Engineering Technician (Onsite: Sunnyvale , California) W2 only

• 6-12 Months contract opportunity - W2 (No C2C)
• Compensation: 30$ - 40$/hr
• Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Intuitive Surgical, in cooperation with our recruitment partner Raise, are hiring. At Intuitive, 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. As a pioneer in robotic-assisted surgery (RAS), we have been expanding our innovations through technology to help make a difference in the world. For 25 years, human ingenuity has guided our journey to help solve some of healthcare's most complex challenges.
Join us in making big leaps forward for healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's help to advance the world of minimally invasive care.
Primary Function of Position:
The New Product Verification Department is devoted to assuring safe, reliable, and effective products that exceed patient, surgeon, and hospital expectations. The department plays a vital role in product and process quality, in new product development and production, and in the quality of Endoluminal Robotic system including catheters, Needles etc. The Engineering Technician will work with a team of dedicated individuals within Test engineering to assure quality of new test methods; to identify issues related to testing and processes, and to work with Test Engineers to develop harmonized test methods.
Roles and Responsibilities:
This position has responsibility and authority for:
• Protocol Execution & Reporting
• Executes test protocols for clinically-based surgical simulation and automated testing utilizing Ion Endoluminal robots and other test equipment
• Identifies and reports problems that arise during testing, and escalates new or persistent failure modes to appropriate engineering teams
• Provides input on process and fixture improvement throughout test development and execution
• Provides documentation to the cognizant Test Engineer that clearly indicates the results of product testing
• Follows GDP (Good Documentation Process) when filling out test data sheets
• Performs instrument, endoscope and accessory cleaning and reprocessing
Test Fixture Development
• Supports Test engineers to designs test fixtures and other test aids needed to perform Design Verification and Life/ Reliability tests
Other Responsibilities
• Ensures successful, on-time completion of department projects; communicates constraints to direct management when successful project completion is at risk
• Performs a broad variety of tasks in support of product verification and test process design as assigned by department management
• Complies with company Department and Standard Operating Procedures
• Works with Lab Manager to ensure adequate supply of test articles and other equipment or material
• Assembles electromechanical test equipment per bill of materials
Skill/Job Requirements:
• Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or GED, along with experience working in a hardware production or test environment.
• Language Skills: Ability to read, write and understand English. Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees, supervisors, or engineers.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations. Ability to determine the minimum, maximum and nominal value when provided with a specification and a tolerance.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions. Ability to report quality issues. Ability to suggest simple process improvements. Must be a quick learner with the ability understand complex products and processes.
• Computer skills: Ability to use personal computers as part of daily work. Ability to use on-line documentation.
• Other skills and abilities: Ability to work varying shifts. Ability to work in a team environment. Ability to use basic tools and measuring equipment. Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision. Ability to multitask, and handle tasks with competing priorities effectively. Ability to work with biological samples, including blood, tissue and organs.
• Integrity: Accepting and adhering to high ethical, moral, and personal values in decisions, communications, actions, and when dealing with others
Preferred:
• Relevant experience in a medical device company
• Experience with Matlab, Python, Solidworks or other CAD software.
• Experience using Instron, Force Gauge, Calipers, Microscope.
Please note that this is a contract role providing services to Intuitive through our direct sourcing partner, Raise who manages Intuitive's Contractor Talent Community. If you are selected for this role, you will be employed by Raise and will not be an employee of Intuitive.
Work with an Award Winning Employer:

• Best Places to Work, Glassdoor Employees' Choice, 2019 (#12 of 100), 2020 (#7 of 100)
• America's Best Midsized Employers, Forbes, 2019 (#149 of 500)
• Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare, Becker's Hospital Review, 2019
• Top CEOs, Glassdoor, 2019 (#9 of 100)

Raise and Intuitive are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. 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 all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.
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• Published on 07 Dec 2023, 7:55 PM