Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer - MFG Equipment

About the role

The role involves designing and constructing manufacturing equipment for producing minimally invasive medical devices. This includes both simple fixturing and more complex automated systems.

Responsibilities

• Create effective design solutions for mechanical assemblies ranging from simple fixturing to more complex automated systems.
• Iterate rapidly through prototyping, testing, and examining product designs using engineering methods and techniques, including computer simulation and physical models.
• Create and manage project plans including schedules, budgets, and stakeholder updates.
• Develop documentation for equipment including specifications, assembly instructions, maintenance, and calibration procedures.
• Conduct effective design reviews of new equipment at all stages of development.
• Provide equipment-related technical support for ongoing production operations and expansion.
• Establish and manage external resources (contractors, system integrators, vendors) in the planning and execution of equipment projects including duplication activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 8 years' experience designing and developing automated manufacturing equipment.
• Proficiency with CAD (SolidWorks highly preferred): designing parts with complex geometry, creating assemblies, and creating detailed manufacturing drawings.
• Comfortable operating machine shop, measurement, and test equipment.
• Experience in integration of mechatronics components such as sensors, motors, pneumatics, and motion and vision control components.
• Familiarity with pneumatic controls, sensors, vision systems, servos and other actuators.
• Excellent understanding of tolerance analysis and statistical methods.
• Prior experience developing equipment qualification, calibration, and PM procedures and practices.
• Prior experience with enterprise software (e.g. Agile document control, Confluence, Polarion, Windchill, etc).
• Prior experience working with PLM systems (Agile preferred), SAP applications, including ECO creation, origination of equipment specification, test protocols, BOM, and work instructions.
• Great attitude, eager, willing/able to take initiative, works well with others in a team environment.
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally (approximately 5%).

Additional Information

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.