Senior Mechanical Design Engineer for Robotic Platforms

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to design components for da Vinci robotic platforms and to drive decisions aligned with program goals. The role involves creating mechanical designs, performing analyses, and delivering high-quality engineering solutions to advance minimally invasive care.

You will rapidly prototype candidate designs, support production troubleshooting, and collaborate with manufacturing to create tooling and assembly instructions, contributing to scalable,

Qualifications

• Experience designing components for volume manufacturing.
• Ability to perform tolerance stack, thermal or structural analyses.
• Proven ability to rapidly develop and iterate full-scale prototypes.
• Supports production through troubleshooting and line-down issue recovery.

Responsibilities

• Design components and produce mechanical drawings for volume manufacturing environments.
• Perform detailed engineering analyses to ensure fit/form/function.
• Rapid development and iteration of full-scale prototypes that satisfy design requirements.
• Support production via troubleshooting process and component problems.

Skills

Mechanical design

DFM (design for manufacturing)

Tolerance analysis

Finite element analysis

Rapid prototyping

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Intuitive is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to design components for da Vinci robotic platforms and to drive decisions aligned with program goals. The role involves creating mechanical designs, performing analyses, and delivering high-quality engineering solutions to advance minimally invasive care.

You will rapidly prototype candidate designs, support production troubleshooting, and collaborate with manufacturing to create tooling and assembly instructions, contributing to scalable,