Manufacturing Engineer - Process Development

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

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. Primary Function of the Position Contribute your technical manufacturing, equipment design and project management skills to a dynamic manufacturing engineering team creating precision stapling instruments for minimally invasive robotic surgery. The role requires active participation in the sustaining manufacturing engineering organization to refine mechanical components, assemblies, process documentation, tooling/fixtures/test tools, and test methods to improve efficacy, reliability, manufacturability, and cost for surgical robotic instruments.

Requirements

Bachelors’ degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical discipline.
0-2 years of experience as design or manufacturing engineer
High mechanical aptitude.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Ability to employ statistical methods (Cpk, ANOVA, Design of Experiments, GR&R) in data analysis for process development and problem-solving.
CAD experience (preferred Solidworks).
Able to travel periodically to suppliers or Intuitive manufacturing sites.
BS degree in Engineering discipline.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience designing automated equipment or complex mechanism manufacturing.
Experience in an ISO 13485, ISO 9001, or medical device manufacturing environment.
Skills in problem solving and using MiniTab, Python, SQL, Tableau and/or other SW tools for data analysis to identify root cause and drive corrective actions.
Use of Agile or similar lifecycle management system tool.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the validation and qualification of manufacturing equipment and processes leveraging standard qualification approaches (IQ/OQ/DQ/PQ).
Provide production line support for day-to-day engineering issues on core instrument lines.
Identify and implement continuous improvement projects with respect to first pass yield, cycle time reduction, product reliability, capacity enhancement and cost reduction.
Provide product and process DFx (Manufacturing, Assembly) input to enhance manufacturability
Take responsibility for maintaining compliance with medical device quality system including corrective action closure, discrepant material dispositions and ECO implementation.
Provide technical support analyzing and /or performing failure analysis for discrepant production components, assemblies, and field returns.
Contribute to iterative component designs and manufacturing processes for reliability improvements and cost reductions.
Create, maintain, and improve manufacturing assembly lines, specifying and/or refining BOMs, workflow processes, manufacturing plan and detailed work instructions.
Design, document, procure, qualify, implement, and improve fixtures, tools, and equipment.
Analyze instrument-manufacturing line from a risk perspective (PFMEA) to incorporate and validate critical tests used in manufacturing.