Senior Electrical Engineer

Job description

Primary Function of Position As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will design and develop innovative surgical energy equipment and accessories for Intuitive’s da Vinci Surgical System. You’ll thrive in a dynamic, high-energy environment, making sound decisions with incomplete information—typical of cutting-edge product development. The ideal candidate has strong technical depth, a record of successful medical product development, and a collaborative, knowledge-sharing approach.

Essential Job Duties

Technical Partnership: Collaborate with Marketing, Software, and Clinical Engineering to define and refine product requirements.

System Integration

Identify and implement methods to satisfy product specs, ensuring seamless integration into effective system designs.

Development & Testing

Develop, validate, and document hardware solutions that meet clinical and environmental requirements.

Problem Solving

Provide technical expertise to resolve complex design, manufacturing, or field challenges.

Prototyping

Create prototypes to evaluate and refine future product concepts.

Stakeholder Support

Offer expert guidance on energy-based surgical products to internal company stakeholders.

Quality & Regulatory

Support compliance with quality standards and regulatory processes.

Qualifications

Required Education, Skills & Experience

• Minimum of 8 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years of experience and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years of experience; or equivalent experience
• Proficient in mixed signal design, embedded system design, and patient-isolated PCBA design.

Skilled in component selection, lifecycle management, and design for reliability/manufacturability. Experience with switched-mode power supplies and transformer/magnetic component design. Experienced in PCB fabrication, assembly, and testing. Hardware development in fast-paced, high-impact environments.

Knowledgeable in all product development phases

design, implementation, debugging, verification, validation, and manufacturing transfer. Team player with hands-on engineering experience. Familiar with standards and regulations for medical electronic equipment (e.g., IEC 60601). Strong communicator, able to influence and collaborate across teams and levels.

Preferred Skills & Experience

Medical device product development experience. Familiarity with electrical safety, EMI/EMC testing and mitigation. Project leadership or mentoring experience. Familiarity with design control requirements for medical devices, such as risk/failure analysis, creation of product requirements, design verification and validation, and providing technical support for regulatory submissions.