Mechanical Engineer, Product Engineering
About The Position
The Mechanical Engineer, Product Engineering for Single-Port Accessories provides engineering support across Intuitive’s accessories portfolio. The work includes product improvements that reduce cost and improve manufacturability to support significant volume growth, as well as enhancements to reliability and usability. The role calls for ownership, high-quality work, continuous improvement, and the ability to bring cross-functional teams together in a fast-paced environment. Accessories interface with the da Vinci system and are used directly by customers during surgical procedures, making their performance important to customer satisfaction and patient outcomes. The engineer works on multidisciplinary teams to design, develop, document, test, and sustain mechanical components and assemblies for surgical system accessories, while supporting clinical and human-factors evaluations and transferring designs into production.
Requirements
- Demonstrated ability and enthusiasm to learn and analyze difficult technical problems using fundamental principles, mechanical intuition, and persistence to identify root causes.
- Ability to think at a systems level, work across multiple design groups, and negotiate conflicting requirements.
- Commitment to continuous improvement and quality.
- Understanding of design inputs and outputs, requirement traceability, and FMEA risk analysis.
- Knowledge of mechanical analysis, including statics, dynamics, and strength of materials.
- Ability to design for reliability and manufacturability.
- Exposure to the full product-development lifecycle, including ideation, design, analysis, debugging, verification, qualification, manufacturing transfer, and sustaining.
- Knowledge of materials and material properties, preferably plastics and silicone rubber, and ability to apply materials and component-selection criteria to product designs through concept development, analysis, prototyping, and reliability testing.
- Experience designing plastic components and assemblies.
- Knowledge of component manufacturing processes, including injection molding, thermoset molding, machining, vacuum thermoforming, pad printing, and laser marking.
- Proficiency with CAD, including complex part and assembly design, detailed manufacturing drawings, and FEA; SolidWorks is strongly preferred.
- Proficiency in failure analysis and root-cause methods such as fishbone analysis and 5 Whys.
- Fluency in ASME Y14.5 GD&T and tolerance stack analysis.
- Comfort operating machine-shop, measurement, and test equipment.
- Ability to create and execute engineering test plans and write engineering test reports.
- Effective written and verbal communication across functions, including presentations to technical audiences.
- Minimum 4 years of hardware product design experience with an undergraduate degree, or minimum 2 years with a graduate degree.
- Ability to travel up to 10%.
- Minimum BS in Mechanical Engineering; a biomedical or other engineering discipline may be acceptable with appropriate mechanical experience.
Nice To Haves
- MS in Mechanical Engineering.
- Experience leading cross-functional meetings.
- Knowledge of sterilization methods, biocompatibility, and medical-device packaging.
- Knowledge of additional manufacturing processes such as extrusion, blow molding, ultrasonic welding, RF welding, heat staking, and laser welding.
- Prior experience in a regulated industry, preferably medical devices.
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, high-transaction, mass-production environment.
- Ability to use deep technical knowledge and broad expertise creatively and effectively to achieve company objectives.
- Sense of shared responsibility and reward.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and document mechanical components and assemblies for surgical system accessories, including parts made through plastic injection molding, thermoset compression molding, and machining.
- Review and define functional requirements based on user and product-level requirements and international standards, and maintain Design History Files according to regulatory and corporate requirements.
- Analyze component-failure risks using FMEA and implement effective mitigations.
- Create and maintain product specifications, including engineering drawings, while considering critical functions, safety, manufacturability, and cost in accordance with corporate operating procedures.
- Troubleshoot issues and identify root causes using thorough, logical methods.
- Iterate design solutions through prototyping, testing, and analysis using engineering principles and techniques, including computer simulation and physical models.
- Support and participate in clinical and human-factors evaluations to help ensure a positive user experience.
- Collaborate with manufacturing and supplier engineering to transfer designs into sustainable production.
- Establish individual goals aligned with project and company goals.
Benefits
- Market-competitive compensation package including base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
