Intuitive Surgical

Job Description

The Principal Electromechanical Systems Engineer plays a leadership role in defining the Robotic Architecture of the Intuitive Surgical’s flagship product, da Vinci Surgical System. This individual will drive decisions on architecture of the robotic system that elevate the standards of safety, performance and customer delight. The individual will have authority and responsibility to collaborate with Product Management, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Software and Firmware Engineers and, Clinical Safety Engineers to compile the architectural description and system level requirements that elevates the state of art in responding to the mission of Intuitive Surgical - improving surgery for Patients and Caregivers.

The individual will be grounded in deep technical expertise in one or more areas of engineering and will be expected to clarify and communicate up to executive leadership the decisions centered around the complex tradeoffs at the intersection of technology, engineering and clinical performance of robotic surgery system.

Essential Job Duties

This position has responsibility and authority to:

• Develop and maintain Electromechanical interface definition, safety and reliability requirements that are aligned with product strategy, safety, features, interfaces with Instruments and Accessories, performance, cost and reliability. Drive design inputs on reliable interoperation requirements and interfaces - both internal and external.
• Make major contributions to consistency in risk management in Mechanical and Electrical systems to ensure consistency between top-down risk documents and bottoms up departmental risk documents. Be a safety hawk for the Multiport business unit.
• Drive the team to meet broad business scalability objectives, contributing to capable NPD product operations at scale
• Maintain a broad, contemporary knowledge of Mechanical Design, electrical connectivity and computing technologies and collaborate on product architectures that deliver performance, scalability and continuity
• Develop, maintain, and share with the development team a deep understanding of user needs and business strategy