Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

About the position

The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer works in and/or runs cross-functional teams to maintain and improve the design, production, and service of the da Vinci® Surgical System. This role reports to a Manager or Senior Manager of Mechanical Engineering. They establish root cause of complex problems with electro-mechanical components, manufacturing process and system performance. They identify mechanical design and manufacturing process solutions to improve performance, cost, and reliability, and perform the development, documentation, verification and implementation of these solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work in or run cross-functional project teams to design, develop and verify modifications to robotic or other complex mechanisms.
• Investigate and establish root cause of latent and emerging design, manufacturing or material defects.
• Develop, design, test, document, and implement solutions for these defects according to corporate standards and departmental operating procedures.
• Identify, develop and implement alternate part fabrication methods and sources to reduce hardware cost and/or improve durability of supply chain.
• Develop and execute design verification/validation test protocols and document results in test reports.
• Provide mechanical engineering support for resolution of field and manufacturing issues.
• Support and/or provide leadership to product risk assessments, Corrective and Preventive Actions, and quality/regulatory audits as required.
• Provide advice, mentoring, coaching and guidance to advance the technical and business expertise of colleagues.
• Identify and implement best practices between teams and engineering departments.
• Establish individual and team goals consistent with overall project goals.

Requirements

• Comfortable with all phases of the product development lifecycle including design, analysis, debug, verification, transfer to manufacturing, and sustainment.
• Understand concepts of design input, design output, requirement traceability, and FMEA risk analysis.
• Technical expertise with mechanism design, robotics and medical products.
• Design, manufacture, and troubleshooting of electromechanical components and assemblies including brushless DC motors, brakes, encoders and other sensors.
• Design, manufacture, and troubleshooting of precision mechanical components including bearings, gears, ball screws and linear actuators.
• Component selection and design for reliability and manufacturability.
• Mechanical analysis, including statics, dynamics, kinematics, stress, fatigue, thermal, and reliability.
• Design, review and document components, structures, and mechanical assemblies in SolidWorks or similar CAD software.
• Release designs following good documentation principles and configuration control methods.
• Manufacturing process development and creation of assembly instructions.
• Proficiency at failure analysis.
• Fluency in ASME Y14.5 GD&T and tolerance stack analysis.
• Demonstrated knowledge of a wide variety of manufacturing processes.
• Metallurgical heat treatment, stress relief, grinding/lapping.
• Component fabrication methods including CNC machining, wire EDM, brazing, and surface coatings.
• High-volume fabrication methods including plastic injection molding, metal-injection molding, stamping, aluminum and steel casting (sand, investment, die).
• Capable of using MATLAB to create or modify test scripts and system software.
• Experience with Statistical Process Control in a Mass Production environment.
• Comfortable operating machine shop, measurement and test equipment.

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience providing inputs to regulatory agency approval including UL, CE and FDA.
• Excel in a fast paced, high transaction, mass-production environment.
• Utilize deep technical knowledge and broad expertise to achieve company goals in creative and effective ways.
• Some experience leading departmental and cross-functional projects and strategic initiatives from concept through completion.
• Capacity to supervise multiple complex projects.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, oral) across all levels and organizations.
• Ability to supervise and mentor other engineers.
• Demonstrated excitement to learn and quickly examine tough technical problems.
• Passion for creating robust, reliable products with an excellent commitment to quality.
• Sense of shared responsibility and reward.

Benefits

• Market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity.