Job Description
Primary Function of Position:
Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex mechanical systems (including instruments and accessories) for use in surgery. The New Product Verification Department is devoted to assuring safe, reliable, and effective products that exceed patient, surgeon, and hospital expectations. The department plays a vital role in product and process quality, in new product development and production, and in the quality of da Vinci Surgical System product lines, including endoscopic instrumentation, and supporting accessories.
The Supervisor, Lab Operations will lead a team of dedicated individuals within new product development that perform testing to assure quality of new designs and identify issues related to new designs and processes. Additionally, the supervisor will be responsible for coordinating maintenance and repairs of the test lab and equipment.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Execute supervisory functions for lab technicians, including:
- Timecard approval and time off coordination
- Development plans, performance reviews, raises, and bonus determinations
- Enforcing adherence to lab safety procedures, department operating procedures and work instructions
- Determine project test scheduling and technician project allocation
- Coordinate improvements/moves with Facilities department
- Identify and execute efficiency improvements in the lab including layout optimization
- Coordinate preventive maintenance of equipment
- Determine equipment schedule/workload
- Oversee inventory of test lab consumables and complete ordering to maintain supplies
- Coordinate equipment/fixture calibration
- Coordinate biohazard disposal
- Participate in cross functional projects and execute on assigned tasks
- Analyze, trend and present appropriate lab metrics and escalate when appropriate.
- Report performance metrics.
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