Intuitive Surgical

Job Description

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 stapling 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 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 and evaluate new technologies and mechanical designs in light of customer and company needs, collaborate with suppliers to realize viable technical solutions, and refine and implement designs for existing 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 robotic laparoscopic stapler instruments and reloads
• Utilize engineering fundamentals to analyze a problem, brainstorm potential solutions and conduct empirical confirmation of designs.
• Develop testing fixtures to perform verification and validation testing of a production-level components and products.
• Collaborate with supplier engineers and vendors to optimize component DFM (injection molded and machined).
• Create and maintain engineering drawings to company and international drafting standards.
• Participate in clinical lab testing to understand product’s performance; implement clinical feedback into product’s requirements and design.
• Guide projects through the design control process (risk analysis, design specification, design review, etc.).
• Investigate and establish root cause of both latent and emerging design, manufacturing or material defects.
• Assess field reliability data to evaluate and improve existing product designs.
• Provide mechanical engineering sustaining support for resolution of manufacturing and field issues.
• Perform technical design reviews to solicit feedback on design progress.

Mentor and train less experienced engineers in the art of mechanical design; Guide or assist other design engineers through brainstorming, prototyping, and detailed reviews.