Experience with Lean Manufacturing and/or 6-Sigma techniques – a plus
BS Degree in Engineering Discipline, MS preferred
10+ years experience in manufacturing or mechanical engineering role
4+ years experience in managing Technical Engineering team in a fast paced medical device development environment
Preferred
BS Degree in Engineering Discipline, MS preferred
Experience in Medical Device Manufacturing (including GMP, MDD, ISO)
Prior Experience demonstrating ability to manage a Technical Engineering team in the Manufacturing Engineering space
Prior experience with automated equipment, complex mechanism manufacturing, or robotics
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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