Onsite Senior Robotic Surgery Mechanical Engineer

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 138,400 - 162,800; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex mechanical systems for use in surgery. The Mechanical Engineer focuses on developing, documenting, and validating new designs and improving existing ones for robotic laparoscopic energy instruments.

You will contribute to miniaturization, DFMEA, and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to meet FDA requirements and drive reliable, manufacturable products.

Qualifications

• BSME with 8 years’ experience, MSME with 6 years’ experience or PhD with 3 years’ experience.
• Strong analytical aptitude and fundamentals.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD, SolidWorks preferred.
• Experience across product development lifecycle (design to transfer).
• Ability to perform DFMEA and design for manufacturability.

Responsibilities

• Design, document, and validate new product designs for robotic instruments.
• Develop components and assemblies for robotic laparoscopic tools.
• Miniaturize architectures based on clinical needs.
• Create testing fixtures for verification and validation.
• Collaborate with suppliers to optimize DFM for high volume manufacturing.
• Perform DoE and statistical analysis on designs.

Skills

SolidWorks

3D CAD

Matlab

Python

C++

DoE

DFMEA

Education

BSME with 8 years’ experience

MSME with 6 years’ experience

PhD with 3 years’ experience

Tools

SolidWorks

MATLAB

Ansys

Python

C++

Job description

Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex mechanical systems for use in surgery. The Mechanical Engineer focuses on developing, documenting, and validating new designs and improving existing ones for robotic laparoscopic energy instruments.

You will contribute to miniaturization, DFMEA, and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to meet FDA requirements and drive reliable, manufacturable products.