Manager, Hardware Test Engineering

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.
As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.
Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.
Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.
Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Primary Function of Position

The New Product Verification team at Intuitive is devoted to assuring safe, reliable, and effective products that exceed patient, surgeon, and hospital expectations. The department plays a vital role in product and process quality, in new product development and production, and in the quality of da Vinci and Ion System product lines, including diagnostic systems, instrumentation, and supporting accessories. Manager, Test Engineering will manage a team of test engineers and engineering technician(s). Working shoulder to shoulder with the team and leading change, the senior manager will be critical to product development deliverables, talent development, and process improvement within New Product Verification.

Essential Job Duties

Team and Cross-functional Leadership

• Manage a team of test engineers and engineering technicians with mechanical, electrical, biomedical and other applied science backgrounds
• Train and develop existing team members on technical and soft skills
• Ensure team members are motivated, engaged and enthusiastic
• Establish group priorities, metrics and personal work goals consistent with overall product development schedules and/or process improvement milestones for the team
• Assign tasks, set priorities, and track progress
• Execute resource management and control for planning, staffing, budgeting, and team cost tracking
• Prioritize and negotiate project and resourcing tradeoffs with project managers, engineering managers, and lab resources
• Influence cross-functional project teams in the design, development, verification, and validation of new products with complex functionality
• Form and maintain proven partnerships with cross functional partners in parallel organizations
• Provide vision for the test engineering team and foster an environment that encourages creativity and crisp execution.
• Promote best practices for verification

Technical Work Execution

• Support team with generation of test plans, protocols and reports for Design Verification and Life/Reliability tests, working with and through the team of test engineers
• Guide the team with translating complex product requirements to testable acceptance criteria
• Provide technical support for failure analysis and test failures
• Execute bench top design verification or reliability testing as needed
• Identify and develop processes, test methods, and test fixtures that could benefit from new or updated fixture designs to drive operational efficiencies; drive and execute changes
• Guide the team to develop harmonized test methods and on test method validation strategy as required.

Other Responsibilities

• Functional & Technical leadership when collaborating with the cross functional/matrixed teams.
• Effective communication across various levels of the organization at core team meetings, product review board and design reviews.
• Ensures successful, on-time completion of department and core team projects; communicates constraints and recommends preferred mitigation to direct management when successful project completion is at risk.

Required Skills and Experience

Technical Skills:

• Ability to perform mechanical engineering calculations needed to support equipment design, including dimensional analysis.
• Experience using tools and measuring equipment (Force Gauge, Calipers, Instron, Oscilloscopes etc.).
• Experience with SolidWorks or similar CAD software preferred.
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, Arduino is highly preferred.
• Experience working with electro-mechanical systems is a plus.

Other skills and abilities:

• Proven people management skills with the ability to deliver results while supporting the career development goals of team members.
• Enjoys problem solving; an excitement to get to the bottom of challenging technical problems and root cause analyses.
• Excellent Organization Skills, ability to prioritize multiple fast-paced projects simultaneously.

Integrity:

• Accepting and adhering to high ethical, moral, and personal values in outcomes, communications, actions, and when dealing with others

Commitment:

• Must be available to work full-time and commute/relocate to Sunnyvale, CA
• Ability to travel (<10%) as needed to support programs at other facilities.

Required Education and Training

Education and/or Experience:

• At least 6+ years experience working in an engineering organization. Prefer experience within medical device or pharmaceutical industry.
• Minimum 2+ years as a people manager, or equivalent project/team leadership, with proven ability to work well in a team environment.
• Minimum BS in Mechanical, Biomedical Engineering or similar degree. MS preferred.
• Medical Device Verification/Validation experience is required.
• Knowledge of ISO requirements and GMP guidelines; experience with FDA regulations and medical device design control required
• Experience with working on through various phases of medical device product development process (concept through launch) is required.
• Test Method Validation experience is preferred.

Working Conditions

• The employee will spend time at their desk in front of the computer as well as work in a lab environment.
• Lab environment will have exposure to animal blood and tissue; there will also be exposure to detergents and other chemicals used for reprocessing medical devices.
• Hands on testing includes but not limited to using the robotic systems, mechanical test fixtures, microscopes, electrical test fixtures etc.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience with SolidWorks or similar CAD software.
• Experience with MATLAB.
• Experience working with electro-mechanical systems is a plus.

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 Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action 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.

EEO and AA Policy

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.