Sr. Supervisor R&D

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Future Forward group within Intuitive Surgical is seeking an engineering technician lead to contribute to R&D activities and manufacturing of precision instruments for minimally invasive robotic surgery.

You will participate in NPI/NPD and collaborate with a small team to refine instruments, electro-mechanical components, assemblies, tooling, and test methods for reliability, manufacturability and cost.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and verify robotic surgical instruments and interfaces in a small, cross-functional team.
• Manage a small team of technicians to help build novel devices.
• Assemble components and mechanisms for novel devices.
• Layout engineering lab and support engineering lab activities.
• Maintain and order lab equipment.
• Perform preventive maintenance and work with third party vendors to keep lab equipment in spec and in good working condition.
• Ensure personnel comply with Quality and Safety regulations.
• Ensure Equipment Events Notifications are processed timely and review KPIs to identify improvement projects.
• Ensure training is completed on time.
• Support R&D to resolve technical problems.
• Escalate or propose training requirements.
• Track lab equipment expenses.
• Drive Culture Strategy by fostering mission, principles and leadership expectations.

Job description

Job Description

The Future Forward group within Intuitive Surgical is searching for a highly skilled and emotionally intelligent engineering technician lead who will provide valuable contribution to R&D activities. Contribute your technical manufacturing, equipment design and project management skills to a dynamic manufacturing engineering team creating precision instruments for minimally invasive robotic surgery. The role requires active participation in the R&D, NPI and NPD and manufacturing activities to refine instruments, electro-mechanical components, assemblies, process documentation, tooling, and test methods to improve efficacy, reliability, manufacturability, and cost for surgical robotic instruments.

Essential Job Duties

• Work in a small, cross-functional project team to design, develop, and verify robotic surgical instruments and the interface between robotic instruments and systems
• Manage small team of technicians to help and build novel devices
• Assemble components and mechanisms for novel devices
• Layout engineering lab layout and support engineering lab activities
• Maintain and order lab equipment
• Perform PMC and work with third party vendors to keep lab equipment in spec and good working condition
• Ensure that assigned personnel complies with all applicable Quality and Safety regulations.
• Ensure that Equipment Events Notifications are processed in a timely manner meeting company standards. Monitor Engineering KPIs (including but not limited to Production throughput, Down Time, equipment events, MTB and MTBR) to identify equipment areas of opportunity and review with Equipment Engineering Manager to generate improvement projects.
• Ensure assigned personnel complete mandatory training on time.
• Support R&D personnel to resolve technical problems.
• Escalate or propose training requirements.
• Keep track of lab equipment expenses
• Drive our Culture Strategy by fostering our mission, founding principles, individual and leadership expectations.