Manager, Mechanical Engineering, Capital Equipment

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

Primary Function of Position

Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex mechanical systems for use in surgery. These systems include both capital equipment and “consumables” in the form of surgical instruments and accessories. The Instruments Mechanical Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a team of engineers that design, develop, and launch new instrument products to the field. The candidate will lead a team to identify and evaluate new product opportunities that address new and unmet needs within the instruments product portfolio. The successful candidate must have technical depth in relevant areas and be as comfortable collaborating and leading across organizational boundaries as they are working independently. The Core Instruments team is searching for a Mechanical Engineering Manager to guide the development, documentation, and verification of new product designs, as well as coordinating improvements to existing designs to meet the needs of our customers. The Mechanical Engineering Manager is responsible for the functional management of a group of Mechanical Engineers and other technical personnel, which includes selecting, developing, and evaluating personnel to ensure efficient operation of the group.

Essential Job Duties

• Provide vision for mechanical engineering team and foster an environment that encourages creativity, appropriate risk taking, and crisp execution.
• Guide the team in developing compelling product architectures.
• Work with senior management and internal customers to define product pillars and business goals.
• Decipher complex situations and set appropriate priorities to focus team for success.
• Develop working knowledge of external customer needs/requirements to ensure product designs provide value to patients, surgeons, and hospitals.
• Communicate effectively with surgeons and customers about the technical design details of the product.
• Create high-level technical presentations to communicate effectively with leadership on project goals, status, and risks.
• Establish group objectives and individual work goals consistent with overall product development goals.
• Assign tasks, set priorities, establish metrics, and track progress.
• Support mechanical engineers in the development of functional specifications and related risk documents.
• Review mechanical engineering designs in both a formal and informal capacity.
• Manage, coach, and mentor mechanical engineers.
• Assess employee performance and provide coaching to improve performance.
• Grow and maintain a team of mechanical engineers by recruiting and retaining highly talented and motivated individuals.
• Manage department Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and drafting/design guidelines.
• Ensure design engineers follow appropriate design history file guidelines per FDA requirements and hold design reviews in accordance with product development procedures.
• Coordinate activities of his or her team with those of other groups in the organization.
• Interface with functions such as Product Marketing, Legal, Clinical Engineering, Test Engineering, Manufacturing, etc.
• to build consensus and make progress.
• Maintain cross-functional relationship with Manufacturing, Supplier Engineering, Quality, etc.
• to facilitate transfer of designs.
• Provide administrative leadership / control for planning, staffing, budgeting, and project/program cost tracking.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• Must be a selfless leader who inspires trust and commitment within their team and in the broader organization through integrity, passion, and profess