Senior Mechanical Engineer (Vision Equipment)

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer for the Vision Equipment team in Sunnyvale, CA. You will apply mechanical design and analysis to create test, measurement, and calibration equipment for vision/optical imaging products in a production environment.

You will collaborate across product development, test software, and process teams to ensure precise, reliable equipment, document specifications and procedures, and manage equipment development projects from concept through deployment.

Qualifications

• Experience with mechanical design of test equipment.
• Proficiency in CAD software and drawing standards.
• Ability to document specifications, procedures, and maintenance.
• History of cross-functional teamwork on complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve test and calibration equipment for high-performance endoscopes.
• Collaborate with product development, test software, and process development teams to define mechanical requirements.
• Create and maintain equipment specifications, validation protocols, assembly instructions, and calibration plans.
• Analyze, debug and improve measurement accuracy, reliability, repeatability of equipment.
• Project manage equipment development with manufacturing and software teams.

Skills

Mechanical design

CAD software

Documentation

Project management

Job description

Job Description

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

As Senior Mechanical Engineer in the Vision Equipment team you will use your mechanical engineering design and analysis skills to design, develop and deploy equipment to test, measure, and calibrate vision/optical imaging products. These products include endoscopes, fiber optic light sources and near-eye displays. Equipment will be used in a production manufacturing environment and needs to meet performance, safety, ergonomics, reliability, consistency, and capacity requirements. Individuals in this role shall demonstrate precision mechanical design skills and work within cross-functional teams to develop custom optical & imaging test equipment.

Essential Job Duties

• Develop and continuously improve test and calibration equipment for high-performance endoscopes for “mid-volume products. Activities include:

  • Design, specify, prototype, document, procure, assemble, qualify, implement, and improve test equipment mechanical components and equipment.

• Work closely with engineering teams such as product development, test software, and process development to understand mechanical requirements, develop robust, reliable, and reproducible test and calibration equipment.

• Documentation to include generating equipment specifications, validation protocols, assembly instructions, preventative maintenance, and calibration (PMC) in addition to CAD component and assembly drawings.

• Analyze, debug and root cause measurement accuracy, reliability, repeatability, and reproducibility of equipment issues.

• Project manage equipment development projects that will involve coordination with manufacturing and software development teams.