Manufacturing Engineer

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:

If you are a hands-on troubleshooter that enjoys rolling up your sleeves and working with some of the most advanced robotics technology on the planet, this may be the ideal job for you. We are seeking a resourceful, creative, experienced Manufacturing Engineer with the ability to investigate and resolve complex functional issues on the daVinci robot.  Your mission will be to investigate, understand root cause, and develop solutions to eliminate the source of defects, and improve reliability of this leading-edge product.  This is a wide ranging position with many opportunities to be exposed to a broad scope of technologies. We are looking for candidates with working experience and theoretical knowledge in many of the following areas:  

• Gear trains / bearings
• Precision Machined parts / GD&T / Tolerance stack up analysis
• Servo motors / Actuators / Encoders
• Friction , Stress – Strain,
• Basic Electronics, electro-magnetism, Sensors
• Computer control systems

Roles and Responsabilities:

• Production transfer between our Sunnyvale and Mexicali manufacturing facilities.  Assist with set-up of new production lines, ramp up of production, resolution of technical production issues.
• Provide production support to ensure the production schedule is maintained, technical problems are resolved quickly and effectively
• Performing failure analysis for discrepant production components, assemblies and field returns.  Develop and implement solutions to eliminate the root cause.
• Lead initiatives focused on defect reduction, yield improvement, reliability improvement, capacity enhancement, and cost reduction.
• Evaluate and refine the design of released products.  Collaborate with the design team, provide suggested design improvements.  Responsible for implementation of design improvements.
• Collaborate with Supplier Engineering team to ensure suppliers understand product issues and requirements, assist in resolving technical issues at suppliers.
• Design, qualify, document, and validate: production lines, assembly fixtures and tools, release to production and service.

Qualifications

Skill/Job Requirements:

In order to adequately perform the responsibilities of this position the individual must:

Required:

• Must possess strong communication skills to interface with: Manufacturing Technicians, Quality Engineers, Product Development Engineers, Senior Management, Supplier Engineers, Planning, Purchasing, among others.
• Candidate must be of high character and energy with focused attention to detail.
• Minimum BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability in failure analysis, trouble shooting, problem solving and continuous improvement of complex electro-mechanical products.
• Demonstrated Mechanical and/or Process Engineering ability.
• Prior experience solving issues with some of the following part types: gears, bearings, motors/encoders, complex machined parts, plastics, cable assemblies, various sensor applications and technologies, including reliability and performance assessment of above.
• Ability to make presentations to senior management, communicate issues clearly and concisely, abilit