New Product Development Lab Coordinator and Technician

$90,800 - $122,800/Yr

Intuitive - Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time

Sunnyvale, CA

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

The New Product Development Lab Coordinator and Technician at Intuitive Surgical is responsible for maintaining the Advanced Energy Lab and supporting the development, documentation, and validation of new product designs. This role involves collaborating with design engineers to build, test, and characterize new prototypes, while also managing lab resources and ensuring efficient operations within the lab environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage lab resources, computers, organization, layout, supplies, and equipment
• Assist with all aspects of prototype builds of instruments and generators including design, build, test, rework, maintenance, troubleshoot, repair and upgrade
• Manage equipment calibration
• Maintain and organize the advanced energy lab space and equipment
• Coordinate activities with internal and outside suppliers to ensure delivery of equipment and components for prototyping
• Design and build fixtures or tools as necessary for prototyping, test, and assembly
• Prepare instruments and generators for pre-clinical labs
• Assist engineers with drawing updates and change order preparation
• Provide input and feedback for the design of test and assembly fixtures
• Organize, oversee, and collaborate with other groups to assemble and test prototypes

Requirements

• Excellent organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Manual dexterity to assemble very small components, either with microscope or other magnification
• Ability to perform prototype testing per written protocol or verbal instruction
• Experience with soldering, electrical / small mechanical assembly, and component-level electronics debug and repair
• Hands-on experience building mechanical assemblies, sub-assemblies, or equipment, with some electrical or pneumatic assembly
• Experience with electronic test equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, power supplies
• Ability to perform mechanical fabrication using machine and hand tools
• Ability to understand electrical schematics and mechanical drawings
• Ability to perform functional testing and failure analysis to a component level
• Computer skills in Microsoft Office and Linux based apps, ability to learn to navigate internal computer systems

Benefits

• Market-competitive compensation packages
• Incentives
• Benefits
• Equity