Sr. Mechanical Engineer

Mizuho OSI is the leader in the markets for specialty surgery and patient positioning. The company’s portfolio includes specialty surgical tables for procedure‑specific approaches that improve patient outcomes in spine and orthopedic surgeries along with disposable and reusable surgical patient care products.

The Mechanical Engineer designs operating room equipment including structural pieces, subassemblies, electro‑mechanical drive trains, user touch points (patients, physicians, and support staff), and complete systems. The engineer works with other engineering, manufacturing, marketing, quality, and regulatory staff to develop product specifications, prototype units, verification and validation devices, and coordinates production release of new products. The position also performs analysis and testing to assure product performance, reliability, and safety, and plans and schedules projects in a manner consistent with corporate objectives.

Contributions include intellectual property, vendor and consultant qualification, competitive technology monitoring, design documentation, resolution of product complaints, and review of non‑conforming material and assemblies.

We are looking for you if you have the ability to:

• Design metal, plastic, and composite patient support structures for use in operating rooms meeting all requirements for stiffness, strength, stability, reliability, and cost.
• Design user‑actuated mechanisms and electro‑mechanical drive trains to articulate these structures to position patients and apply traction as needed to optimize surgical outcomes.
• Work with a diverse group of highly motivated individuals within the mechanical engineering group as well as peers on the electrical, software, systems, manufacturing, clinical, marketing, and service teams.

Work independently or within cross‑functional development teams to fully define user needs and product specifications. Design, develop, and test prototypes and V&V units that meet these specifications.

• Participate with New Product Introduction (NPI) to assure product designs are producible in the Mizuho OSI manufacturing environment at the most favorable costs for the sales volume expected.
• Evaluate field input from Service and Marketing regarding product performance.
• Maintain a continuing liaison relationship with Manufacturing and Marketing functions to assure readiness to meet commitments of new business and to assure that production rates and product designs provide effective utilization of available manufacturing resources.
• Continually reduce product cost through design, process, procedure, and method improvement.
• Collaborate with other engineers within the department and across the organization on mechanical designs and activities concerning technical developments, scheduling, and resolving engineering design and test problems within standard regulations.
• Analyze problems and formulate plans to overcome challenges to get work done quickly with a high degree of quality. Make sound and logical decisions, choose the appropriate courses of action based on the situation, and use continual improvement problem‑solving skills.
• Understand Mizuho OSI's business objectives and the relationship between the Department and those objectives; to support and follow the Corporate Vision, Mission & Values Statements, to maintain the services and quality levels set by Mizuho OSI, and to continually enable Mizuho OSI to be a great place to work.
• Understand, follow and support Mizuho OSI's internal Quality System policies, procedures and work instructions including but not limited to applicable external regulations (21 Code of Federal Regulations Part 820 Quality System Regulations and applicable International Standards).

• Participate in vendor selection, sustaining engineering, QC inspection, and material review board activities.
• Assist other engineers and designers with technical input.
• Lead projects and provide technical leadership.
• Train and instruct other members of the department and the company as appropriate, assisting them in their development and advancement either with…