Senior Mechanical Engineer, Robotic Accessories

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

26d•$138,400 - $234,200•Onsite

About The Position

Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex mechanical systems (including instruments and accessories) for use in robotic surgery. This role is on a new platform development team designing a flexible GI Robotic System. The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer is responsible for developing, documenting, verifying and validating new product designs, as well as improving existing designs to meet the needs of our customers.

Requirements

Minimum 8 years experience designing commercial mechanical products; preferably medical device products
Proficiency using CAD to design and document mechanisms; SolidWorks preferred
Hands-on engineering with the proven ability to work well in a team environment and drive individual projects
Comfortable with all phases of the product development lifecycle including design, implementation, debug, verification, validation and transfer
Mechanical design and analysis skills, including statics, dynamics, kinematics, strength of materials and stress analysis
Good communication and documentation skills
Comfortable operating test, measurement and machine shop equipment
Strong understanding of component selection criteria, and design for manufacturability, assembly and reliability
Proficiency in standard business software (MS Office, etc.)
Proficient at process development and creation of assembly instructions
BSME required, MSME preferred

Responsibilities

Lead project development teams on accessory development projects or portions of large architectural development projects
Design and document components and assemblies for accessories and related mechanisms for robotic surgical systems
Investigate clinical requirements
Create product functional and design specifications
Create product architectures
Analyze and test product prototype designs
Develop and perform component verification testing and product validation testing
Develop suppliers to manufacture components
Develop initial tooling, fixtures and processes to assemble prototype components
Develop initial product assembly instructions
Support pilot production of final product by troubleshooting process and component problems
Provide engineering support to Manufacturing, Procurement, Test Engineering, and Customer Service to facilitate transfer of designs to production.
Develop Design History Files per FDA requirements
Act as technical mentor to Mechanical Engineers
Serve as Mechanical / Design Engineering member of Design Review Boards
Document, prepare and review patent submissions
Review regulatory submissions
Assess field reliability data and improve existing product designs as necessary