NPI Manufacturing Engineer (Finance)

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
Primary Scope of Position:

This New Product Introduction Manufacturing-Mechanical Engineer (NPI 3) position reports to the New Product Introduction Engineering Manager for Da Vinci surgical system Instrument products. In this position, NPI 3 utilizes their in-depth manufacturing, manufacturing equipment technical and design knowledge to collaborate with design engineering to discover, define, develop, and validate new assembly and test equipment and assembly processes solutions. Their primary focus is to develop assembly and test processes, establish engineering requirements, consider process risks and identify solutions to guide development, and ultimately implement and optimize assembly process equipment, fixturing, and test solutions. They focus on opportunities for poka-yoke, DfX, semi-automated, and automated solutions and design for assembly opportunities to achieve optimal reliability, serviceability, manufacturability and cost.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Technical Expertise

• In-depth knowledge of equipment and methods to implement assembly and test processes of complex medical devices.
• Strong mechanical engineering skills with proficiency in assembly equipment design is required.
• Proven diverse capability to adapt and work with support teams on software, algorithms, electronics aspects of the device, and human interface needs. Proactively evaluates and challenges designs for technical merit, reliability, serviceability and manufacturability working with the design team to realize optimal outcomes.
• Provides a voice for the manufacturing process of Intuitive's products. Leads product and process DfX (Manufacturing, Assembly) input to Product Development Engineering to enhance manufacturability and product cost.
• Proven ability to assess and communicate potential process risks and mitigations to drive appropriate process design.
• Own and drive continuous improvement of quality, throughput, and cost during development and after product market release. Utilize analytical objective data and statistical analysis to inform and drive decisions.
• Supports the creation of an efficient manufacturing assembly line, specifying and/or refining BOMs, workflows and detailed work instructions. This includes developing and maintaining the process flow, and manufacturing process instructions (MPIs), including test procedures.
• Responsible for the validation, qualification, and documentation of manufacturing equipment and processes leveraging standard qualification approaches (IQ/OQ/DQ/PQ/PPQ).
• Responsible for maintaining compliance with medical device quality system requirements including corrective/preventive action closure, discrepant material dispositions and change order creation, review and implementation.

Leadership Requisites

• Supports new products during pilot production phase through successful and sustained project launch. This includes driving new product introduction schedules, resolving manufacturability issues, and driving improvements.
• Provides technical support for failure analysis of discrepant production components, assemblies and field returns. Leads investigations where appropriate.
• Participates in continuous improvement initiatives focused on material cost reduction, capacity enhancement, and streamlining of supply chain.
• Provides support and success criteria for responsible projects. Escalate key issues quickly maintaining stakeholder alignment.
• Keep the organization's vision and values at the forefront of decision-making and action

Qualifications
Skill/Job Requirements:

This role requires active participation to create and refine electro-mechanical components, assemblies, process documentation, tooling and test methods for robotic surgical instruments. The emphasis is on the mechanical design of equipment. The successful candidate will have achieved the following:

• BS Mechanical, Biomedical, or Manufacturing Engineering with 5 years minimum related experience; MSME, MSBMED, or MSMfgE with 4 years minimum related experience preferred. Related experience is as a design or manufacturing engineer supporting a product with significant mechanical content.
• Demonstrated project leadership and strong communication skills to drive assembly equipment, fixturing, and tooling design from development through implementation
• Strong solid modeling/CAD experience (SolidWorks preferred).
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes including injection molding, machining, stamping, laser welding, design of experiments, and capability analysis. Experience with automation strongly desired.
• Strong foundation in design, fabrication and assembly of complex assemblies with demonstrated knowledge of mechanical assembly techniques, test methods including gage R&R analysis, DfX, and lean principles.
• Strong technical skills in prototyping, tooling development, process engineering, and troubleshooting.
• References who will validate you as a strong a team player, self-starter, and possessing a can-do attitude!
• Comfortable interacting with engineers, management, technicians, product development, planning, purchasing, regulatory, inspection, clinical marketing organizations, and suppliers.
• Strong problem solving ability, including demonstrated ability to effectively design, execute, report on, and draw conclusions from experiments.
• Excellent leadership, organization, follow-up and documentation skills.

Highly preferred skills & experience:

• Electromechanical new product development experience preferred.
• Experience in an ISO 13485, ISO 9001, or medical device manufacturing environment a plus.
• Experience implementing DfX changes to new or established product preferred.
• Machine tool experience a plus.
• Medical device experience preferred but not required.

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.

Mandatory Notices

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: $121.400 USD - $174.600 USD
Base Salary Range Region 2: $103.200 USD - $148.400 USD
Shift: Day
Workplace Type: Onsite - This job is fully onsite.