Staff Quality Engineer (Design Controls / Risk Management / Class III)

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.
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Primary Function of Position:

Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex surgical systems including cameras, instruments, and accessories for use in surgery. We are looking for a proven quality functional leader to support the projects associated with the development of next generation innovation products.

The Staff Quality Engineer supports product development from concept through commercialization and will serve as the core team member for the cross-functional product development team. Staff Quality engineer will provide subject matter expertise and guidance to the team on design control and risk management from early development through design transfer, Design for Reliability and Manufacturing, product Development Life Cycle, and Process Validation. In addition, this position will play a working role to ensure that the developed products meet quality standards consistent with Intuitive’ s quality processes, while meeting all external design control and regulatory requirements.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design Control and Risk Management Stewardship: Planning and execution of design controls, risk management, and design verification/validation for new products
  • Advocate product design history file and ensure compliance to internal processes and external standards and regulations.
  • Understand user needs and assure they are translated to the design, while ensuring compliance to usability and human factors standards and regulations.
  • Partner with engineering to define design inputs, design outputs, and traceability matrices.
  • Contribute to the strategy and execution of risk-based design verification and validation.
  • Accountable for overall risk management file: participate and support the development of product risk management file, to analyze and assess the product risks associated with user, design, process and supplier.
  • Support design controls activities supporting clinical studies. Advocate and ensure the transfer of reliable and scalable designs to manufacturing
    • Review and provide feedback on design architectures, selections, requirements, and drawings from early design
    • Collaborate with manufacturing, purchasing, test engineering, and supplier engineering to facilitate transfer of scalable designs into production.
    • Assist in supplier selection, qualification, certification, and performance improvement.
    • Contribute to new product development Technical Reviews and Design Reviews.
    • Support Regulatory Affairs with creating submissions and responding to submission questions.
    • Author CAPAs to ensure implementation of timely, and effective corrective & preventive actions
    • Perform and/or support audits (internal, external, and by regulatory agencies)
    • Provide quality engineering support to the company’s contract manufacturing operations
    • Coach, mentor, teach, and influence the engineering staff in best quality practices, data analysis, protocol development, and design for quality and reliability methods

Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical or system engineering, math, or physics. Advanced degree preferred
• 12+ years of working experience in Quality Engineering or related field, minimum 6 years in medical device design environment
• Advanced expertise of design control and risk management from early design and development through commercialization; Demonstrated experience with electromechanical system.
• Experience with Class III devices & early clinical studies is preferred
• Experience with medical standards compliance, including ISO 13485, ISO 14971 and FDA Quality System Regulations with a focus on design controls and design optimization.
• Able to navigate quality system with minimal oversight on individual projects.
• Balanced risk decision making to drive product quality, gain consensus, and work through technical challenges.
• Solves complex problem with minimal oversight.
• Able to articulate complex information to teams, including executive management.

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

Mandatory Notices

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.