Senior Mechanical 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
Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex mechanical systems for use in surgery. These systems include both capital equipment and "consumables" in the form of surgical instruments and accessories. The senior mechanical engineer for Stapling Instruments will be a lead member within a team responsible for product improvements and sustaining of currently marketed instruments in the field. The candidate will have both the technical depth to resolve complex mechanical, materials, and manufacturing design issues and the ability to work in an interdisciplinary team to troubleshoot and establish root cause of higher-level system issues. A proven sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required as well as a commitment to high product quality. The candidate will brainstorm, identify and evaluate new technologies and mechanical designs in light of customer and company needs, collaborate with suppliers to realize viable technical solutions, refine designs for existing product, and inform and implement design solutions for new products. The successful candidate must excel in a high-energy team environment and be capable of creative problem solving.

Essential Job Duties

• Design, develop and document components and assemblies for surgical instruments
• Conceptualize and evaluate complex assemblies, create theoretical models, conduct empirical confirmation, and perform computer-assisted simulations
• Design and develop mechanical parts and assemblies, with careful consideration for mechanical design, materials (plastics & metals), and stress analysis
• Develop product design specifications and perform DFMEA on designed parts
• Collaborate with supplier engineers and vendors to optimize component DFM
• Create and maintain engineering drawings to company and international drafting standards
• Perform technical design reviews to solicit feedback on design progress
• Participate in clinical lab testing to understand product's performance; implement clinical feedback into product's requirements and design.
• Develop and perform verification and validation testing
• Guide projects through the design control process (risk analysis, design specification, design review, etc.) and support manufacturing personnel in builds (procurement, assembly, troubleshooting)
• Provide mechanical engineering sustaining support for resolution of manufacturing and field issues
• Investigate and establish root cause of both latent and emerging design, manufacturing or material defects
• Assess field reliability data and improve existing product designs as necessary

Qualifications
Required Skills and Experience:

• High proficiency using software like 3D CAD to design mechanisms; SolidWorks preferred (3D design & surfacing), Matlab, Finite Element Analysis (such as Ansys/Simulation)
• Comfortable with all phases of the product development lifecycle, including design, implementation, debugging, verification, qualification, and