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Senior Mechanical Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-28 → 2026-09-27

Core

Design medical capital equipment components for volume manufacturing processes within the da Vinci Surgical Systems product line.

Role type

Senior IC mechanical design engineer (medical robotics)

Builds

High-quality hardware prototypes and productized designs for robotic surgical systems

Domain

Medical devices / Robotics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

mechanical design, machine design, volume manufacturing process knowledge (casting, injection molding, sheet metal), CAD, finite element simulation, engineering materials selection, reliability testing, vendor management, design for manufacturability

Preferred skills

robot design, surgical/medical device product experience, SolidWorks, post-graduate study

Technologies

CAD, finite element simulation tools, SolidWorks

Responsibilities

Design components and produce mechanical drawings for volume manufacturing; define requirements for new and current designs; select and manage vendors in the prototype phase; collaborate with manufacturing to create assembly tooling and fixtures; develop and perform component verification and product validation testing; troubleshoot process and component problems for production; mentor and coach other engineers in problem solving

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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