Manager, Systems HW Test Engineering
Intuitive
Summary
The Systems HW Test Engineering team at Intuitive is devoted to assuring safe, reliable, and effective products that meet or exceed patient, surgeon, and hospital expectations. The team plays a vital role in new product development, product engineering, and the verification of da Vinci Systems. The Manager, Systems HW Test Engineering will manage a team of test engineers and work shoulder to shoulder with the team and partner teams to develop and execute verification testing to meet product development timelines and continuously improve the team's verification processes.
Job description
Primary Function of Position
The Systems HW Test Engineering team at Intuitive is devoted to assuring safe, reliable, and effective products that meet or exceed patient, surgeon, and hospital expectations. The team plays a vital role in new product development, product engineering, and the verification of da Vinci Systems. The Manager, Systems HW Test Engineering will manage a team of test engineers and work shoulder to shoulder with the team and partner teams to develop and execute verification testing to meet product development timelines and continuously improve the team's verification processes.
Essential Job Duties
Team Leadership
- Manage a team of test engineers with mechanical, mechatronic or similar backgrounds
- Hire, train, and develop team members' technical and soft skills
- Ensure team members are motivated, engaged and enthusiastic
- Establish group objectives, metrics and individual work goals consistent with overall product development schedules and/or process improvement milestones
- Assign tasks, set priorities, and track progress
- Execute resource management and control for planning, staffing, budgeting, and tracking
- Provide vision for the test engineering team and foster an environment that encourages creativity and crisp execution
- Champion best practices for verification
Cross-functional Leadership
- Influence cross-functional project teams in the design, development, verification, and validation of new products with complex functionality
- Prioritize and negotiate project and resourcing tradeoffs with project managers, engineering leaders, and lab resources
- Form and maintain strong partnerships with cross functional partners in parallel organizations
- Ensure successful, on-time completion of activities; communicate constraints and recommend preferred mitigation when successful activity completion is at risk
- Effectively communicate across various levels of the organization at core team meetings, product review board and design reviews
Technical Work Execution and Leadership
- Generate test plans and protocols, execute tests, and write reports for verification tests and guide the team in the same
- Write good requirements and translate them into harmonized testable methods that employ appropriate test method validation strategies
- Perform root cause investigation into test failures and guide the team in the same
- Identify, create and improve processes, test methods, and test fixtures to drive operational efficiencies
Working Conditions
The employee will spend time at their desk in front of the computer as well as working in a lab environment. Hands on testing including, but not limited to, using the robotic systems, mechanical test fixtures, performing IEC 60601 safety testing, etc.
Requirements
- Experience using tools and measuring equipment (Force Gauge, Calipers, Instron, etc.)
- Ability to perform mechanical engineering calculations needed to support equipment design, including dimensional analysis
- Experience with SolidWorks or similar CAD software
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Strong people management skills with ability to support career development goals
- Enjoys problem solving and root cause analyses
- Excellent organization skills and ability to prioritize multiple fast-paced activities
- Must be available to work full-time and commute/relocate to Sunnyvale, CA to work onsite 5 days/week
- Ability to travel (<10%) as needed
- At least 8 years experience working in a HW engineering or test engineering role
- At least 2 years experience working in a regulated industry (Medical device, Aerospace, etc.)
- At least 1-3 years as a people manager, or equivalent project/team leadership
- Extensive experience defining HW test methods, writing protocols, executing tests and writing reports in a regulated industry
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or similar degree
- Experience with MATLAB, Python, Arduino is preferred
- Experience working with electro-mechanical systems is preferred
- Medical device experience preferred
- MS preferred
- Familiarity with IEC 60601 safety testing is preferred
- Experience working through various phases of product development process is preferred
- Test Method Validation experience is preferred
Benefits
- Incentives
- Benefits
- Equity
Company overview
Intuitive Surgical, Inc., commonly known as Intuitive, is a global technology leader in minimally invasive care and the pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, the company has revolutionized surgical procedures through its flagship da Vinci Surgical System and Ion endoluminal system. As a publicly traded company on NASDAQ (ISRG), Intuitive has established itself as the dominant player in robotic surgery, with over 15,000 employees worldwide and an installed base of thousands of surgical systems across more than 60 countries. The company's innovative platforms enable surgeons to perform complex procedures with enhanced precision, flexibility, and control through minimally invasive techniques. Intuitive's technology portfolio includes advanced vision systems, wristed instruments, and intelligent software that work together to optimize surgical outcomes. The company continues to expand its product offerings and geographic presence while maintaining a strong focus on clinical evidence, physician training, and patient safety. With annual revenues exceeding $8 billion, Intuitive represents a transformative force in modern healthcare, driving the adoption of robotic-assisted procedures across multiple surgical specialties including urology, gynecology, general surgery, and thoracic surgery.