Sr Mechanical Engineer

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to design, document, and validate new robotic instrument components and assemblies, contributing to next-generation reusable and disposable devices.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams, perform DFMEA, develop test fixtures, and create design history files under FDA requirements, employing MATLAB and ANSYS for simulations and verification.

Qualifications

• Experience designing mechanical components and assemblies for robotic instruments.
• Familiarity with design control processes and FDA Design History Files (DHF).
• Ability to perform DFMEA and risk analysis.
• Experience developing automated test scripts (MATLAB, ANSYS).
• Collaborating with supplier engineers for high-volume manufacturing and DFM.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and document components and assemblies for robotic laparoscopic energy instruments.
• Analyze problems, brainstorm solutions, and empirically confirm designs.
• Create product architectures for next generation reusable and disposable instruments.
• Conceptualize and analyze complex electromechanical assemblies; run simulations.
• Design and develop mechanical parts with attention to materials, kinematics, and stress analysis.
• Develop testing fixtures for verification and validation of production-level components and products.
• Work with suppliers to optimize DFM for high-volume manufacturing.
• Create design history files per FDA requirements and participate in design reviews.

Skills

Mechanical design

DFMEA

Cross-functional teamwork

Design reviews

Automation scripting

Tools

MATLAB

ANSYS

Job description

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex mechanical systems for use in surgery. The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for developing, documenting, and validating new product designs, as well as improving existing designs to meet the needs of our customers

Essential Job Duties

• Design, develop and document components and assemblies for novel robotic laparoscopic energyinstruments.
• Utilize engineering fundamentals to analyze a problem, brainstorm potential solutions and conduct empirical confirmation of designs.
• Create new product architectures for next generation of reusable and disposable instruments.
• Conceptualize and analyze complex electro mechanical assemblies, create theoretical models, conducts empirical confirmation & performs computer assisted simulations
• Design and Develop mechanical parts and assemblies, with careful consideration for mechanical design, kinematics, materials (plastics & metals) and stress analysis.
• Develop testing fixtures to perform verification and validation testing of a production-level components and products.
• Collaborate with supplier engineers and vendors to optimize component DFM (injection molded and machined) required for high volume manufacturing.
• Create product functional and design specifications. Performs DFMEA on parts that are designed.
• Working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams to define requirements for new and current designs.
• Develop automated scripts to test new designs, fluent in use of tools such as Matlab, Anysys and Analyze and test product designs.
• Develop Design History Files per FDA requirements, understands FDA product design DOP.
• Shepherd projects through the design control process (design specification, design review, risk analysis, etc.), and support New Product Introduction personnel in initial builds (procurement, assembly, troubleshooting).
• Investigate and establish root cause of both latent and emerging design, manufacturing or material defects.
• Assess field reliability data to evaluate and improve existing product designs.
• Provide mechanical engineering sustaining support for resolution of manufacturing and field issues.
• Perform technical design reviews to solicit feedback on design progress.