Senior Electrical Engineer

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Job Description

The Senior Electrical Engineer will maintain, improve, and support existing surgical devices for the da Vinci Multiport Surgical System throughout their product lifecycle. The successful candidate will manage component obsolescence, drive design improvements for reliability and cost, investigate and resolve field and manufacturing issues, and ensure ongoing regulatory compliance - all while upholding the highest product quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage component obsolescence - Identify, source, and evaluate alternates, and drive qualification and implementation of replacements.
• Execute design changes - Author, review, and implement Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), updating schematics, PCB layouts, wiring diagrams, BOMs, design history files (DHFs), specifications, test procedures, and FMEAs.
• Support manufacturing and production – Support Manufacturing and Test Engineering in troubleshooting PCBA assembly issues, identifying and resolving any design-related problems.
• Drive cost reduction and reliability improvements - Identify and implement design optimizations that reduce product cost or improve field reliability.
• Investigate and resolve field issues - Lead root cause analysis on product complaints, field failures, and manufacturing defects related to electrical/electronic subsystems.
• Ensure ongoing regulatory compliance - Verify that all design changes meet applicable safety, EMC, and regulatory standards within design control requirements.
• Partner with suppliers and cross-functional teams - Work with Supplier Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Manufacturing, Field Service, and Regulatory teams to qualify alternate suppliers, resolve incoming quality and product issues efficiently.
• Serve as subject matter expert - Own the design intent of legacy products and provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.