Senior Manager Mechanical Design Engineering, GI Robot

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical seeks a Senior Mechanical Design Engineering Manager, Systems to lead a team of engineers in designing, developing, and launching new products for the GI Robot Platform. You will oversee technical direction, cross-functional collaboration, and adherence to regulatory requirements to meet customer needs.

The position emphasizes leadership, mentorship, and strategic planning across Product Management, Clinical Research, Quality, and Manufacturing to ensure successful lifecycle

Qualifications

• Experience leading mechanical design teams in medical devices.
• Familiarity with FDA design history file guidelines and design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Provide vision for technical project team and drive execution.
• Understand external customer needs to ensure patient/physician value in designs.
• Set objectives and metrics aligned with product development goals.
• Mentor engineers, technicians, and drafters; manage performance.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

System design

Job description

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex mechanical systems for use in surgery. These systems include both capital equipment and “consumables” in the form of surgical instruments and accessories. The Senior Mechanical Design Engineering Manager, Systems is responsible for leading a team of engineers that design, develop, and launch new products to the field. The candidate will lead a team to identify and evaluate new product opportunities that address new and unmet needs. The successful candidate must have technical depth in relevant areas and be as comfortable collaborating and leading across organizational boundaries as they are working independently. The new GI Robot Platform team is searching for a Senior Mechanical Design Engineering Manager to guide the development, documentation, and verification of new product designs to meet the needs of our customers. The Mechanical Engineering Manager is responsible for the functional management of a group of Mechanical Engineers and other technical personnel, which includes selecting, developing, and evaluating personnel to ensure efficient operation of the group.

Essential Job Duties

• Provide vision for technical project team and foster environment that encourages creativity, risk taking, and crisp execution
• Develop working knowledge of external customer needs/requirements to ensure product designs provide value to patients, physicians and hospitals
• Establish group objectives and individual work goals consistent with overall product development goals
• Assign tasks, set priorities, establish metrics, and track progress
• Assess employee performance and provide coaching to improve performance
• Manage, coach, and mentor engineers, technicians, and drafters as required
• Ensure design engineers follow appropriate design history file guidelines per FDA requirements and hold design reviews in accordance with product development procedures
• Provide engineering resources to support Process Development, Manufacturing, Supplier Engineering, Test Engineering, and Quality to facilitate transfer of designs
• Provide administrative leadership / control for planning, staffing, budgeting, and project/program cost tracking
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with cross-functional stakeholders including Product Management, Clinical Research, Clinical and Medical Affairs, Process Development, Testing, Supplier, Quality, Regulatory Affairs and Marketing to ensure alignment throughout product development and lifecycle management
• Serve as the primary R&D liaison to senior leadership and in cross-functional meetings, presenting technical updates, design rationale, and risk mitigation strategies