Senior Thermal Mechanical Design Engineer

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  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.

Job Description Primary Function of Position The Senior Thermal Design Engineer is expected to use machine design and analytical skills to conceptualize, develop and verify new mechanical designs. They must utilize creativity and sound engineering judgment in the design of structures, kinematics, robotic actuation and sensing solutions. They are responsible for key system components and will interface with suppliers and manufacturing to build high-quality hardware prototypes and productize new designs.

They will be expected to excel in a focused, high-energy, collaborative work environment with a team of talented engineers. They should be capable of making sound decisions when faced with the time pressures, ambiguous, and incomplete information typical of research and development. Essential

Job Duties System thermal design, analysis and testing

Influencing assembly architecture and designing mechanical assemblies, with careful consideration for kinematics, drivetrain components, servo motors, sensors, safety mechanisms, and failure contingencies

Rapid development and iteration of full-scale prototypes of candidate architectures and mechanism designs to satisfy requirements

Create product functional requirements and design specifications, authoring concept and design documentation for a regulatory controlled environment

Perform design FMEADesigning for reliability, cost and manufacturability

Developing and performing component verification testing and product validation testing

Supporting final product delivery by troubleshooting process, component and system issues.

Collaborating with vendors, suppliers and manufacturing in the prototype and design-transfer phase.

Providing technical guidance and mentorship for team members.

Qualifications Qualifications Required  Skills and Experience Experience/ownership with product development lifecycle phases including design, analysis, debug, verification, transfer to manufacturing, and sustainment

Background in thermal system architecture, design and analysis including associated simulation environments

Technical expertise with one or more of the following: mechanism design, servo motors, brakes, encoders, harmonic drives and alternatives, sensors, robotics

Analysis potentially including statics, dynamics, kinematics, stress, fatigue and reliability

Design, analyze and document components, structures, and mechanical assemblies in Solid Works or similar CAD software

Strong understanding of component or material selection criteria, and design for reliability and manufacturability

Demonstrated knowledge of a wide variety of component manufacturing processes

Proficient in GD&T and tolerance stack analysis

Strong hands-on prototyping skills such as 3D Printing and machine shop equipment

Designing and executing…