Manufacturing Packaging Engineer 2
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 9, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 5, 2026. Intuitive Surgical scores B on the Alion truth index.
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 support activities like development, validation and maintenance of instruments and / or accessories packaging processes across the company, according to the criteria established in internal procedures (SOP’s. WI’s) and the quality standards applicable to the medical industry, to guarantee the integrity of the finished product.
Essential Job Duties
- Apply engineering concepts to the optimization of manufacturing and packaging processes to achieve better process performance.
- Review the daily status of the packaging processes of entire plant.
- Provide support to the production lines due to problems related to packaging processes when required by the engineer owner of the line.
- Analyze quality notifications (NCR’s, PL’s, EE’s) related to the packaging process to determine provisions for the root cause, their resolution and closure in the SAP system.
- Participate in the implementation of line transfers or introduction of new products (NPI’s) related to packaging processes.
- Identify parameters and critical packaging process windows (time, pressure, temperature, etc.) through design of experiments (DOE).
- Perform IQOQPQ and PPQ related to their design, redesign or integration of new or existing packaging processes.
- Develop the process flow for integration into the production line (travelers / WI’s / BOM’s).
- Design and / or modify flows for work in progress (WIP) of packaging establishing the handling of material between stations.
- Interact with suppliers for matters related to packaging (Supply, SCR’s PPQPs, etc.).
- Develop continuous improvement projects in the packaging manufacturing process to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
Required Skills and Experience
- Minimum 2 - 3 years’ experience in relevant packaging and / or manufacturing/process experience.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- English 80% read, written, and spoken.
- Demonstrated experience in validation processes (IQOQPQ and PPQ).
- Knowledge of packaging manufacturing equipment (FFS, tray sealers, laser markers, etc.).
- Reading and interpretation of engineering drawings.
- CAD and SolidWorks proficient.
- Geometrical Dimension and Tolerances (GD&T) is a plus.
- Experience with Microsoft Office programs.
Required Education and Training
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering or similar preferred.
- Travel: Position may require 5% travel, primarily within the United States.
Working Conditions
- None
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Knowledge of packaging processes activities is a plus to the position.
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