Hardware Test Engineer II

3 weeks ago


Sunnyvale, California, United States Intuitive Surgical Full time
Job Description

Primary Function of the Position

The New Product Verification Department is devoted to assuring safe, reliable, and effective products that exceed patient, surgeon, and hospital expectations. The department plays a vital role in product and process quality, in new product development and production, and in the quality of da Vinci and Ion robotic product lines, including diagnostic systems, endoscopic instrumentation, and supporting accessories. The Test Engineer will work with a team of dedicated individuals within a product development team to assure the quality of new designs, to identify issues related to new designs and processes, and to work with other Test Engineers to develop harmonized test methods.

Essential Job Duties

Test Protocol Development, Execution & Reporting:

  • Develops high level verification and validation test plans for instrument, accessories, endoluminal, or vision projects
  • Generates and takes ownership of test protocols for Design Verification and Life/Reliability tests
  • Collaborate with Design and Clinical teams to develop test methods needed to ensure design requirements are sufficiently verified
  • Executes test protocols for clinically-based surgical simulation and automated testing utilizing da Vinci surgical system, Ion Systems and/or other test equipment
  • Identifies and presents problems that arise during feasibility and design verification testing, and escalates new or persistent failure modes to appropriate engineering teams
  • Collaborates with appropriate engineering teams on the failure investigation and root cause analysis.
  • Clearly documents test results and observations in test report.

Test Fixture Development

  • Designs test fixtures and other test aids needed to perform Design Verification and Life/Reliability tests
  • Identifies processes and test methods that could benefit from new or updated fixture designs
  • Works with other engineers to develop concepts and approaches to fixture design
  • Responsible for documentation of fixtures utilizing SolidWorks; release of documents into Agile

Other Responsibilities

  • Effectively translate the functional requirements into appropriate acceptance criteria for testcases and test methods.
  • Train test technicians on test methods and procedures
  • Ensures successful, on-time completion of department projects; communicates constraints to direct management when successful project completion is at risk
  • Complies with company Department and Standard Operating Procedures
  • Verifies and ensures adequate supply of test articles and other equipment or material


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