Intuitive Surgical

Job Description

Description of Position:

The Future Forward group within Intuitive Surgical is searching for a Sr. Manager, Instruments and Accessories Mechanical Engineering with a focus on the mechanical design of novel instruments and accessories for a new application of surgical robotics. The Sr. Manager, Instruments and Accessories Mechanical Engineering will be responsible for leading a team of engineers through the design of the new instruments and accessories. This role is an exciting opportunity to join a small and innovative team in the early phases of product development.

Joining Intuitive Surgical means joining a team dedicated to using technology to benefit patients by improving surgical efficacy and decreasing surgical invasiveness, with patient outcomes as our highest priority. The Sr. Manager, Instruments and Accessories Mechanical Engineering will lead instruments and accessories development for minimally invasive surgical applications while also be responsible for integrating other aspects of the product design (electrical, fluids, vision hardware) into the product as necessary. This position requires a “player / coach”, comfortable with both strategic technical contribution as well as leadership of senior and deeply technical individual contributors. The successful 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 to root cause of higher-level issues. They must excel in a high-energy, focused, small-team environment, and have a commitment to high quality prototypes and concepts and a demonstrated record of developing, creating, and innovative engineering solutions. A strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required as well as a commitment to high product quality. Using their subject matter expertise, business acumen, exceptional communication skills and broad cross-functional knowledge, they will investigate and develop new instrument and accessories for new and novel clinical and robotic surgical systems. They will scope, schedule and budget the technical development of novel instruments and accessories technology development.

Roles and Responsibilities:

This technical management role will build and guide an R&D engineering team, while working alongside them. The role will be responsible for the design and development of a novel instruments and accessories for a new application of surgical robotics from proof of concept through detailed mechanical design, prototype manufacturing, and full-scale manufacturing and commercialization. The team shall work closely with clinicians and electrical, software, controls, and other engineering teams to collaboratively develop these novel designs.

• Lead and influence cross-functional project teams in the design and development of new instrument and accessory products with complex robotic and surgical device functionality
• Lead the technical effort to evaluate, plan, and manage projects for new product development within agreed upon timelines and cost
• Recognize and attract top talent and invest in mentorship and training to retain and support the career development of team members
• Navigate complex technical and programmatic situations by driving timely decision making and setting appropriate priorities to focus the team for successfully delivering to plan
• Direct the development of new technical product concepts from initial design to market release
• Work cross functionally to support the definition and validation of the product requirements
• Establish group objectives and individual work goals consistent with overall product development goals and timelines
• Use and champion best practices for mechanical engineering design while managing, coaching, and mentoring other engineers
• Provide administrative leadership and demonstrate best practices for planning, staffing, budgeting, and project/program cost tracking
• Create product development and risk mitigation strategies that identify, prioritize and triage technical risk for new product and program development and outline key timelines and milestones for program advancement
• Communicate technical progress, health of development activities, program risks/mitigations and key milestones to senior leadership and executive team
• Manage feasibility studies of the design to determine if capable of functioning as intended
• Prepare reports and presentations to communicate technical assessments and analysis results
• Generate technical reports for submission to regulatory agencies
• Create, document and communicate intellectual property
• Select, coach, develop, mentor, manage and evaluate the technical team growth through influential leadership, while balancing the development objectives of the team with the needs of the organization
• Observe clinical cases and participate in interviews with clinical experts to inform designs
• Prepare reports and presentations to communicate technical assessments and analysis results
• Generate technical reports for submission to regulatory agencies
• Create, document and communicate intellectual property
• Coach, develop, and manage the engineering team through influential leadership, balancing the development objectives of the team with the needs of the organization