Staff Electrical Engineer
| Company | Intuitive Surgical |
|---|---|
| Location | Sunnyvale, CA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Practical depth of knowledge in analog (low signal and power) and digital design, plus statistics
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- Proven track record in electronic designs for medical devices
- Good hands-on experience with prototyping, cabling, assembling, and integrating test fixtures
- Experience in debug of electronic assemblies and associated test fixtures
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent documentation skills
- Experience in common business programs including MS Office, Visio, etc.
- Experience with electronic lab equipment
- Basic use of electrical and mechanical tools
- Minimum of a four-year degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or equivalent
- Minimum 8-12 years of relevant experience.
Responsibilities
- Serve as lead technical designer on cross-functional project teams.
- Translate/understand clinical requirements and user needs to functional and electrical specifications.
- Work with manufacturing engineering and product design engineering teams to understand product requirements.
- Work with equipment software and mechanical engineers to develop test strategies and design the hardware test interface for new PCA, subassembly, or system designs to meet test requirements.
- Ensure that equipment designs meet manufacturability, safety, reliability, and testability requirements. Review designs with key stake-holders and peers.
- Establish requirements for equipment preventative maintenance and calibration.
- Ensure FDA/GMP and ISO compliance through unit testing, peer reviews, and validation of hardware.
- Provide technical advice/support and mentoring to other engineers.
- Acquire and maintain detailed understanding of Intuitive PCAs and their system level functions.
- Work with contract manufacturers as needed to support scale deployment of test equipment.
- Update equipment designs when required due to EOL component issues and implement changes in manufacturing.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with motion control or feedback control systems
- Experience with signal integrity in a mixed signal/power environment
- Experience with high speed communication circuitry
- Experience with relevant design tools: Orcad schematic capture, Allegro PCB layout, etc.
- Experience in medical devices or other regulated business highly desired
- Experience with relevant business tools: Agile, SAP, Polarion, JIRA, Confluence, etc.
- Experience with Fiber Optics and/or Vision Systems
- Experience with production automation
- Knowledge of C, Python, or other high level programming languages
- Experience in design of bed of nails fixturing
- Experience interacting with a contract manufacturer.