Primary Function of Position

The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer will steer design, development, and testing of components and sub-systems for new flexible instruments, steerable catheter-based devices, and accessories that will interface with a robotic system. The candidate will work primarily on flexible structures within a technical team and with outside suppliers to drive designs from a working prototype to a final, manufacturable product that meets customer and company needs. They will be responsible for developing and evaluating new technology solutions, establishing design requirements to meet customer needs, prototyping and refining designs and advancing them through the product development process to commercialization. The successful candidate must excel in a high-energy team environment, be capable of creative problem solving and efficient design iterations while ensuring attention to detail and quality when faced with time pressures. The ideal candidate will possess the technical expertise to understand complex mechanical designs and a passion for integrating quality into products. A steady sense of shared responsibility and commitment to high product quality is essential.

Essential Job Duties

• Design, develop, prototype, characterize, troubleshoot, and optimize flexible components and structures for next generation products. These include parts and assemblies made via extrusions, braiding, coiling, laser processes etc. There may also be opportunities for the design of rigid structures.
• Collaborate cross functionally to understand and drive clarity on clinical, usability, and business needs, and decompose these needs into design requirements.
• Develop test methods and assembly fixturing to support building and testing on prototypes.
• Drive rigorous understanding of design risk by learning not just how a design behaves, but why. Advance understanding of safety, performance, manufacturability, and associated tradeoffs to optimize the overall design.
• Collaborate cross functionally with supplier engineers, manufacturing process development engineers to drive design refinement from a working prototype to a final, manufacturable product and ensure smooth transition into production.
• Explore new materials, manufacturing processes, and technologies that meet all stakeholder needs.
• Prepare protocols/reports/summaries/readouts to capture and communicate design progress and defend / propose design decisions.
• Complete detailed drawings and conduct tolerance analysis statistical best practices appropriately.
• Drive failure investigations using rigorous but efficient experimental plans.
• Develop and manage relationships with external vendors.
• Collaborate with process and supplier engineering to drive design for manufacturing and support successful design transfer.
• Mentor and guide technicians and junior engineers.

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum 6 years of experience in a mechanical design role, preferably in medical devices.
• Specialist in designing complex flexible structures.
• Proficiency using CAD to create, fabricate, and document mechanical designs.
• Expert in design for manufacturability and design for assembly.
• Experience with a range of other fabrication methods, including 3D printing, machining, laser applications, heat treatment, electropolishing, welding, welding, etc.
• Experience working within the product development process (concept phase to production). Familiarity with the product development lifecycle.
• Proven ability to apply (or learn where needed, then apply) engineering first principles to understand and achieve quick and reliable solutions to engineering problems.
• Exceptional mechanical aptitude and visual thinking skills.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills such as finite element analysis, statistics, and experimental designs.
• Proven ability to iterate prototypes and mock-ups rapidly and efficiently optimize them to a final design that meets user and company needs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills. Ability to present to a wide range of audiences.
• Ability to interface with customers and potential business partners in a highly professional manner.
• Proven ability to work well in a team environment as well as “solo” assignments.
• Experience leading technical peers in small team projects.
• Demonstrated ability to follow through / sense of urgency.
• Self-starting, hands-on, and habitually curious.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple priorities of moderate complexity as a matter of routine.

Required Education and Training

• Minimum BS or higher in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• MS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Understanding of mechatronics, robotics, and servo-controlled systems.
• Medical device product experience.
• Catheter design experience
• Experience in other highly regulated industries (automotive, aerospace, etc.).
• Experience with Matlab, python, and/or LabView.
• Experience with Finite Element Analysis.
• Familiarity with six sigma concepts and associated statistical tools.
• Firsthand machining experience.
• Experience developing requirements and performing risk assessment of candidate designs.
• Experience collaborating with multi-disciplinary functions like clinical, human factors, industrial design, interaction design, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to be resilient, creative, and make progress when faced with organizational and project complexity and constraint.

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 Employment 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.

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.

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 Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action 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.

EEO and AA Policy

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.