- Robot type
- Surgical and Medical
- Location
- SunnyvaleCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Sep 4, 2026
Full-time
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Robotic Accessories
Job description
Primary Function of Position Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex mechanical systems (including instruments and accessories) for use in robotic surgery. This role is on a new platform development team designing a flexible GI Robotic System. The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer is responsible for developing, documenting, verifying and validating new product designs, as well as improving existing designs to meet the needs of our customers.
Job responsibilities
- Lead project development teams on accessory development projects or portions of large architectural development projects
- Design and document components and assemblies for accessories and related mechanisms for robotic surgical systems
- Investigate clinical requirements
- Create product functional and design specifications
- Create product architectures
- Analyze and test product prototype designs
- Develop and perform component verification testing and product validation testing
- Develop suppliers to manufacture components
Job requirements
- Minimum 8 years experience designing commercial mechanical products; preferably medical device products
- Proficiency using CAD to design and document mechanisms; SolidWorks preferred
- Hands-on engineering with the proven ability to work well in a team environment and drive individual projects
- Comfortable with all phases of the product development lifecycle including design, implementation, debug, verification, validation and transfer
- Mechanical design and analysis skills, including statics, dynamics, kinematics, strength of materials and stress analysis
- Good communication and documentation skills
- Comfortable operating test, measurement and machine shop equipment
- Strong understanding of component selection criteria, and design for manufacturability, assembly and reliability