Engineering Technician

Company Description

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.

As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.

Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.

Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.

Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Job Description

Engineering  technicians are responsible to directly support and improve manufacturing lines to meet production goals.  Typical activities include operating, troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining manufacturing equipment, including complex automation.  Duties include working in different disciplines, such as electrical, mechanical and computer engineering.   The engineering technician work pattern will mirror production shift schedules

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Perform first-response troubleshooting to correct equipment and process issues with objective to maximize line uptime.
• Apply experience and knowledge to optimize equipment for continuously improve maintainability, reliability, and availability of equipment.
• Perform installation, repair and upkeep services for a variety of equipment in the fields of mechanics and electronics.
• Carry out routine scheduled equipment service and maintenance.
• Complete formal documentation (in SAP) regarding equipment events:   Issue owner assigned (IOA), Assess Risk to parts Made prior to Event (PDSP) tasks under Equipment Event (EE) process. (Engineer will perform final approval).
• Gather and communicate data on main offenders and provide feedback to Equipment Engineer and/or Supervisor to make improvements for a better machine performance.
• Communicate and assist engineering team to inform, prioritize, plan and implement required improvements.
• Assist engineering to test and evaluate equipment updates.
• Seek for better and more suitable technologies for improving production processes.
• Assist equipment engineers in performing qualification activities (IQOQPQ.)
• Deal with emergency/unscheduled problems and repairs of equipment.
• Ensure continuous line-side coverage of the machinery and equipment in case of breakdowns
• Update Min/Max quantities for critical spare parts as needed.
• Train set up technicians as required
• Assemble  new equipment and fixtures
• Replace faulty components in machinery or equipment according to documentation or engineering instructions—
• Submit purchase orders of spare parts
• Shipping of equipment to vendors for failure analysis and/or repair
• Assembly of 3d printed parts
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:

• Minimum Technical certificate in Technical Electronics, Mechanics or similar.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics or equivalent engineering field is a plus.
• Good analytical and problem solving skills.
• English level Elementary.
• Demonstrated mechanical and electronics aptitude.
• Demonstrated experience in troubleshooting electronic/mechanical equipment.
• Blueprint reading and interpretation is a must.
• Knowledge and experience in use of special mechanical, electronics and measuring equipment.
• CAD proficiency preferable
• Experience with Microsoft Office Programs.
• Experience in troubleshooting of Automated equipment or PLC based is a plus
• Experience in installation, setup and operation of computers
• Experience in Mechanical fixtures and tools, such as presses, tools, thread extractors, calipers, micrometers, hand and power tools
• Experience in Pneumatics, knowledge of electro valves, cylinders, gauges, pneumatic connections
• Experience in Electronics, knowledge of basic components like relays, resistors ,capacitors, sensors and electronic measurement tools such as multimeter, soldering iron, soldering extractor, crimpers

Additional Information

Intuitive es un empleador que brinda igualdad de oportunidades de empleo. Proporcionamos igualdad de oportunidades de empleo a todos los solicitantes y empleados cualificados, y prohibimos cualquier tipo de discriminación y acoso, independientemente de su raza, sexo, condición de embarazo, orientación sexual, identidad de género, origen nacional, color, edad, religión, condición de veterano protegido o de discapacidad, información genética o cualquier otra condición protegida por las leyes federales, estatales o locales aplicables.