Sr Manufacturing Engineer, Automation Equipment

Intuitive Surgical•Sunnyvale, CA

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About The Position

The Senior Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Energy, is responsible for the development of advanced energy products at Intuitive. They will have both the technical depth to resolve complex mechanical, material, and manufacturing design issues as well as the ability to work in an interdisciplinary team to troubleshoot and root cause higher level system issues. Contribute your engineering design and analysis skills to design, develop and deploy equipment to test, measure, and deliver quality products and project management skills to a dynamic manufacturing engineering team creating precision instruments & electrosurgical equipment for minimally invasive robotic surgery. The role requires active participation in the manufacturing engineering organization alongside our design and software engineering counterparts to refine electro-mechanical components, assemblies, process documentation, tooling and test methods to improve efficacy, reliability, manufacturability and cost for surgical robotic platforms and products.

Requirements

Must possess strong communication skills to interface with technicians, product development, planning, purchasing, regulatory, inspection, customer support and clinical marketing teams.
Strong technical analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Prior experience with managing product and process changes.
Strong organizational skills and proven ability to work on fast-paced projects simultaneously.
Prior experience with technical writing.
BS / MS degree in Mechanical Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Mechatronics discipline or equivalent work experience.
7+ years experience as design or manufacturing engineer supporting product with significant mechanical / electromechanical content.

Nice To Haves

Prior responsibility for design of equipment, process or product validation/verification.
Prior experience designing automated equipment, complex mechanism manufacturing is a plus
Proficiency using CAD to design and document mechanisms; SolidWorks preferred
Knowledge of a wide range of manufacturing processes, such as machining, injection molding, MIM, crimping, welding, testing of optical devices, and fiber routing is preferred
Experience with electrical circuit design and testing is a strong plus
Experience in an ISO 13485, ISO 9001, or medical device manufacturing environment a plus

Responsibilities

Create, maintain and improve manufacturing assembly lines, specifying and/or refining BOMs, workflow processes, manufacturing plan and detailed work instructions.
Design, document, procure, qualify, implement, and improve fixtures, tools and equipment which includes hardware (mechanical and electronic components) and software (control algorithms and programming).
Independently and proactively determines and analyzes data trends for equipment performance to root cause equipment issues to ensure accuracy, reliability, repeatability, and reproducibility of equipment.
Analyze manufacturing line from a risk perspective (PFMEA) to incorporate and validate critical tests used in manufacturing.
Responsible for (author, execution, and training) the validation and qualification of manufacturing equipment and processes leveraging standard qualification approaches (IQ/OQ/DQ/PQ).
Provide production line support for day-to-day engineering issues i.e. resolve emergency and unscheduled problems/repairs of equipment.
Identify and implement continuous improvement projects with respect to first pass yield, cycle time reduction, product reliability, capacity enhancement and cost reduction.
Provide product and process DFx (Manufacturing, Assembly) input to enhance manufacturability.
Takes responsibility for maintaining compliance with medical device quality system including corrective action closure, discrepant material dispositions and ECO implementation.
Demonstrate leadership through knowledge transfer, mentoring, and training of others
Proactively seeks better and improved technologies for improving production processes
Provide resource planning and budget estimates for product and process improvements, tooling development, and testing
Improve existing documentation for equipment installation, repair, and upkeep.
Responsible for review of peer edits to documentation of fixtures, tools, and equipment.