Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

12h

About The Position

Primary Function of Position The Sr. Mechanical Engineer will conceptualize, develop, and verify new mechanical design concepts for next generation of minimally invasive surgical robot systems. You will apply your product development expertise to next generation da Vinci designs leveraging your creativity and engineering analysis to the design of kinematics, robotic actuation and sensing solutions. 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. This requires in-depth collaboration with cross-functional teams that will routinely leverage your technical and interpersonal skills as you develop a shared understanding of the new product requirements.

Requirements

Minimum 6 years of experience developing commercial medical products.
Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional research and development teams and lead sub-system activities coordinating with other team members.
Evaluate designs via prototype testing and rigorous mathematical analysis.
Investigating and determining root cause failures in both latent and emerging designs.
Experience with metals, plastics, fabrication methods, plastics molding, MIM, castings, extrusions, sheet metal, bonding and adhesives.
Proficiency using CAD to design and document designs; SolidWorks preferred.
Experience with GD&T and other related ASME/ISO drafting standards and tolerance stack analysis.
Experience with all phases of the product development lifecycle including design, implementation, debug, verification, qualification, and transfer.
Experience with FDA QSR 21 CFR Part 820, ISO 13485, IEC 60601 and other related external standards.
Experience with electromechanical design, motors, cables, brakes, cables and PCAs.
Minimum BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Materials Science or related engineering or scientific discipline, or equivalent work experience.

Nice To Haves

Required Minimum BSME, or similar.
Minimum 6 years of experience.
Demonstrated ability to design precision mechanisms with complex tolerance stack-ups.
Experience in several of these areas: concept development, design analysis, hands-on prototyping, hands on fabrication, and performance and reliability testing.
Curiosity in driving scientific first principles and root cause understanding.
Self-driven to achieve individual and collaborative results in a high-energy, small, focused team environment, to maintain a strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward, and to foster a positive and encouraging group culture.
Flexible to changing priorities and able to balance and prioritize multiple and competing demands based on organizational goals and needs.
Comfortable with ambiguity and able to build clarity and consensus among cross-functional stakeholders.
Robotics design experience.
Medical product development process and product launch experience are a plus.
Coding in Python, Matlab, C/C++, Labview, Arduino or similar.

Responsibilities

Designing components and producing mechanical drawings for prototype assemblies and builds.
Design and development of testing and assembly fixtures and methods to support the product development cycle.
Should have familiarity with volume manufacturing processes which may include cast metal, injection molded plastic, sheet metal stamping, and others.
Analyze and test product prototype designs, critically analyze results, for structure, dynamics, and thermal issues and share results with the engineering team.
Provide written protocols, reports, drawings, specifications, presentations, and perform technical design reviews to solicit feedback on design activities on an ongoing basis.
Development and documentation of mechanical design and manufacturing documentation including: inspection procedures, assembly instructions, new manufacturing processes, test methods, purchase specifications, BOMs, component / assembly drawings per the company’s operating procedures.
Create and maintain SolidWorks CAD databases, including assemblies, components, and detailed drawings.
Contribute to and make decisions based on risk assessments, industry standards, and regulatory frameworks.
Observe pre-clinical and clinical cases and interface with clinical experts to inform designs and identify user needs.
Document, prepare and review patent submissions.
Familiarity with working in a government regulated environment such as for FDA filings.
Exposure to design controls and component verifications.
for volume manufacturing processes which may include cast metal, injection molded plastic, sheet metal stamped, and others.
Working within multi-disciplinary teams to define requirements for new and current product designs.
Rapid development and iteration of full-scale prototypes of candidate architectures to satisfy requirements.