Staff Mechanical Design Engineer
Core
Develop, document, and validate new product designs for Da Vinci SP surgical instruments while improving existing designs to meet customer needs.
Role type
Staff Mechanical Design Engineer (Medical Devices)
Builds
Robotic surgical instruments (Da Vinci SP) and related disposable medical products
Domain
Medical devices / Robotic surgery
Required skills
Mechanical design and analysis (statics, dynamics, kinematics, stress analysis), CAD (SolidWorks), component manufacturing processes (injection molding, machining, MIM, heat treatment), Design History File development, root cause analysis, FDA regulatory compliance
Preferred skills
Small mechanism design, plastics, disposable medical products, sterilization process design, machine shop operation (via careerplan.io/jobs/744000153610379-staff-mechanical-design-engineer-at-intuitive)
Technologies
SolidWorks
Responsibilities
Drive design efforts to optimize performance, manufacturability, and reliability; Create product functional and design specifications; Analyze and test product designs; Develop vendors to manufacture components; Develop initial fixtures and assembly processes; Investigate and resolve design or manufacturing defects; Support production troubleshooting and design transfer to manufacturing
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic influence