Staff Mechanical Design Engineer

4 weeks ago


Sunnyvale, United States Intuitive Surgical Full time
Job Description

Primary Function of Position:

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. produces the da Vinci® Surgical System, a minimally invasive robotic surgery system that uses highly complex mechanics, replaceable instruments and accessories, and enhanced three-dimensional visualization to extend surgical technique and precision beyond the limits of the human hand.

The Staff Mechanical Design Engineer will help develop new flexible instruments and accessories while addressing clinical effectiveness and performance needs.  A successful candidate will have proven technical depth in key areas for mechanical design, catheter design, and materials selection, but also have breadth to support multiple different research project, prototypes, and clinical applications. The candidate will also technically manage projects across groups and vendors and have the ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.  A solid sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required as well as a commitment to high product quality.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Work in cross-functional project team to design, develop and verify designs for flexible surgical instruments and accessories.
    • Work with KOLS and develop concepts based on early clinical, marketing, and customer inputs including early prototyping of designs.
    • Drive early stage ideation and prototyping efforts
    • Evaluations of prototypes, critically examine results, and make design changes or recommendations with the design team.
    • Provide support for pre-clinical and clinical labs
    • Generate IP and evaluate opportunities from a technical perspective
  • Establish goals consistent with overall project goals


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