Staff Mech Eng, Advanced Energy for Flexible Instruments

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 193,000 - 277,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is seeking a Staff Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Energy, to lead the development of energy delivery devices for robotic systems. This role requires end-to-end ownership from concept through validation, engaging across engineering, clinical, and manufacturing teams to deliver robust, scalable designs.

The candidate will work in a high-energy, small-team environment, delivering prototypes, data-driven decisions, and high-quality results with autonomy.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience, at least 8 years with a master’s degree.
• Technical lead experience in cross-functional R&D teams, influencing decisions across engineering, testing, clinical, quality and manufacturing.
• Ability to convert ideas into functional prototypes to evaluate technical feasibility and clinical value.
• Experience operating in ambiguous environments with limited data, identifying risks and prioritizing experiments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and verify new concepts for advanced energy catheters and flexible electromechanical instruments.
• Define early product architecture, interfaces, and requirements; translate feasibility prototypes into scalable products.
• Develop, implement, test and document new solutions, processes, and designs per standards and procedures.
• Hands-on assembly and testing to support proof of concept, design development, and validation activities.
• Collaborate with clinical engineering to assess concepts and perform tradeoff analyses.
• Partner with testing and NPI to define verification approaches and ensure measurable design outputs.

Education

BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Biomedical Engineering or related discipline

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is seeking a Staff Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Energy, to lead the development of energy delivery devices for robotic systems. This role requires end-to-end ownership from concept through validation, engaging across engineering, clinical, and manufacturing teams to deliver robust, scalable designs.

The candidate will work in a high-energy, small-team environment, delivering prototypes, data-driven decisions, and high-quality results with autonomy.