Sr. Engineer - Value Engineering

Sr. Engineer - Value Engineering

The Sr. Value Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for working cross functionally to identify, develop and implement enterprise-wide value engineering processes and tools. This role will also act as a subject matter resource as needed to facilitate value engineering activities. This role will be instrumental in the identification and implementation of cost savings and ensuring that value is maximized across the full product lifecycle with solutions for cost, quality, and scale through a collaborative, cross-functional approach.

Essential Job Duties

• Develop and Implement Value Engineering Processes and embed them into Intuitive's broader business practices, such as the Product Development Process (PDP). Standardize and incorporate best practices to improve product cost, quality, and scale.
• Collaboratively lead the identification, assessment, recommendation and implementation of Value Engineering Tools to be integrated into Intuitive's broader business practices, such as Should Cost modeling and Design For Manufacturing (DFM). Standardize and incorporate best practices to improve product cost, quality, and scale.
• Become a subject matter resource on various value engineering methodologies (FAST, Should Cost, DFx, etc). Facilitate Value Engineering workshops as required.
• Develop training as needed to support embed the value engineering capability and mindset within the extended enterprise.
• Collaborate with the extended enterprise to identify and drive systemic Value Engineering opportunities into focused actions necessary to accomplish overarching targets for released and new products.
• Work with the extended enterprise to influence supplier technology roadmaps to ensure Intuitive system and instrument technical requirements are met.
• Work with the extended enterprise to define criteria/guidelines for design for manufacturing based on process, and best practices for qualifying components.

Required Skills and Experience

• Knowledge of value engineering and/or value analysis processes and tools.
• Product design and analysis skills, including ability to interpret detailed drawings and execute tolerance stack-ups for assemblies.
• Familiar with common manufacturing processes utilized to produce both low and high-volume components and assemblies.
• Strong technical skills involving problem solving, DFM, and should-cost/could-cost.
• Demonstrated knowledge of component manufacturing processes utilized in the medical device industry (e.g., injection molding, stamping, machining, etc)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills.
• Experience training and/or facilitating value engineering workshops is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with medical device design, control and validation regulatory requirements is a plus.

Required Education and Training

• Minimum
  
  Education & Experience:
  
  BS degree in Engineering with 7+ year's of experience or Masters plus 5 or PhD plus 3 in design engineering, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, supplier engineering, preferably in the med device industry.
• Certified Value Methodology Associate or Value Specialist preferred.

Working Conditions

• On-site, Sunnyvale, CA
• Ability to travel to suppliers, domestic and international, up to 20% time

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.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

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