Advanced Equipment Engineer 3

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.

Primary Function of Position

The engineer in this position will play a role in the evaluation, maintenance, repair, design, analysis and improvement of various types of equipment across the company, including electronic and mechanical equipment as an example. This engineer may have to work in different areas, such as electrical, mechanical, laser and/or computer engineering.

Essential Job Duties

• Apply engineering concepts to the optimization of equipment and procedures to achieve better maintainability, reliability, and availability of equipment.
• Work in a close collaboration with multiple departments and inter sites across all the company.
• Determine and analyze trends for equipment performance and define / implement improvement.
• Design, re-design and integrate of new equipment/component and make sure equipment achieves the improvement.
• Seeking better and more suitable technologies for improving production processes.
• Perform installation, repair, and upkeep services for a variety of equipment either in the fields of mechanics and electronics.
• Perform IQOQPQ related to their design, redesign or integration of new equipment being installed in the facilities.
• Supporting the teaching and training of other team members to develop the needed skills and knowledge in specialized equipment including but not limited to diagnosing, repairing, maintaining, calibrating, or any other related.
• Be the support when an emergency/unscheduled problem and repair related to their equipment implementation / improvement to ensure there is continuous cover of the machinery and equipment in case of breakdowns.
• Define spare parts for the complex equipment and fulfill that definition, as required.

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in relevant electrical/mechanical assembly, test, troubleshooting, repair and with medical experience preferred.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• English 80% read, written, and spoken.
• Machining experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated mechanical electronics aptitude.
• Demonstrated experience in troubleshooting complex electronic/mechanical/laser/vision system equipment.
• Blueprint reading and interpretation are a must.
• Knowledge and experience in the use of special mechanical, electronics, and measuring equipment.
• Ability to integrate mechatronics components such as sensors, motors, pneumatics, and motion and vision control components.
• CAD and SolidWorks proficient.
• Experience with Microsoft Office programs.

Required Education and Training

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electronics engineering, mechatronic engineering or similar preferred.
• Travel: Position may require 15% travel, primarily within the United States.

Working Conditions

• None

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Knowledge in internal equipment like IPTs, laser welders, laser markers, and 3D print is a plus to the position.

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Aviso sobre los Controles de Exportación de EE. UU.: De acuerdo con las Regulaciones de Administración de Exportaciones de EE. UU. (15 CFR §743.13(b)), algunos puestos en Intuitive Surgical pueden estar sujetos a controles de exportación de EE. UU. para candidatos que sean nacionales de países actualmente bajo embargo o sanciones.

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