Sr. IQC Inspector (Future location in Gilroy, CA)

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:

Sr. IQC Technician will be performing dimensional and visual inspections of purchased parts, assemblies and products to ensure incoming specifications have been met prior to release to manufacturing and finished goods.  Also responsible for the training and mentoring of new employees, as well as performing more complex types of inspections. This position will be onsite in Sunnyvale, CA and is expected to transition to the permanent location in Gilroy, CA facility by April 2026. This is an hourly role the hourly ranges are listed below. 

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Trains new inspectors and mentors them on how to process lots to release.
• Provides daily backlog reports and priorities for the shift.
• Works with outside groups to resolve issues with part drawings, receiving documentation issues, and other support groups for the IQC.
• Can create reports to reflect group’s performance and current situation to provide data to the supervisor when needed. Proficient at manipulating reports and graphs in Excel.
• Able to create and release inspection plans in IQC software based on drawings in Agile.
• Is capable of releasing lots outside of Q360 and directly in the ERP system when needed.
• Perform First Article inspections to qualify tooling and new parts
• Lead Inspector can stand in for the Supervisor when not present and make sound judgments based on the present evidence and knowledge and experience from the past.
• Attend production and engineering meetings to understand manufacturing and R&D material needs.
• Ability to prioritize materials that need to be processed for Manufacturing and R&D needs based on reports and meetings.
• Operate optical comparator and other standard metrology equipment (caliper, height gauges, bore gauges, dial indicators, surface plates, etc.) for open set-up inspection.
• Certified to operate various Vision systems, SmartScope, Keyence. Dynascope) to perform more complex inspections. Desired skill but not required.  
• Interpret complex mechanical drawings and GD&T
• Provide technical guidance to engineers regarding GD&T and best practices for measurement correlation. .
• Conduct visual/dimensional inspection of purchased parts materials and assemblies to procedures or specifications and disposition based upon results
• Record Inspection results in computer-based software
• Ability to review Inspection Plans and release them, based on required incoming inspection specifications.
• Create inspection history files and upload to ERP system.
• Perform inspection on parts/fixtures for the PMC (Calibration Group).
• Handle materials in accordance to procedures and prevent mix-ups, damage or other adverse effects.
• Use company ERP system (Inventory Control) to transact and release materials to for production use.
• Create Non-conforming reports in SAP for parts that fail their incoming specifications.
• Communicate inspection results to engineers and others, when requested

• Performs any other projects or duties that may be assigned.

Qualifications

Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:

• High school diploma, A.S. Enginee