- Robot type
- Surgical and Medical
- Location
- SunnyvaleCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Manufacturing
- Posted
- Aug 7, 2026
Full-time
Sr. Automation Manufacturing Engineer
Job description
Contribute your technical manufacturing, equipment design, automation, and project management skills to a dynamic team creating high-volume automated assembly lines for precision instruments and accessories used in minimally invasive robotic surgery. The role spans evaluation, maintenance, repair, design, analysis, and continuous improvement of mechanical/electronic equipment; close collaboration with machine integrators through specification, design, build, commissioning, and validation; and ongoing production support across sites.
Job responsibilities
- Lead creation of automation line specifications; source, evaluate, and manage equipment suppliers and machine integrators through design, build, FAT/SAT, and shipment.
- Design, document, procure, qualify, implement, and improve fixtures, tools, and equipment for high-volume assembly.
- Provide daily production line support; resolve emergency/unscheduled problems and repairs to ensure equipment uptime and availability.
- Develop and execute validation protocols (IQ/OQ/DQ/PQ and PPQ) for equipment and automated assembly lines; maintain compliant records.
- Determine and analyze equipment performance trends; define and implement improvements to maintainability, reliability, availability, cycle time, capacity, and first-pass yield.
- Perform and/or support PFMEA for accessories manufacturing lines; incorporate and validate critical tests used in manufacturing.
- Provide DFx input (Manufacturing, Assembly, Automation, Reliability) to design teams; ensure consistency/commonality of hardware and standard part selections.
- Integrate mechatronics components (sensors, motors, pneumatics), motion/vision control, and PLC-based line controls; support robot programming where applicable.
Job requirements
- Strong communication skills to interface cross-functionally with technicians, product development, planning, purchasing, regulatory, inspection, customer support, and clinical marketing.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for complex electro-mechanical/laser/vision system equipment.
- Experience with automated line controls (PLC, I/O components), motion/vision control, and mechatronics integration.
- CAD proficiency (SolidWorks preferred); blueprint reading and interpretation; GD&T and tolerance stack analysis.
- Experience managing product/process changes and executing equipment/process validation.
- Organizational skills to manage fast-paced projects simultaneously; prior technical writing experience.
- Experienced with ISO 13485/9001 medical device manufacturing environments.
- Experience designing automated equipment and complex mechanisms; robotics programming exposure.