Manufacturing Engineer

Company Description

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position: 

The function contribute with key knowledge and skills for technical manufacturing, design, and project management creating precision endoscopic instruments for minimally invasive robotic surgery. 
This position will focus on developing, validating and implementing processes in order to meet manufacturing operations and product safety, reliability, and performance goals for the endoscope product line. 

Roles and Responsibilities: 

• Develop, scale, maintain, and improve efficient “mid to high volume’ manufacturing assembly processes including- Identify, evaluate and introduce new process innovations into the manufacturing line. 

• Specify, document, qualify and implement manufacturing fixtures and equipment. 

• Define and execute tests (like DOE’s, Validation) to verify processes are stable and capable to provide consistent and reliable results. 

• Support design engineering to define critical design features with respect to the applicable assembly technology and optimal manufacturability. 

• Determine and incorporate critical feature inspection and test checkpoints into process. 

• Develop and validate robust assembly and manufacturing processes from the first prototype until the transfer to serial production. 

• Identify, develop and support the implementation of potential improvements with respect to yield, cycle time reduction, product reliability, and cost reduction during short, midterm and long term manufacturing engineering projects. 

• Lead cross-functional teams to trouble shoot events of non-conformances in the manufacturing lines, lead the root cause analysis, introduce short term preventive and track long-term corrective actions in collaboration with operations, industrial engineering and design engineering 

 

Qualifications

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience: 

• BE/BS with 4 years of experience required or ME/MS with 3 years of experience preferred 

• University degree in Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Microsystems Engineering, Embedded systems or equivalent. Minimum 8 years process development or manufacturing engineering experience with Mid/high volume surgical products preferred 

• Practical approach for manufacturing processes, capability to work hands-on if required 

• Strong work ethic and a demonstrated desire to learn complemented with strong people skills 

• Excellent communication and documentation skills in Bulgarian and English 

• New product introduction/development experience desirable 

• Key knowledge or relevant work experience in at least one of the following technologies: micro optics manufacturing, Ultrasonic welding, Laser Welding, Design for Manufacturing/Assembly, Gluing or Automation 

• Willingness to travel international (up to approx. 10% per year) 

• Excellent written and spoken English language skills 

Additional Information

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.

U.S. Export Controls Disclaimer:  In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR §743.13(b)), some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employees
who are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.

Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the government’s licensing process can take 3 to 6+ months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (“TCP”) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).  

For any Intuitive role subject to export controls, final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employee’s
start date, which may or may not be flexible, and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable, candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes. 

Client-provided location(s): Chirpan, Bulgaria

Job ID: c3d76282-397d-48e0-bb05-4e2f4f9212dc

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-02-11T07:57:47