Company Description
At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.
As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.
Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.
Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.
Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.
Job Description
The Staff Mechanical Engineer will conceptualize, develop, analyze and verify new mechanical design concepts for next generation surgical robot systems. You will apply your product development and analysis expertise to next generation da Vinci designs leveraging your creativity and engineering analysis to the design of kinematics, robotic actuation and sensing solutions. This requires in-depth collaboration with cross-functional teams that will routinely leverage your technical and interpersonal skills as you develop a shared understanding of the new product requirements.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Subject matter expert in leading and executing complex FEA and model analysis, experimental characterization, and design optimization, including CFD and thermal modeling.
- Lead multi-disciplinary technical teams to analyze existing designs and define requirements for new and current designs, including thermal management.
- Mentor and guide other colleagues in characterization and analysis.
- Create detailed mechanical assemblies and prototypes, with careful consideration of key functions, precision design principles, cost, manufacturability and safety.
- Design test methodologies and fixtures to develop deeper understanding of key technical challenges, verify and refine designs.
- Design components and producing mechanical drawings in a government regulated environment for volume manufacturing processes which may include cast metal, injection molded plastic, sheet metal stamped, and others.
- Contribute to budget, resource, and planning of technical projects and workstreams.
Qualifications
Key Skills, Experience, Education, & Training
Required
- BSME, or similar.
- Minimum 12 years of related experience, or 8 years with a MSME, or 5 years with a PhD.
- Solidworks CAD design, drawing, GD&T and ANSYS proficiency.
- Analytical foundation in mechanical engineering first principles.
- Curiosity in driving to first principles and root cause understanding.
- Exercises independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria to analyze complex systems.
- Experience leading cross-functional projects and teams, including collaborations with consultants and external project teams.
- Experience designing precision robotic joints, including integrating gears, actuators, encoders and brakes with attention to size, weight, torque, dynamics, precision, cost, and manufacturability.
- Self-driven to achieve individual and collaborative results in a high-energy, small, focused team environment, to maintain a strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward, and to foster a positive and encouraging group culture.
- Flexible to changing priorities and able to balance and prioritize multiple and competing demands based on organizational goals and needs.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to build clarity and consensus among cross-functional stakeholders.
- Understanding of engineering materials, component selection criteria, and design for reliability and manufacturability.
- Effectively takes the lead in communicating with and influencing peers and senior stakeholders. Communicates effectively across varying organizational levels.
- Effectively makes decisions and achieves project goals involving cross-functional teams.
Key Skills, Experience, Education, & Training
Required
- BSME, or similar.
- Minimum 12 years of related experience, or 8 years with a MSME, or 5 years with a PhD.
- Solidworks CAD design, drawing, GD&T and ANSYS proficiency.
- Analytical foundation in mechanical engineering first principles.
- Curiosity in driving to first principles and root cause understanding.
- Exercises independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria to analyze complex systems.
- Experience leading cross-functional projects and teams, including collaborations with consultants and external project teams.
- Experience designing precision robotic joints, including integrating gears, actuators, encoders and brakes with attention to size, weight, torque, dynamics, precision, cost, and manufacturability.
- Self-driven to achieve individual and collaborative results in a high-energy, small, focused team environment, to maintain a strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward, and to foster a positive and encouraging group culture.
- Flexible to changing priorities and able to balance and prioritize multiple and competing demands based on organizational goals and needs.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to build clarity and consensus among cross-functional stakeholders.
- Understanding of engineering materials, component selection criteria, and design for reliability and manufacturability.
- Effectively takes the lead in communicating with and influencing peers and senior stakeholders. Communicates effectively across varying organizational levels.
- Effectively makes decisions and achieves project goals involving cross-functional teams.
Preferred
- Graduate study or equivalent research experience.
- Medical product development process and product launch experience.
Additional Information
Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.
Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity 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. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.
Base Salary Range Region 1: $180.400 USD - $259.600 USD
Base Salary Range Region 2: $153.300 USD - $220.700 USD
Shift: Day
Workplace Type: Set Schedule - This job will be onsite weekly, the percentage of onsite work will be defined by the leader.
