Staff Sustaining Product Engineer

Company Description
At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.
As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.
Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.
Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.
Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.
Job Description
Primary Function of Position
Accessories often serve as the interface between other aspects of the da Vinci system and enable safe and effective robot-assisted surgery. They may be reusable or single-use medical devices (consumables). Our customers interact directly with accessories in every surgical procedure, and they serve a critical role in customer satisfaction and patient outcomes.
We are looking for a hands-on, technically strong mechanical engineer to sustain and improve existing accessories to meet the needs of our customers and our business, and to support development, testing, and documentation of new product designs.
The Staff Sustaining Product Engineer will support performance, cost, capacity and reliability improvements for Intuitive's surgical accessories, and complete the development, documentation, and verification of these improvements. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, have a passion for continuous improvement, and possess the ability to bring cross-functional teams together to solve problems. A strong sense of responsibility and project ownership is required as well as a commitment to high product quality.
Essential Job Duties

• Provide mechanical engineering support for resolution of field and manufacturing issues, including identifying root causes of problems, and working in or leading cross-functional project teams to implement solutions that ensure the ongoing functionality and reliability of the product and meet customer and business needs
• Support supplier change requests and variance requests, reviewing qualification plans to ensure conformance to product requirements
• Research historical requirements and theory of operation to evaluate proposed product changes
• Develop, implement, test and document solutions for product improvements according to corporate standard and departmental operating procedures
• Create and maintain engineering drawings and documentation (e.g., Design History Files) in accordance with Design Control policies and regulatory requirements
• Identify, develop, and implement design changes such as alternate materials, alternate part fabrication methods, and manufacturability improvements that reduce cost, increase operational efficiency, and improve strength of supply chain
• Support CAPA investigations and quality/regulatory audits as required
• Identify and implement best practices between teams and engineering departments
• Mentor other engineers

Qualifications
Required Skills and Experience

• A passion for solving tough technical problems using fundamental principles, strong mechanical intuition, and persistence to pinpoint root cause of problems
• Understand concepts of design input, design output, requirement traceability, and FMEA risk analysis
• Demonstrated ability to design for reliability and manufacturability
• Mechanical design and analysis skills, including statics, dynamics, and strength of materials, including stress analysis, stress, fatigue, thermal, and reliability
• Exposure to full product development lifecycle including ideation, design, analysis, debug, verification, qualification, transfer to manufacturing, and sustaining
• Experience designing plastic components and assemblies
• Knowledge of component manufacturing processes (including injection molding, extrusion, thermoset molding, machining, molding, pad printing, laser marking, laser welding, etc.)
• Proficiency with CAD (SolidWorks strongly preferred): designing parts with complex geometry, creating assemblies, creating detailed manufacturing drawings, and analyzing designs with Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
• Proficiency at failure analysis, including root cause analysis techniques (e.g., fishbone, 5 Whys, etc.)
• Fluency in ASME Y14.5 GD&T and tolerance stack analysis
• Comfortable operating machine shop, measurement and test equipment

Required Education and Training

• Minimum BS in Mechanical Engineering required, MSME preferred. Biomedical or other engineering discipline may be acceptable with appropriate mechanical experience.
• Minimum 12 years of hardware product design experience with undergraduate degree; minimum 8 years with graduate degree. Must include prior medical device experience.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Excel in a fast paced, high transaction, mass-production environment
• Utilize deep technical knowledge and broad expertise to achieve company objectives in creative and effective ways
• Experience leading departmental and cross-functional projects and strategic initiatives from concept through completion
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work on multiple parallel projects
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, oral) across all levels and organizations
• Demonstrated excitement to learn and quickly analyze tough technical problems
• Passion for creating robust, reliable products with a strong commitment to quality
• Sense of shared responsibility and reward

Additional Information
Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.
Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.
Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.
We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.