Senior Manufacturing Engineering Technician

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 58,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical in Sunnyvale seeks a Senior Engineering Technician to support the Manufacturing Engineering team with upgrades, troubleshooting, repair, testing, and calibration. The role requires system depth, independent decision making, and coordination across engineering disciplines to minimize downtime.

The ideal candidate has extensive wiring/electro-mechanical experience, strong documentation habits, and the ability to work with cross-functional teams to design, test, and validate

Qualifications

• Significant experience with wiring diagrams, schematics, assembly drawings, fab drawings.
• Ability to perform complex technical issues on various electrical/electro-mechanical assemblies.
• Working knowledge of computers, word processing and spreadsheet applications for documentation and data presentation.
• Ability to read, modify, and execute test scripts used for debugging.
• Ability to learn quickly across technologies: Digital/Analog electronics, optical components, servo components, machined parts, sheet metal, cable assemblies.
• Good communication skills, verbal and written, to partner with production techs, supervisors, and engineers.
• Proven ability to work well in a team environment.
• Document findings in quality notifications as part of Device History Records.
• Electronic and Mechanical assembly skills (soldering, crimping, box build, fiber handling, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities with engineers and line supervisors to ensure each system is in good working order.
• Triage issues quickly and recommend actions to limit downtime.
• Perform simple on-the-spot reworks (crimping, soldering, threading, optics alignment).
• Document all activities for formal records.
• Order parts and assemble/bring up duplicate fixtures for production.
• Assist or run engineering tests and collect data for DOE activities.
• Assist with development fixtures for evaluation and modifications.
• Support Engineering Change orders implementation.
• Follow SOPs, safety rules, and regulatory procedures.
• Identify problems, risks, and improvement areas within the work unit.

Skills

Wiring diagrams

Electrical/electro-mechanical

Documentation & data

Test scripts debugging

Troubleshooting across tech

Team collaboration

JIRA/Agile/SAP experience

Education

AS degree, trade school, military training

B.S. EE/Comp E or equivalent

Tools

JIRA

SAP

Agile

Job description

Intuitive Surgical in Sunnyvale seeks a Senior Engineering Technician to support the Manufacturing Engineering team with upgrades, troubleshooting, repair, testing, and calibration. The role requires system depth, independent decision making, and coordination across engineering disciplines to minimize downtime.

The ideal candidate has extensive wiring/electro-mechanical experience, strong documentation habits, and the ability to work with cross-functional teams to design, test, and validate