Manufacturing Engineer P3

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.

Primary Function of Position:

Contribute your leadership and technical skills in the areas of manufacturing process technologies, problem-solving, training, and project management in a growing medical device company. In this key role, you will be the driving force behind Lean tool implementation and continuous improvement projects site-wide. Your combination of training, motivational skills, analytical problem-solving ability, and passion for Lean manufacturing will be just the right fit for the manufacturing environment of precision instruments for minimally invasive robotic surgery.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Manufacturing responsibility for tooling/fixtures, manufacturing equipment, and design improvements production.
• Evaluate and challenge mechanism designs for reliability, functionality, and manufacturability. Provide suggested change proposals.
• Evaluate designs for manufacturability (with respect to tooling and assembly methods). Provide suggested change proposals, or tooling concepts during the early design process phase.
• Design, document, and create an efficient “High-volume’ manufacturing assembly line including:

-Workplace and flow process development

-Specify, document, procure, repair, maintain, qualify, and implement fixtures, hand tools, and equipment.

-Determine and incorporate critical feature inspection and test checkpoints into the process. Document if discrepancies, actions or steps are required.

• Approve design releases to manufacturing, review engineering documentation, and provide vendor and in-house DFM inputs.
• Review/approve and determine the impact of ECOs from manufacturing and field perspectives.
•  Take responsibility for developing and maintaining compliance with the quality system.
•  Evaluate and help in the selection of suppliers for mechanical parts if required. Help resolve supplier quality issues.
• Hire, train, develop and motivate production personnel to follow procedures, and meet high-quality standards, production schedules, and productivity requirements.
• Update and revise Manufacturing Process Instructions (MPIs) to ensure accuracy and completeness
•  Address line support issues as they arise
• Document and report any variances, problems, issues, or concerns on all aspects of the manufacturing process
• Provide production personnel with expectations and performance feedback regularly in the production process
• Drive improvements in safety, quality, production, and cost
• Plan, supervise, drive improvement, and report production performance including output, yields, root causes, failures, efficiencies, and trends
• Understand, train personnel, and enforce strict adherence to the applicable Department Operating Procedures (DOPs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of the Quality System
• Maintain up to date and accessible training records for MPIs and Quality System documents
• Assist in setting and attaining quarterly and annual production goals
• Learn and enforce company safety policies and practices
• Investigate, lead or support sub-assembly or process outsourcing initiatives
• Review and disposition of discrepant material in the manufacturing line. Implement corrective actions to prevent recurrences.
• Active participant in quality improvement initiatives, providing feedback to find the root cause and problem-solving.
• Design and documentation responsibilities for custom and standard production tooling/fixtures.
• Process and part design/documentation duties for cost reduction programs.

Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:

• Strong Lean manufacturing implementation and training experience are an absolute requirement! Six Sigma background and knowledge is also highly desirable. Must be a hands-on team player with a broad background able to interact cross-functionally to develop improvement strategies and implement solutions. We need someone with an unfailing commitment to continuous improvement.

• BSME required.

• MSME preferred.

• Customs and material department knowledge preferred

• Strong communications skills across team organizations and cultures.

• Interface with shipping and receiving activities preferred.

• Mid/high volume complex mechanism manufacturing engineering experience preferred.

• New product introduction/development desirable. Robotics knowledge is a plus.

• Experienced in ISO 13485, or medical device manufacturing environment.

• CAD experience preferred (ProE, AutoCAD).

• Must be able to speak, read and write in English 90%.

• Must be able to travel to the USA

Intuitive es un empleador que brinda igualdad de oportunidades de empleo. Proporcionamos igualdad de oportunidades de empleo a todos los solicitantes y empleados cualificados, y prohibimos cualquier tipo de discriminación y acoso, independientemente de su raza, sexo, condición de embarazo, orientación sexual, identidad de género, origen nacional, color, edad, religión, condición de veterano protegido o de discapacidad, información genética o cualquier otra condición protegida por las leyes federales, estatales o locales aplicables.

Aviso sobre los Controles de Exportación de EE. UU.: De acuerdo con las Regulaciones de Administración de Exportaciones de EE. UU. (15 CFR §743.13(b)), algunos puestos en Intuitive Surgical pueden estar sujetos a controles de exportación de EE. UU. para candidatos que sean nacionales de países actualmente bajo embargo o sanciones.

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Para cualquier puesto en Intuitive sujeto a controles de exportación, las ofertas finales están condicionadas a la obtención de una licencia de exportación aprobada y/o a la ejecución de un TCP antes de la fecha de inicio del empleado potencial, la cual puede o no ser flexible, y dentro de un plazo que no obstaculice de manera irrazonable la necesidad de contratación. Si aplica, los candidatos serán notificados e instruidos sobre cualquier requisito relacionado con estos fines.

Este puesto puede cubrirse con un nivel de puesto diferente al indicado aquí, según las necesidades del negocio y/o la experiencia, los conocimientos y las habilidades del candidato o la candidata seleccionado. La compensación se basará principalmente en el nivel del puesto en el que se cubra el rol y en las cualificaciones del candidato o la candidata, de conformidad con la legislación aplicable.