Test Equipment Engineer

Join Us in Empowering Access to Robotic Surgery

At Distalmotion, we believe patients deserve best-in-class minimally invasive care. Our mission is to empower access to the benefits of robotic surgery. The DEXTER Robotic Surgery System uniquely simplifies operations so more surgeons, in more ORs, can provide the benefits of robotics to more patients.

Whether in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs), ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), or traditional operating rooms, we are enabling more healthcare providers to deliver high-quality care by offering surgeons the choice to provide the best treatments to their patients.

We are a global MedTech company driven by Excellence, Thinking Big, a Can-Do mindset, Care, and Trust. These values guide our work as we develop solutions that remove barriers to robotic surgery access.

If you’re passionate about improving healthcare and want to be part of a highly innovative and exciting journey, join us in bringing novel solutions to market and expanding access to robotic surgery.

About Test Equipment Engineer:

Within Distalmotion’s Test Equipment Engineering team, the Test Development Engineer is responsible for the development of a new generation environment for test equipment of robotic surgical systems.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead medium to large-complexity test equipment development (end-to-end) for manufacturing and/or R&D.
• Define specification (mechanical, electronics and software).
• Manage the design and the assembly (internally or externally), included the duplication.
• Perform validation and qualification (IQ, DQ, OQ, PQ) of manufacturing test equipment from a testbench FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) perspective.
• All equipment should be designed with the precepts of DFQ (quality), DFMft (manufacturability), DFC (cost per tester), DFMt (maintainability).
• Participate in the specification, implementation and verification of life cycle manufacturing test requirements including the definition of test methods and/or acceptance criteria for the robotic surgical systems, its accessories and instruments.
• Participate in risk management activities (including pFMEA) in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
• Participate in complex maintenance activities of the R&D and manufacturing test.
• Participate in feasibility and new product development phases to anticipate test equipment engineering needs and activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, both internal and external to the company, to identify best concepts and methodologies, and delegate appropriate tasks.

Work Experience and Education requirements:

• BS or MS degree in a relevant engineering discipline, such as Electrical, Industrial System Microtechnology or similar.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience working with automated test equipment (LabVIEW/TestStand, Beckhoff or similar).
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in a regulatory controlled domain (medical or equivalent) will be a plus.
• Experience with calibration of measuring equipment.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities required:

• Able to design and assemble electromechanical sub-parts, as well as wiring test and measurement equipment.
• Programming skills in automated test sequencer (NI-Teststand or similar).
• Able to read mechanical 3D drawings, electrical schematics and data flow diagrams.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, creativity, and pragmatic skills. Able to understand and respond to user needs.
• Good communication skills and capable of interacting with cross-functional teams both internally and externally.
• Open to travel (up to 20%).
• Language: French, English.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to work in a fast-growing company active in one of the most promising fields of medicine.
• A dynamic atmosphere in an internationally minded environment.
• Permanent contract.
• Other benefits: Mobility plan, competitive company pension plan, support for gym memberships.
• Regular team building events such as boot camps, skiing and much more.

Distalmotion is a medical device company founded and based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded in 2012, as a spin-off from the Robotics Lab of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). Our objective is to remove the complexity out of robotic surgery in order to fast track its widespread adoption in minimally invasive care. To do so, we want to continue disrupting minimal invasive surgery - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Join our team to address critical healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives!

For further information visit: www.distalmotion.com and follow us on LinkedIn/Twitter: @Distalmotion.