Manufacturing Engineer
Intuitive Surgical
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Engineering
Posted on April 2, 2019
Job: Manufacturing & Operations
Primary Location: United States-California-US-CA-Sunnyvale
Schedule: Full-time
Requisition ID: 191149
Description
Qualifications
We are an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.
Primary Location: United States-California-US-CA-Sunnyvale
Schedule: Full-time
Requisition ID: 191149
Description
Company Description:
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Joining Intuitive Surgical means joining a team dedicated to using technology to benefit patients by improving surgical efficacy and decreasing surgical invasiveness, with patient safety as our highest priority.Primary Function of Position:
Contribute your technical manufacturing and equipment design skills to a dynamic development team creating precision instruments for minimally invasive robotic surgery. The role requires active participation in new product development teams that create and refine electro-mechanical components, assemblies, process documentation, tooling and test methods while challenging new product designs to improve efficacy, reliability, manufacturability and cost for robotic surgical instruments.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Contribute your technical manufacturing and equipment design skills to a dynamic development team creating precision instruments for minimally invasive robotic surgery. The role requires active participation in new product development teams that create and refine electro-mechanical components, assemblies, process documentation, tooling and test methods while challenging new product designs to improve efficacy, reliability, manufacturability and cost for robotic surgical instruments.
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Create, maintain and improve pilot “mid-volume” manufacturing assembly line, specifying and/or refining BOMs, work flow processes, manufacturing plan and detailed work instructions.• Design, document, procure, qualify, implement, and improve fixtures, tools and equipment.• Analyze instrument manufacturing line from a risk perspective (PFMEA) to incorporate and validate critical tests used in manufacturing.• Responsible for the validation and qualification of manufacturing equipment and processes leveraging standard qualification approaches (IQ/OQ/PQ).• Provide production support through successful and sustained project launch.• Identify and implement continuous improvement projects with respect to first pass yield, cycle time reduction, product reliability, capacity enhancement and cost reduction.• Provide product and process DFx (Manufacturing, Assembly) input to enhance manufacturability of new products.• Takes responsibility for maintaining compliance with medical device quality system including corrective action closure, discrepant material dispositions and ECO implementation.• Provides technical support analyzing and /or performing failure analysis for discrepant production components, assemblies and field returns.
Skill/Job Requirements:
• BS / MS degree in Engineering discipline or equivalent work experience.• Minimum 2 years of experience as design or manufacturing engineer supporting product with significant mechanical / electromechanical content.• Must possess strong communication skills to interface with technicians, product development, planning, purchasing, regulatory, inspection, customer support and clinical marketing teams.• Prior responsibility for process, equipment or product validation/verification.• Prior experience complex device manufacturing is a plus• New product introduction/development desirable• CAD experience (preferred Solidworks).• Programming skills is a plus• Experience in an ISO 13485, ISO 9001, or medical device manufacturing environment a plus• Able to travel periodically to suppliers or Intuitive Mexicali plant.
We are an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.