Staff Mechanical Design Engineer - Specialty Instrument

Company Description

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.

As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.

Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.

Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.

Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

The Staff Mechanical Engineer will develop and support innovative surgical instruments for the Da Vinci Surgical System, from concept to launch and beyond, with shared responsibility and shared reward. The successful candidate will understand user needs and requirements, balance individual product-level requirements with system-level requirements, brainstorm innovate solutions to complex mechanical design issues, and commit to the highest product quality. Projects will include a mix of new product development, product improvements, and sustaining projects to mitigate challenges related to capacity improvements and supply chain.  Responsibilities include developing, documenting, and validating new product designs, as well as improving existing designs to meet the needs of our customers.

Essential Job Duties

• Create new product architectures for next-generation instruments.
• Design, develop and document components and assemblies for surgical instruments.
• Conceptualize and evaluate complex assemblies, create theoretical models, conduct empirical confirmation, and perform computer-assisted simulations.
• Design and develop mechanical parts and assemblies, with careful consideration for mechanical design, kinematics, materials (plastics & metals), and stress analysis.
• Develop product design specifications and perform DFMEA on designed parts.
• Identify and research new vendors and processes to manufacture components; Collaborate with supplier engineers and vendors to optimize component DFM.
• Create and maintain engineering drawings to company and international drafting standards.
• Perform technical design reviews to solicit feedback on design progress.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and automation teams to develop assembly fixtures and processes.
• Translate clinical requirements and user needs to functional and technical specifications
• Participate in clinical lab testing to understand product’s performance; implement clinical feedback into product’s design and requirements.
• Develop and perform verification and validation testing.
• Document, prepare, and review patent submissions.
• Review regulatory submissions.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience:

• High proficiency using software to design and analyze components and mechanisms; SolidWorks preferred (3D design & surfacing), MATLAB and Minitab (numerical analysis), Finite Element Analysis (such as Ansys/Simulation).
• Comfortable with all phases of the product development lifecycle, including design, implementation, debugging, verification, qualification, and transfer.
• Excellent analytical aptitude with an emphasis on theoretical fundamentals.
• Solid understanding of component selection criteria and design for reliability and manufacturability.
• Experience with designing machining and high-volume injection molding; Experience collaborating with manufacturers to optimize component DFM and DFA.
• Exceptional aptitude for experimental design, testing, and data analysis; experience with design of experiments (DoEs) and statistical review is a plus.
• Prior experience leading focused brainstorming