Senior Manager, Advanced Systems Engineering

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•$190,400 - $336,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Advanced Systems Engineering is responsible for leading the technical development of a portfolio of advanced energy products at Intuitive. This leader owns the operational objectives, work plans, and resourcing for multiple concurrent energy development efforts, delegating across a cross-functional team and, where applicable, through shared service leads to take technology from benchtop to bedside. They will establish and assure adherence to budgets, schedules, staffing plans, and performance requirements across several parallel programs, each built on distinct energy-delivery architectures and at differing stages of maturity. They will lead resource planning and prioritization operating on a critical path timeline. The Senior Manager, Advanced Systems Engineering sets the architecture strategy for the portfolio, implements the methods and evaluation criteria used to select solutions, and is relied upon as the go-to technical advisor for the team on complex device and system-level issues. This role demands genuine technical depth, enough to serve as a hands-on sounding board across multiple energy-delivery architectures, to challenge and pressure-test design decisions, and to independently root-cause the hardest cross-disciplinary problems alongside the team. They pair that depth with the leadership judgment to define stretch goals, hold teams accountable to high standards, and develop the next generation of engineering talent. Using their subject-matter expertise, executive-level communication skills, and cross-functional influence, they will advance a family of advanced energy systems for novel clinical applications across our robotic surgical platforms. The successful candidate must have substantial people-management experience across multiple teams or programs, strong technical depth in relevant areas, and a proven track record leading complex product development efforts to successful outcomes. They must excel in a high-energy, focused, small-team environment, and have a commitment to high quality prototypes and concepts. A strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required, as well as a commitment to high product quality and to developing the capabilities of the team.

Requirements

Minimum BS required in a relevant engineering discipline; advanced degree strongly preferred (EE preferred), MS/PhD or MBA a plus
Minimum 10 years of development experience in a regulated environment, including 3-5 years of people management; experience leading multiple teams or programs concurrently strongly preferred (advanced degree may offset requisite years)
Comfortable with all phases of the product development lifecycle including design, implementation, debug, verification, qualification, and transfer to manufacturing
Experience with FDA QSR 21 CFR Part 820, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 60601, IEC 62304 and other related standards
Experience with analog and digital embedded system and switching power supply design
Strong understanding of component selection, and design for reliability and manufacturability
Strong understanding of the software/firmware development process
Demonstrated knowledge of electrical component manufacturing processes, PCB design, and rapid prototyping a strong plus
Hardware development experience on energy-based surgical or therapeutic products preferred
Proven experience using electronic bench equipment such as oscilloscopes and function generators for the bring up and troubleshooting of hardware
Working knowledge of peripherals commonly used on embedded systems such as ADCs, DACs, PWM and waveform generation and serial communications (UART, I2C, SPI, RS232)
Contribute to design documentation for test protocols, results and reports and complete tracing for requirements.
Deep hands-on engineering experience with the technical breadth to act as a credible sounding board and reviewer for the team across multiple energy-delivery architectures, and the proven ability to work well in a cross-disciplinary team environment
Demonstrated program/portfolio management experience including planning and controlling scope, resources, schedule, budget, and deliverables
Strong business acumen and organizational awareness; able to implement strategic policies and connect technical decisions to business objectives. Entrepreneurial experience a plus
Excellent communication skills and interpersonal/team effectiveness
Strong influence-management skills; able to change the thinking of and gain acceptance from senior stakeholders in sensitive situations without damaging the relationship, and to build relationships at all levels of the business

Nice To Haves

Must be available to work full-time and commute/relocate to Sunnyvale, CA
Up to 10% travel. Some international travel may be required.
The position is located at Intuitive Headquarters in Sunnyvale, California

Responsibilities

Own the operational objectives, work plans, staffing, and budgets for multiple concurrent advanced-energy development efforts (capital equipment), delegating execution across cross-functional teams and shared service leads
Establish and assure adherence to budgets, schedules, resource plans, and top-level deliverables across a portfolio of parallel programs at differing stages of maturity, each built on a distinct energy-delivery architecture; continuously balance and re-prioritize resources across the group as a whole
Direct HW/SW requirements generation and modelling across programs (requirement writing, translation, decomposition, management systems, tracing, HOQ/QFD); set the methods and standards the broader team follows
Oversee system-level technical risk registers across programs, including burn-down strategy and risk tracing, and drive cross-program mitigation decisions
Govern system architecture, boundary diagrams, and use conditions across the portfolio, and oversee test-method development, execution, and master/top-level verification plans
Set direction for hardware and software engineering teams on the best methods to satisfy and verify design requirements, ensuring design outputs are successfully integrated into effective system designs across programs
Support the quality and regulatory processes as required
Represent the portfolio to senior and executive leadership including technical progress, development health, program risks and mitigations, resourcing trade-offs, and key milestones in order to influence senior stakeholders on decisions of significance to the organization
Generate technical reports for submission to regulatory agencies
Select, develop, evaluate, and retain talent; define goals, hold teams accountable, and build the next layer of technical leaders and shared service leads
Contribute to clinical scientific discussions with internal and external stakeholders
Landscape and generate valuable intellectual property
Understands business environment and relates extensive knowledge of internal and external technological activities to trends in medicine and surgery
Keeps the organization’s vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action
Performs other duties as required to support the company's overall strategy and goals