Senior Quality Engineer - Future Forward / NPD

Senior Quality Engineer - Future Forward / NPD Full‑time Shift: Day Max. Salary Region 2: 183500 USD Max. Salary Region 1: 215900 USD Ways of Working: Onsite – This job is fully onsite. Employee Type: Employee Global Job Level (HCM): Professional 4 (11) Min. Salary Region 1: 150100 USD Min. Salary Region 2: 127600 USD 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 Intuitive Surgical designs and manufactures highly complex surgical systems including cameras, instruments, and accessories for use in surgery. We are looking for a strong quality functional leader to support the projects associated with the development of next‑generation products. The Quality Engineer supports product development from concept through commercialization and serves as a core team member of the cross‑functional product development team. This role provides expertise and guidance on design controls, risk management, process validation, and design for reliability and manufacturing. Additionally, the position ensures that developed products meet quality standards consistent with Intuitive’s quality processes and all external design control and regulatory requirements. Roles & Responsibilities Design Controls and Risk Management: Contribute to the planning and execution of design controls, risk management, and design verification/validation for new products; participate in and support the development of the product design history file; ensure compliance with internal processes and external standards; translate user needs into design while complying with usability and human factors standards; partner with engineering to define design inputs, outputs, and traceability matrices; support risk‑based design verification and validation; and support the development of the product risk management file. Design Transfer: Ensure reliable and scalable designs are transferred to manufacturing; review design architectures, selections, requirements, and drawings from early design stages; collaborate with manufacturing, purchasing, test engineering, and supplier engineering to facilitate transfer of scalable designs into production; assist in supplier selection, qualification, certification, and performance improvement; and contribute to new product development technical reviews and design reviews. Regulatory Support: Support Regulatory Affairs with creating submissions and responding to submission questions; support internal and external audits, including preparation and direct interaction with auditors. Process Improvement & Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Support continuous improvement in design control and risk management quality processes and methodologies. Qualifications, Skills, Experience, Education & Training Minimum 8 years of related experience with a University Degree (Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, software engineering, biomedical engineering); or 6 years of relevant experience and an Advanced Degree. Strong proficiency in FDA Design Controls and international standards, including ISO 13485, ISO 14971, and IEC 60601/62304. Previous experience with risk‑based V&V, process validation, and limit/challenge testing. Experience working with robotic or complex electromechanical devices is preferred. Previous experience with reliability principles, testing, reliability growth planning, and execution is preferred. Previous experience with running Verification & Validation Testing is required. Ability to navigate quality systems with minimal oversight; balanced risk decision‑making; ability to solve complex problems with minimal oversight; ability to articulate complex information to teams, including executive management. Certifications such as ASQ CQE, ASQ CRE, or Six Sigma Black Belt are preferred. 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. 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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. This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on business need and/or on the selected candidate’s experience, knowledge and skills. Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the candidate’s qualifications, consistent with applicable law. We provide market‑competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. 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