Quality Engineer 3 - New Product Development (NPD) at Intuitive

Primary Function of Position: As Intuitive’s da Vinci® Surgical System continues to be adopted by an increasing number of hospitals, surgeons, and patients, we are building a dedicated team to drive reliability, quality, and safety to ever-higher levels. This commitment spans products in use, in manufacturing, and in design. Join us in advancing our quality mission by bringing your hands-on experience solving complex engineering challenges, your fascination with sophisticated electro-mechanical systems, and your passion for best practices in designing, monitoring, and improving products and processes. Intuitive seeks a strong technical contributor who can: • Define practical, impactful quality metrics and specifications. • Identify key opportunities for product improvement. • Launch and lead quality initiatives and projects. • Serve as an expert consultant to resolve the most technically challenging quality issues.The ideal candidate has broad experience and deep technical expertise in at least two specialties relevant to medical robotics. You should be equally comfortable in the test lab and providing technical leadership as we develop organizational standards. You will reject unnecessary “process red tape,” instead championing efficient methods to build quality into our products. Additionally, you will coach, mentor, and influence engineering teams in best practices for quality, data analysis, protocol development, and design for reliability. Essential Job Duties Design Controls and Risk Management •  Support planning and execution of design controls, risk management, and design verification/validation for new products. •  Assist in developing the Design History File (DHF) and ensure compliance with internal processes and external standards/regulations. •  Assist in translating user needs into design requirements while ensuring compliance with usability and human factors standards. •  Collaborate with engineering to define design inputs, outputs, and maintain traceability matrices. •  Contribute to risk based design verification and validation activities. •  Support development of the product Risk Management File, analyzing risks related to user, design, process, and suppliers.Design Transfer and Manufacturing Readiness •  Review design architectures, requirements, and drawings during early development stages. •  Partner with manufacturing, purchasing, test engineering, and supplier engineering to enable smooth transfer of designs into production. •  Assist in supplier selection, qualification, certification, and performance improvement initiatives. •  Participate in Technical Reviews and Design Reviews for new product development.Regulatory and Compliance Support •  Collaborate with Regulatory Affairs to prepare submissions and respond to regulatory inquiries. •  Support internal and external audits, including preparation and direct interaction with auditors.