Senior Mechanical Engineer

Job Description

The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer works in 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 Design Engineering. They determine 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.

Essential Job Duties

• Work in 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
• Lead mechanical engineering workfor resolution of field and manufacturing issues
• Support product risk assessments, Corrective and Preventive Actions, and quality/regulatory audits as required

• Establish individual and team goals consistent with overall project goals