Equipment Engineer

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.

Primary Function of Position

Equipment engineers may evaluate, inspect, maintain, repair, design, analyze and improve various types of equipment, including electronic and mechanical equipment. EE may have to work in different areas, such as electrical, mechanical or computer engineering.

Essential Job Duties

• In addition to P2 Level:
• Design of experiments to determine best parameters for equipment operation.
• Create Fixtures and Tools defining requirements, specifications, design, and operation in compliance with company procedures Create Equipment Qualification Protocols like IQOQ
• Interface with other engineering groups for implementation of equipment related updates.
• Document Equipment Events with impact to product assembled, like Out of Tolerance and similar events
• Interface with other engineering groups for implementation of equipment related updates.
• Document Equipment Events with impact to product assembled, like Out of Tolerance and similar events, perform risk analysis for equipment related issues
• Control equipment tools as well as costs.
• Report manufacturing equipment performance including equipment events, downtime, and issues
• Review and/or approve ECOs to determine impact on manufacturing and field perspective.

Required Skills and Experience

• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• English Intermediate level, read, written, spoken.
• Demonstrated mechanical electronics aptitude.
• Demonstrated experience in troubleshooting complex electronic/mechanical equipment.
• Blueprint reading and interpretation is a must.
• Knowledge and experience in use of special mechanical, electronics and measuring equipment.
• PLC programming, vision systems experience.
• Minimum 5-year experience work experience as Equipment Engineer, Test Engineer, Automation Engineer, Tooling, Mechatronic or similar.
• Strong communications skills across team organizations and cultures.

Required Education and Training

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Electronics Engineering or similar.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Machining experience a plus.
• 3D CAD proficiency, SolidWorks preferred.
• Previous experience Maintenance software database preferable.
• Familiarity with regulated Quality Systems or medical device regulations, a plus.

Intuitive es un empleador que brinda igualdad de oportunidades de empleo. Proporcionamos igualdad de oportunidades de empleo a todos los solicitantes y empleados cualificados, y prohibimos cualquier tipo de discriminación y acoso, independientemente de su raza, sexo, condición de embarazo, orientación sexual, identidad de género, origen nacional, color, edad, religión, condición de veterano protegido o de discapacidad, información genética o cualquier otra condición protegida por las leyes federales, estatales o locales aplicables.

Aviso sobre los Controles de Exportación de EE. UU.: De acuerdo con las Regulaciones de Administración de Exportaciones de EE. UU. (15 CFR §743.13(b)), algunos puestos en Intuitive Surgical pueden estar sujetos a controles de exportación de EE. UU. para candidatos que sean nacionales de países actualmente bajo embargo o sanciones.

Cierta información que usted proporcione como parte de la solicitud será utilizada para determinar si Intuitive Surgical necesitará (i) obtener una licencia de exportación del gobierno de EE. UU. en su nombre (nota: el proceso de obtención de la licencia puede tardar entre 3 y más de 6 meses) o (ii) implementar un Plan de Control de Tecnología (“TCP”, por sus siglas en inglés) (nota: normalmente este paso agrega 2 semanas al proceso de contratación).

Para cualquier puesto en Intuitive sujeto a controles de exportación, las ofertas finales están condicionadas a la obtención de una licencia de exportación aprobada y/o a la ejecución de un TCP antes de la fecha de inicio del empleado potencial, la cual puede o no ser flexible, y dentro de un plazo que no obstaculice de manera irrazonable la necesidad de contratación. Si aplica, los candidatos serán notificados e instruidos sobre cualquier requisito relacionado con estos fines.