Director, Advanced Energy Instruments

Company Description

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.

The Director of Advanced Energy Instruments drives a dynamic team in the new product development of cutting-edge medical devices and systems for minimally invasive surgeries. This role involves managing Managers, Engineers, and technical staff, focused on design and development of patient contacting instruments slated for integration with the da Vinci platforms. The Director will oversee the design, documentation, validation, and enhancement of new and existing designs, ensuring they meet customer and business needs.

The successful candidate will coordinate team efforts across multiple projects, manage personnel efficiently, and ensure project milestones are met despite time constraints and evolving information typical of new product development.

• Set long-term strategic vision aligning team goals with business priorities.
• Drive and manage product engineering team, focusing on culture, hiring, and retention.
• Define performance expectations and ensure effective communication across all team levels.
• Oversee project planning, budgeting, and resource allocation for operational excellence.
• Advocate relationship building and handoffs between new product development and manufacturing/NPI.
• Engage collaborators to ensure product engineering project priorities and help for long-term goals.
• Anticipate roadblocks and remove silos for seamless execution of priorities.

• A closely involved engineering person with the proven ability to work well in a team environment
• Demonstrated expertise in all phases of the product development lifecycle, largely focused on scalability, design for manufacturing, assembly and on-going quality improvements, preferred experience with Energy (RF, ultrasonic, etc.) Instruments.
• Proven ability to motivate, guide, and inspire members of core and extended project teams with strong project management skills
• Class II medical product experience and experience navigating medical device risk analysis
• Experience with FDA regulations and medical device design control
• Experience in studying tradeoffs between product features, customer needs/requirements, producibility, and cost
• Organizational skills and ability to work on several fast-paced projects simultaneously
• Ability to interact effectively with a wide variety of people and departments
• Proven knowledge of engineering fundamentals
• Planning, decision-making and negotiation
• Expertise in evaluating and selecting patient-contacting and implantable medical device materials
• Experience with toxicological risks
• Proven ability to seek, recognize, and execute clever and simple solutions to resolve complex department challenges

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Biomedical Engineering or equivalent engineering degree and/or a MS or PhD preferred
• 10+ years experience designing, manufacturing and commercialization of medical devices or products
• 5+ years experience leading design of medical device projects, operations/manufacturing while directly managing teams

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or…