Senior Manufacturing Mechanical Engineer

Company Description

At Intuitive, 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. Our mission is our guiding force; our culture is the DNA that makes us unique. 

As a pioneer in robotic-assisted surgery (RAS), we have been expanding our innovations through technology to help make a difference in the world. For 25 years, human ingenuity has guided our journey to help solve some of healthcare’s complex challenges.

We believe a great idea can come from anywhere—inclusion and mutual respect are vital to our culture. We value character grounded in integrity, a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and diverse 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 strive to 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 help to advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position:

Do you enjoy working with your hands and troubleshooting? Do you stive to continuously improve projects and processes? We build highly complex medical robotic systems and the team needs to be able to quickly problem solve and implement solutions. This team (Manufacturing Engineering) owns the creation, development, qualification, and stabilization of manufacturing lines. Individuals who excel at finding better ways to build devices using data driven analysis thrive in our work environment. Our highly collaborative team needs to both support and lead problem identification, root cause analysis and implement solutions. We are tightly linked with the design team(s) and we determine the best way to assemble through ownership of design for assembly, design for manufacturing and design for service. This role requires a diverse skill set which includes designing fixtures, creating work instructions, maintaining DMR and DHR, qualifying fixtures, qualifying production lines, stabilizing production lines, root-cause analysis, project management, cost reduction efforts, and outsourcing leadership.

Tools we leverage to ensure our production lines are stable and can scale include: 

• DFA/DFM/DFS
• Design and implementation fixturing and tooling.
• Improving parts with GD&T and Tolerance stack analysis
• Debug of motors / Actuators / Encoders
• Process analysis with Cpk/Ppk

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Committed to delivering top tier manufacturing processes for new products. This includes developing and driving project milestones and schedules, resolving manufacturability issues and root cause analysis, to improvement throughput, yield and efficiency.
• Strong CAD skillset with vision for mechanical assembly critique and for fixture creation.
• Designs, document, assemble, qualify and implement mechanical assembly/test/inspection fixtures and equipment.
• Provides product and process DFA (Design for Assembly) input to Product Development Engineering to focus on manufacturability and reduce variation.
• Creates a repeatable and efficient “low-volume” manufacturing assembly line, specifying and/or refining BOMs, work flow processes and detailed work instructions.
• Responsible for maintaining compliance with medical device quality system requirements including corrective/preventive action closure, discrepant material dispositions and ECO/NCO/MCO writing, reviewing and implementation.
• Provides technical support analyzing and/or performing failure analysis for discrepant production components, assemblies and field returns.
• Leads/participates in continuous improvement initiatives focused on material cost reduction, capacity enhancement, and streamlining of supply chain. 
• Must possess strong communication skills to interface with technicians, product development, planning, purchasing, regulatory, inspection, clinical marketing organizations, and suppliers.
• Mentors and sets project tasks for Mfg Engineers on their specific project team and on other teams as needed to further company expertise & effectiveness.

Qualifications

Skill/Job Requirements:

• 4 yr. degree in Mechanical Engineering.  MSME preferred
• 8+ years experience as design or manufacturing engineer supporting product with significant mechanical content (MSME with 5 years also considered).
• Demonstrated understanding of manufacturing processes including injection molding, machining, stamping and Process Engineering capability
• Demonstrated knowledge of mechanical assembly, testing, and inspecti