Senior Mechanical Engineer, Electronics Enclosure Design
About The Position
The Systems Mechanical Engineering team develops multiport da Vinci Surgical Systems from product concept through market launch and initial product stabilization. The Senior Mechanical Engineer, Electronics Enclosure Design will focus on designing a novel compute box for use across various da Vinci system platforms. The role applies working knowledge of thermal management, electromechanical design, and defining and refining design requirements, while interfacing with electrical engineering, systems engineering, manufacturing, procurement, supplier engineering, quality, and regulatory teams. The engineer will use first-principles design methodology and analytical skills to conceptualize, develop, and verify a new compute box architecture. The role acts as a functional representative for the product and collaborates with cross-functional project representatives in a focused, high-energy team. It requires sound decision-making under time constraints and amid the ambiguous or incomplete information typical of research and development.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or a similar discipline.
- At least 7 years of mechanical design or machine design experience in a regulated industry, such as medical device, aerospace, spacecraft, or defense.
- Deep understanding of design controls, including design inputs and outputs, risks, design verification, and change control.
- Passion for detail in creating robust and reliable machines for mission-critical applications.
- Ability to apply knowledge of thermal management, engineering materials, and criteria to productize designs through concept development, design analysis, hands-on prototyping, and reliability testing.
- Proficiency with CAD, analysis, and finite element simulation tools for designing mechanical assemblies.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to receive and implement performance feedback.
- Self-driven, able to excel in a high-energy, small, focused team environment, maintain shared responsibility and reward, and make work fun and interesting.
Nice To Haves
- Surgical or medical device product experience.
- Thermal simulation experience, including ANSYS Icepak.
- Comfort with all phases of the product development lifecycle, including design, implementation, debug, verification, qualification, and transfer.
- Experience designing for volume manufacturing processes such as metal casting, injection molding, sheet metal stamping, compression molding, or thermoforming.
- SolidWorks experience.
Responsibilities
- Own the mechanical design development of a novel electronics enclosure.
- Author and release design documentation, including drawings and schematics.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including electrical, sustaining, test, and field service engineering, to communicate effectively and reach consensus on complex problems.
- Negotiate requirements within multidisciplinary teams.
- Design for EMC compliance, manufacturability, reliability, serviceability, and cost.
- Select and manage vendors during the prototype phase.
- Collaborate with manufacturing to create product assembly tooling, fixtures, and instructions.
- Develop and perform component verification testing.
- Support final product production by troubleshooting process and component problems.
- Provide engineering support to Manufacturing, Materials, Test Engineering, and Service to facilitate design transfer.
- Rapidly develop and iterate full-scale prototypes of candidate architectures to satisfy requirements.
- Drive design improvements through design for manufacturability (DFM) and failure analysis.
- Mentor and coach other engineers in problem solving.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
