Manager, Mechanical Design Engineering

Primary Function of the Position

The Manager Mechanical Design Engineering leads cross-functional teams to maintain and improve the design, production, and service of the da Vinci® Surgical Systems.  This includes determining root cause of complex problems with electro-mechanical components, manufacturing process and system performance. This also includes identifying mechanical design and manufacturing process solutions to improve performance, cost, and reliability, and perform the development, documentation, verification, and implementation of these solutions. The successful candidate must be a “player / coach” fcomfortable with some individual technical contribution as well as the leadership of deeply technical individual contributors.

Essential Job Duties

• Leads cross-functional project teams to design, develop and verify modifications to robotic or other complex mechanisms.

  • Investigate and determine 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 strength of supply chain

  • Develop and execute design verification/validation test protocols and document results in test reports

  • Support product risk assessments, Corrective and Preventive Actions, and quality/regulatory audits as required

• Interface with teams across Intuitive including mechanical, software, systems analysis, manufacturing, test, supply chain, quality, regulatory, service, tech pubs, etc.

• Provide administrative leadership and control for planning, staffing, budgeting, and project/program cost tracking.

• Establish project teams, assign tasks, set priorities, establish metrics, and track progress against overall goals.

• Recognize and attract top talent, mentor, and train team members through one-on-one coaching as well as team wide initiatives.

• Support quality assurance, product reliability, and product regulatory initiatives in responding to customer concerns and other product requirements.