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.

Primary Function of Position

The Industrial Engineer 3 (or IE 2) will help on delivering significant improvements in cost, manufacturability, capacity, and serviceability for robotic surgical instruments and accessories. The Industrial Engineer is responsible for leading continuous improvement projects, maintaining the plant layout, time studies, balancing production lines and strives to maintain gross efficiency metrics accuracy. Maintaining standard time for all products ensuring there is enough space availability and capacity installed as well as provide HC quantity needed to meet build plan among other industrial engineering related activities.

Essential Job Duties

• Maintaining labor efficiency metrics accurate and actionable for the Mexicali site

• Leading continuous improvement projects

• Coaching and providing training on continuous improvement tools and methodologies

• DMAIC, root cause analysis, SPC, other statistical techniques, etc

• Perform Time studies to determine standard time and line balancing.

• Keep production time standards updated Maintaining the plant layout to improve productivity and capacity.

• Productivity improvement activities

• Waste reduction activities

• Train, develop, and motivate production personnel to follow procedures, meet high quality standards, production schedules, and productivity requirements.

• Ensure there is enough capacity installed to meet build plan.

• Elaborate VSM of critical processes

• Lead initiatives focused on yield improvement; Update documents as needed to maintain compliance with the quality system.

• Update of manufacturing methods in Work instructions (MPI)

• Operating procedures (SOP's, DOP's, etc.) creation and update

• Support SIOP cycle and MS initiatives related to capacity.

• Maintain capacity data accurate and updated.

• Plan, supervise, drive improvement, and report production performance including output, yields, root cause failures, efficiencies, and trends Assist in setting and attaining quarterly and annual production goals.

•  Learn and enforce company safety policies and practices Equipment, Fixtures and Tools reliability challenge and provide design improvements proposals.

Required Skills and Experience

• BS degree in Industrial/ Mechanical/ Electrical/ Electronic Engineering or equivalent

• Minimum 1-3 years, manufacturing, or process engineering experience with Mid/high volume manufacturing

• Demonstrate Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Green Belt knowledge

• Demonstrate ability in root cause analysis and continuous improvement

• Schedule oriented and demonstrate results based on such schedules (Plans / Gantt charts) Possess strong communication skills to interact with suppliers and other departments within the company (product development, planning, purchasing, regulatory, quality, etc…) MS in an

• Experience in Just-In-Time, Demand Flow Technology, and Lean Manufacturing techniques, 5’s Production Time Standard

• Strong examples of IE work; capacity planning, time flow, resource planning, line balancing, & bottleneck analysis

• Prior responsibility for process, equipment, or product validation/verification

• Prior experience with automated equipment, complex mechanism manufacturing, or robotics

• Able to read and understand mechanical and electrical drawings.

Preferred Skills and Experience  

• Be of high character and energy with regard for detail

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Able to communicate eloquently up, down, and sideways.

• Demonstrate leadership skills to coordinate and coach other employees in continuous improvement activities.

• Demonstrate to be a self-directed employee with a minimum of supervision.

• Prior experience working in an FDA/ISO regulated environment.

• Experienced in ISO 13485 or medical device manufacturing environment.

Travel: Position may require 1%-5% travel.

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal 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.

Mandatory Notices

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. 

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target compensation ranges are listed.