Mechanical Design Engineer

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to support the Ion Robotic Bronchoscopy System. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to maintain and advance mechanical designs for production and service, ensuring patient and customer value.

The role emphasizes using engineering judgment to conceptualize, develop, and productize mechanical solutions, handling time constraints and ambiguous information effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience designing mechanical components for medical capital equipment.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams including manufacturing and service.
• Strong analytical skills for identifying design improvements.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve the design, production, and service of the Ion System.
• Investigate root causes of complex electro-mechanical issues.
• Develop, test, document, and implement design solutions for reliability.
• Create formal documentation and lead verification testing.

Skills

Mechanical design

Cross-functional collaboration

Root cause analysis

Design for reliability

Job description

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

The Ion™ endoluminal system is Intuitive's robotic platform for minimally invasive biopsy in the peripheral lung, with an initial goal of improving the early diagnosis of lung cancer.

Our Product Engineering (PE) team focuses on maintaining and improving Ion™ product.

In this role, the Mechanical Engineer will be working with multi-disciplinary teams to maintain and improve the design, production, and service of the Ion™ Robotic Bronchoscopy System. The ideal candidate will thrive in a high-energy, focused, small-team environment and be comfortable handling multiple priorities.

This role is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing new business within Intuitive and make a meaningful contribution to its future growth.

Essential Job Duties

In this role, you must utilize creativity and sound engineering judgment in the design of medical capital equipment, collaborating within highly cross-functional teams to ensure our products provide value to patients and customers. You will be expected to use design and analytical skills to conceptualize, develop, and productize mechanical designs. Making sound decisions when faced with time constraints and ambiguous or incomplete information is essential.

Essential job duties include:

• Collaboration with cross-functional teams to maintain and improve the design, production, and service of the Ion™ System.

• Engineering investigation and determination of root cause of complex problems with electro-mechanical components, manufacturing process and system performance, latent and emerging design, manufacturing or material defects.

• Develop, design, test, document, and implement solutions to the root causes identified for improved performance and reliability.

• Create formal documentation, perform verification testing, and lead implementation of design solutions.