Senior Mechanical Engineer

4 weeks ago


Los Angeles, California, United States Intuitive Full time
Job Summary

Intuitive Surgical is seeking a highly skilled Mechanical Engineer to join our team. As a Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and validating new product designs, as well as improving existing designs to meet the needs of our customers.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop new product architectures for next-generation instruments
  • Conceptualize and examine complex electro-mechanical assemblies, create theoretical models, conduct empirical confirmation, and perform computer-assisted simulations
  • Design and develop mechanical parts and assemblies, with careful consideration for mechanical design, kinematics, materials (plastics & metals), and stress analysis
  • Create product functional and design specifications, perform DFMEA on parts that are designed
  • Work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams to define requirements for new and current designs
  • Develop automated scripts to test new designs, fluent in use of tools such as Matlab, Ansys
  • Study and test product designs
  • Identify and research new vendors/processes to manufacture components
  • Assist in initial design of fixtures and processes to assemble components
  • Create new product assembly instructions
  • Develop and perform component verification testing and product validation testing
  • Support production of final product by troubleshooting process and component problems
  • Provide engineering support to Manufacturing, Materials, Test Engineering, and Service to facilitate transfer of designs
  • Develop Design History Files per FDA requirements, understand FDA product design DOP
  • Document, prepare, and review patent submissions
  • Review regulatory submissions
  • Assess field reliability data and improve existing product designs as necessary
  • Shepherd projects through the design control process (design specification, design review, risk analysis, etc.), and support New Product Introduction personnel in initial builds (procurement, assembly, troubleshooting)
Requirements
  • BSME with min. 8 years' experience, MSME with 6 years' experience, or PHD with 3 years' experience (preferred)
  • Systematic aptitude with an emphasis on theoretical fundamentals
  • High proficiency using software like 3D CAD to design mechanisms; SolidWorks preferred (3D design & surfacing), Matlab, Finite Element Analysis (such as Ansys/ Pro Mechanica)
  • Programming in Matlab to interface with electro-mechanical assemblies and perform data analysis
  • Project Management experience a plus
  • Machining & high volume injection molding experience a plus
  • Comfortable in examining electrical assemblies and sensors
  • Comfortable with all phases of the product development lifecycle, including design, implementation, debugging, verification, qualification, and transfer
  • Excellent communication and documentation skills
  • Comfortable operating machine shop equipment
  • Proven understanding of component selection criteria, and design for reliability and manufacturability
  • Prefer medical device experience
  • Process development and assembly instructions

Intuitive Surgical is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity.



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