Senior Mechanical Engineer, Robotic Accessories

Intuitive; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical in San Francisco seeks a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer to develop, document, verify and validate new product designs, while improving existing designs to meet customer needs.

You will lead project teams on accessory development, design components and assemblies for robotic surgical systems, investigate clinical requirements, create specifications and architectures, and perform design validation testing. You will mentor engineers and contribute to Design Review Boards.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in mechanical engineering or related field required or equivalent experience.
• Experience designing and documenting complex mechanical systems for medical devices preferred.
• Strong understanding of design validation and verification processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead project development teams on accessory development or large architecture projects.
• Design and document components and assemblies for robotic surgical system accessories.
• Investigate clinical requirements and create product specifications and architectures.
• Analyze and test prototype designs and perform verification and validation testing.
• Develop and mentor Mechanical Engineers and participate in Design Reviews.
• Prepare and review patent submissions and regulatory submissions as needed.

Skills

Project leadership

Mechanical design

Documentation

Prototype testing

Regulatory compliance

Mentor engineers

Design reviews

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

CAD software (SolidWorks/ Creo)

FMEA

Job description

Job Description

Primary Function of Position
Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex mechanical systems (including instruments and accessories) for use in robotic surgery. This role is on a new platform development team designing a flexible GI Robotic System. The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer is responsible for developing, documenting, verifying and validating new product designs, as well as improving existing designs to meet the needs of our customers.

Essential Job Duties

• Lead project development teams on accessory development projects or portions of large architectural development projects
• Design and document components and assemblies for accessories and related mechanisms for robotic surgical systems
• Investigate clinical requirements
• Create product functional and design specifications
• Create product architectures
• Analyze and test product prototype designs
• Develop and perform component verification testing and product validation testing
• Develop suppliers to manufacture components
• Develop initial tooling, fixtures and processes to assemble prototype components
• Develop initial product assembly instructions
• Support pilot production of final product by troubleshooting process and component problems
• Provide engineering support to Manufacturing, Procurement, Test Engineering, and Customer Service to facilitate transfer of designs to production.
• Develop Design History Files per FDA requirements
• Act as technical mentor to Mechanical Engineers
• Serve as Mechanical / Design Engineering member of Design Review Boards
• Document, prepare and review patent submissions
• Review regulatory submissions
• Assess field reliability data and improve existing product designs as necessary