Manufacturing Engineer – Robotic Stapling Systems

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to contribute technical manufacturing, equipment design, and project management to a dynamic team creating precision stapling products for minimally invasive robotic surgery.

You will sustain manufacturing, set up lines, validate equipment (IQ/OQ/DQ/PQ), and drive continuous improvement to yield, cycle time, reliability, and cost. Travel to international sites, including Mexico and Malaysia, is required.

Responsibilities

• Hands‑on manufacturing sustaining support, setting up new manufacturing lines, duplication of manufacturing lines.
• Provide production line support for day‑to‑day engineering issues on manufacturing lines.
• Responsible for the validation and qualification of manufacturing equipment and processes leveraging standard qualification approaches (IQ/OQ/DQ/PQ).
• Identify and implement continuous improvement projects with respect to first pass yield, cycle time reduction, product reliability, capacity enhancement and cost reduction.
• Provide product and process DFx (Manufacturing, Assembly) input to enhance manufacturability.
• Take responsibility for maintaining compliance with medical device quality system including corrective action closure, discrepant material dispositions and ECO implementation.
• Provide technical support analyzing and /or performing failure analysis for discrepant production components, assemblies, and field returns.
• Contribute to iterative component designs and manufacturing processes for reliability improvements and cost reductions.
• Create, maintain, and improve manufacturing assembly lines, specifying and/or refining BOMs, workflow processes, manufacturing plan and detailed work instructions.
• Design, document, procure, qualify, implement, and improve fixtures, tools, and equipment.
• Analyze manufacturing line from a risk perspective (PFMEA) to incorporate and validate critical tests used in manufacturing.
• Ability to travel to international sites, including Mexico and Malaysia.

Job description

Intuitive is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to contribute technical manufacturing, equipment design, and project management to a dynamic team creating precision stapling products for minimally invasive robotic surgery.

You will sustain manufacturing, set up lines, validate equipment (IQ/OQ/DQ/PQ), and drive continuous improvement to yield, cycle time, reliability, and cost. Travel to international sites, including Mexico and Malaysia, is required.