Staff Mechanical Engineer - Medical System Design

Company: Intuitive
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: June 17, 2022

Job Description:

Company DescriptionAt 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 DescriptionAt 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.
Primary Function of the PositionAs a Staff System ME, you must utilize creativity and sound technical judgment as the architect of new medical capital equipment products, achieving an advanced level of technology, design, and integration for robotic-surgical components. You will ideate and develop architectural interfaces for various subsystems, including but not limited to structures and body parts, electro-mechanical packaging, sensors and actuators, manipulators, and physical user interfaces. You will spearhead high-complexity design activities, to introduce novel features and drastic performance improvements in Surgical Systems. You will understand and address multi-domain physics challenges involved in design optimization, and use analytical, simulation and experimental tools to drive development. You will be responsible for high-maturity design reviews, including multiple levels of product owners, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams. As a lead design engineer, you will interface with suppliers and manufacturing to build high-quality hardware prototypes and productize new designs. You will be trusted to allocate your time and efforts to make sound decisions, when faced with time constraints and ambiguous or incomplete information.
Key Roles & Responsibilities

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• Developing system mechanical assemblies, with careful consideration for key functions and safety.
  
• Working within multi-disciplinary teams to define requirements for new robotic surgical products.
  
• Producing and iterating full-scale functional prototypes in a fast-paced New Product Design environment.
  
• Creating and managing design failure-modes analysis and associated verification testing.
  
• Collaborating with Product Owners for product validation activities and mission-critical risk-assessment.
  
• Defining product's performances and specifications, with an eye to final product delivery.
  
• Generating and owning models for assemblies, components, and drawings, in a government regulated environment.
  
• Collaborating with vendors, suppliers, quality and manufacturing through the design-transfer and launch.
  
• Mentoring and coaching other engineers in problem solving and technical expertise.
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  - - - -QualificationsKey Skills, Experience, Education, & TrainingRequired
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  • Minimum BSME or similar, with minimum 12 years of relevant experience.
    
  • Previous experience in Medical Capital Device industry (Class II or III).
    
  • Proficiency using CAD, computational modeling and analysis (e.g. Matlab), and FEA tools.
    
  • Detail-oriented in creating reliable systems that harmonize multiple requirements, e.g. structural, thermal, packaging, acoustic, sterilization, cleanability, ergonomics, user-interface.
    
  • Demonstrated ability in system design ownership at component, system, and process levels.
    
  • Experience with metallic and non-metallic materials selection, finishes and treatments, and manufacturing processes.
    
  • Experience in bringing systems through all phases of product development lifecycle phases: design, implementation, debug, verification, qualification, and transfer.
    
  • Self-driven with the ability to excel in a high-energy, focused team environment, to maintain a strong sense of shared responsibility and reward, and to make work interesting and intellectually vibrant.Preferred
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    • Post-graduate study or equivalent work experience preferred.
      
    • Experience in medical systems for patient gas delivery (respirators, insufflators, artificial ventilation).
      
    • Experience in growing design maturity for product launches, scalable manufacturing processes, design for reliability, yield, and cost.
      
    • Mechatronic design experience. Surgical and/or robotic product experience is a plus.
      
    • Effective collaboration with cross-functional teams like system analysts, field/clinical engineers, human factors, industrial design, UI design, etc.
      
    • SolidWorks, Matlab, Ansys and Windchill experience.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. - - - -Additional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.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. Shift : Day Travel : 10% of the timeTravel Requirements:10% of the time Shift:Day

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