Staff Mechanical Design Engineer: Robotic Surgical Tools

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

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical is seeking a staff mechanical engineer to advance the mechanical design of robotic surgical instruments. You will join a small, innovative R&D team in Sunnyvale and help explore a novel system concept while optimizing existing designs for new applications.

You will resolve complex mechanical and manufacturing challenges, develop prototypes, create documentation, perform design reviews, and collaborate cross-functionally with clinical and regulatory teams to deliver

Qualifications

• Experience designing surgical instruments and assemblies.
• Ability to work in interdisciplinary teams.
• Experience with prototypes, tests, and design reviews.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop novel robotic surgical instruments, including design and procurement of components, prototype assembly and builds, and design and development of testing and assembly fixtures and methods.
• Define and develop product requirements and functional specifications for robotic instruments, subsystems, and systems.
• Analyze and test product prototype designs, critically analyze results, and present results to the engineering team.
• Provide written protocols, reports, presentations, and perform technical design reviews to solicit feedback on design activities.
• Development and documentation of mechanical design and manufacturing documentation including inspection procedures, assembly instructions, new manufacturing processes, test methods, purchase specifications, BOMs, component / assembly drawings.
• Create and maintain SolidWorks CAD databases, including components, assemblies, and detailed drawings.
• Contribute to risk assessments, industry standards, and regulatory frameworks.
• Observe pre-clinical and clinical cases and interface with clinical experts to inform designs and identify user needs through workflow analysis.
• Document, prepare and review patent submissions.

Skills

Cross-functional teamwork

Prototyping & testing

Technical design reviews

Workflow analysis

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Intuitive Surgical is seeking a staff mechanical engineer to advance the mechanical design of robotic surgical instruments. You will join a small, innovative R&D team in Sunnyvale and help explore a novel system concept while optimizing existing designs for new applications.

You will resolve complex mechanical and manufacturing challenges, develop prototypes, create documentation, perform design reviews, and collaborate cross-functionally with clinical and regulatory teams to deliver