Sr. Manager Mechanical Engineering

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Primary Function of Position:
Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex mechanical systems for use in surgery. The Sr. Manager of Mechanical Engineering is responsible for guiding the development, documentation, and verification of new product designs, as well as coordinating improvements to existing designs to meet the needs of our customers. The Sr. Manager of Mechanical Engineer is also responsible for functional management of a group of Mechanical Engineers and other technical personnel, and selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the group.
Roles and Responsibilities:
•Provide vision for mechanical engineering team and foster environment that encourages creativity, risk taking, and crisp execution
•Help team develop compelling product architectures
•Work with senior management and internal customers to define product pillars and business goals
•Decipher complex situations and set appropriate priorities to focus team for success
•Develop working knowledge of external customer needs/requirements to ensure product designs provide value to patients, surgeons and hospitals
•Establish group objectives and individual work goals consistent with overall product development goals
•Assign tasks, set priorities, establish metrics, and track progress
•Assess employee performance and provide coaching to improve performance
•Manage, coach, and mentor mechanical engineers
•Support mechanical engineers in the development of functional specifications and related risk documents
•Manage drafters, technicians, and other support personnel as required
•Manage department Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and drafting/design guidelines
•Ensure design engineers follow appropriate design history file guidelines per FDA requirements and hold design reviews in accordance with product development procedures
•Provide engineering resources to support Manufacturing, Materials, Test Engineering, and Service to facilitate transfer of designs
•Provide administrative leadership / control for planning, staffing, budgeting, and project/program cost tracking.
Skill/Job Requirements:
•BSME required, MSME or PhD preferred
•Minimum 10 years experience designing commercial mechanical products or related education
•Experience taking minimum 3 commercial products through entire design, development, implementation launch cycle.
•Minimum 4 years experience leading product development teams or managing subordinates
•Hands-on engineering manger with the proven ability to work well in a team environment
•Comfortable with all phases of the product development lifecycle including design, implementation, debug, verification, qualification, and transfer
•Strong analysis skills, knowledge of CAD and analysis tools that drive design excellence
•Detailed knowledge of and experience working with robotic design components including sensors, motors, and drive trains.
•Strong experience with component selection criteria, and design for reliability and manufacturability
•Knowledge of thermal design requirements, EMC enclosure requirements, Stress analysis, Robot dynamics
•Strong project management, planning, and change management skills.
•Medical product experience preferred
•Ability to lead/influence cross functional teams in the design of complex robotic systems
•Experience designing products in a highly regulated environment
•Excellent communication (written, verbal), presentation and documentation skills
•Budgets, project/program cost tracking and other technical management administrative experience
•Strong people management abilities with ability to ensure team success (staffing, productivity)
Department:
Engineering
Intuitive Surgical
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