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Manager, Mechanical Engineering, Capital Equipment

Sunnyvale, CA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-20 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead a team of mechanical engineers to design, develop, and launch new surgical instrument products and coordinate improvements to existing designs for patients, surgeons, and hospitals.

Role type

Senior IC mechanical engineering manager (medical devices)

Builds

Capital equipment and surgical instruments

Domain

Medical devices / Surgical robotics

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

mechanical design, product development lifecycle management, cross-functional team leadership, regulatory compliance (FDA), CAD design, project management, manufacturing techniques, design for reliability and manufacturability, finite element analysis, statistics, experimental design

Preferred skills

MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, SolidWorks proficiency

Technologies

CAD, SolidWorks

Responsibilities

Provide vision for the mechanical engineering team and foster creativity; guide the team in developing product architectures; define product pillars and business goals with senior management; manage, coach, and mentor mechanical engineers; review mechanical engineering designs and ensure adherence to design history file guidelines; coordinate activities with Manufacturing, Supplier Engineering, Quality, and Clinical Engineering; provide administrative leadership for planning, staffing, budgeting, and cost tracking.

Seniority

Manager, hands-on leadership

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