Senior Mechanical Engineer

Intuitive • Sunnyvale, CA

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About The Position

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive . As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care , our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion —have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide. We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world. The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life. If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare , you’ll find your purpose here. Primary Function of Position The Ion™ endoluminal system is Intuitive's robotic platform for minimally invasive biopsy in the peripheral lung, with an initial goal of improving the early diagnosis of lung cancer. Our New Product Development (NPD) team focuses on developing next generation capital equipment. This role is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing new business within Intuitive and contribute meaningfully to its future growth.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of experience designing and manufacturing electromechanical products, or relevant graduate education.
• Technical expertise with mechanism design with a preferrable focus on robotics and/or medical products.
• Mechanical analysis, including statics, dynamics, kinematics, stress, fatigue, thermal, and reliability.
• Design, analyze and document components, structures, and mechanical assemblies in SolidWorks or similar CAD software.
• Release designs following good documentation principles and configuration control methods.
• Comfortable with mechatronic systems such as motors, sensors, and brakes

Nice To Haves

• Ability to communicate effectively (written, oral) across all levels and organizations.
• Experience in a regulated environment (FDA, Military, FAA or equivalent).
• Comfortable with execution of design verification/validation test protocols, assessing risk (FMEA), providing inputs to regulatory agency approval including UL, CE and FDA is a plus.

Responsibilities

• In this role, you must utilize creativity and sound engineering judgment in the design of medical capital equipment, collaborating within highly cross-functional teams to ensure our products provide value to patients and customers.
• You will be expected to use design and analytical skills to conceptualize, develop, and productize mechanical designs.
• Making sound decisions when faced with the time constraints and ambiguous or incomplete information is essential.
• Lead multi-disciplinary technical teams to define requirements for new designs
• Rapidly develop and iterate full-scale prototypes of candidate architectures to satisfy requirements
• Lead problem solving and troubleshooting efforts
• Design components and produce mechanical drawings in a government regulated environment for volume manufacturing processes which may include cast metal, injection molded plastic, sheet metal stamped, and others
• Develop and commercialize mechanical assemblies, with careful consideration for key functions and safety
• Provide advice, mentoring, coaching and guidance to advance the technical and business expertise of colleagues.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level