Managing Staff Instruments & Accessories

Company Description

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.

Job Description

Description of Position:

The Future Forward group within Intuitive Surgical is searching for a Managing Staff, Instruments and Accessories with a focus on the mechanical design of novel instruments and accessories for a new application of surgical robotics. The Managing Staff, Instruments and Accessories will be responsible for leading a team of engineers through the design of the new instruments and accessories for a new platform. This role is an exciting opportunity to join a small and innovative team in the early phases of product development.

Joining Intuitive Surgical means joining a team dedicated to using technology to benefit patients by improving surgical efficacy and decreasing surgical invasiveness, with patient outcomes as our highest priority. The Managing Staff, Instruments and Accessories will develop mechanical systems for minimally invasive surgical applications while also be responsible for interfacing with other aspects of the new platform. The successful candidate will have both the technical depth to resolve complex mechanical, materials and manufacturing design issues and the ability to work in an interdisciplinary team to troubleshoot to root cause higher level system issues. They must excel in a high-energy, focused, small-team environment, and have a commitment to high quality prototypes and concepts and a demonstrated record of developing, creating, innovative engineering solutions. A strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required as well as a commitment to high product quality.

Roles and Responsibilities:

This technical management role will build and guide an R&D engineering team, while working alongside them.  The role will be responsible for the design and development of instruments and accessories for a new application of surgical robotics from proof of concept through detailed mechanical design, prototype manufacturing, full-scale manufacturing, clinical use and product launch. The team shall work closely with clinicians and electrical, software, controls, and other engineering teams to collaboratively develop these novel designs.

• Lead and influence cross-functional project teams in the design and development of new complex robotic surgical system instruments and accessories
• Lead the technical effort and be responsible for the mechanical design, development and integration of the new instruments and accessories into a new robotic surgical system platform.
• Lead, evaluate, plan, and manage I&A projects for a new robotic surgical system platform within agreed upon timelines and costs
• Navigate complex technical and programmatic situations by driving timely decision making and setting appropriate priorities to focus the team for successfully delivering to plan
• Direct the development of new technical product concepts from initial design to market release
• Work cross functionally to support the definition and validation of the instrument and accessories requirements
• Establish group objectives and individual work goals consistent with overall product development goals and timelines
• Use and champion best practices for mechanical engineering design while managing, coaching, and mentoring other engineers
• Provide administrative leadership and demonstrate best practices for planning, staffing, budgeting, and project/program cost tracking
• Create risk mitigation strategies that identify, prioritize and triage technical risk for new product and program development
• Create development timelines and outline key milestones for program advancement that account for risk mitigation strategies
• Communicate technical progress, health of development activities, program risks/mitigations and ke