Mechanical Engineer- Future Forward

Primary Function of Position:

Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex mechanical systems for use in surgery. The Mechanical Engineer is responsible for developing, documenting, and validating new product designs, as well as improving existing designs to meet the needs of our customers

Contribute your mechanical engineering design and analysis skills to a dynamic development team creating complex equipment used in minimally invasive robotic surgery. This position will focus on engineering new product architecture for next generation instruments. You will design and develop mechanical parts and assemblies, with careful consideration for mechanical design, kinematics, materials (plastics & metals) and stress analysis. You will be able to conceptualize and analyze complex electromechanical assemblies, create theoretical models, conduct empirical confirmation and perform computer assisted simulations.

Individuals in this role must demonstrate mechanical and mechanism engineering design experience.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Create new product architectures for next generation instruments based on product functional and design specifications

• Conceptualize and analyze complex electromechanical assemblies, create theoretical models, conduct empirical confirmation & perform computer assisted simulations

• Design and develop mechanical mechanism parts and assemblies, with careful consideration for mechanical design, kinematics, materials (adhesives, plastics, and metals), finishes (roughness, lubricious, metal, and biocompatible coatings), and tolerance and stress analysis (FEA)

• Broad and deep understanding of the advantages and limitations of various fabrication methods for custom designed parts, including but not limited to CNC milling, sheet metal, casting, plastic molding and 3D printing

• Work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams to define requirements for new and current designs

• Analyze and test product designs

• Identify and research new vendors/processes to manufacture components

• Develop and perform component verification testing and product validation testing

• Support production of final product by troubleshooting processes and component problems

• Provide engineering support to Manufacturing, Materials, Test Engineering, and Service to facilitate transfer of designs.

• Competence using test and measurement equipment, such as force and height gauges

• Effective documentation, including test plans/reports, specifications, design intent and analysis, design review presentations, detailed mechanical drawings (ASME Y14.5), and assembly work instructions

• Shepherd projects through the design control process (design specification, design review, risk analysis, etc.), and support New Product Introduction personnel in initial builds (procurement, assembly, troubleshooting)