About the job
Primary Function of the Position
Join a forward-thinking manufacturing engineering team at Intuitive, where your expertise in manufacturing, equipment design, and project management will contribute to the development of cutting-edge precision instruments for minimally invasive robotic surgery.
This role involves actively engaging in a manufacturing engineering organization, focusing on enhancing electro-mechanical components, assemblies, process documentation, tooling, and testing methods. Your efforts will aim to boost efficacy, reliability, manufacturability, and cost-efficiency of surgical robotic instruments.
Essential Job Duties
- Collaborate with a dedicated team focused on continuous improvement in manufacturing processes.
- Utilize Design for Manufacturing/Assembly (DFx) principles to create optimal product architectures prioritizing reliability, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
- Define, design, document, and acquire essential equipment for each manufacturing process.
- Plan and budget for production equipment to meet manufacturing capacity objectives.
- Develop lean manufacturing workflows to enhance production efficiency.
- Create process FMEA documents to identify potential manufacturing defects and mitigate risks to patient safety.
- Validate manufacturing equipment and processes to ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Enhance production quality, yield, cost, and capacity.
- Ensure adherence to medical device quality systems, including corrective actions, material disposition, and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
- Assist in supplier evaluations for mechanical components as necessary.
- Address and resolve supplier quality issues effectively.
- Revise Manufacturing Process Instructions (MPIs) to ensure precision and completeness.
- Support production lines by documenting and reporting variances and issues in the manufacturing workflow.
- Provide regular performance feedback and expectations to production staff.
- Foster a culture of compliance with Department Operating Procedures (DOPs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Maintain updated training records for MPIs and Quality System documents.
- Contribute to achieving quarterly and annual production goals.
- Embrace and enforce company safety policies and practices.
- Actively participate in quality improvement initiatives by identifying root causes and solving problems.