Senior Mechanical Engineer - Wire Harness Design
HybridSunnyvale, California, United States
Job Summary
Design interfacing cabling and wiring harnesses for multiport da Vinci Surgical Systems using first-principles methodology and CAD tools. Author and release design documentation including drawings, schematics, and routing diagrams while performing electrical analysis for wire sizing and voltage drop. Collaborate with electrical, systems, and manufacturing teams to define requirements, select vendors, and develop product assembly tooling. Conduct component and product validation testing to verify reliability and serviceability, driving design improvements through DFM and failure analysis. Mentor engineers in problem solving while ensuring designs meet regulatory standards and volume manufacturing constraints.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, or similar
- 5+ years of experience with mechanical design or machine design in a regulated industry (medical device, aerospace, spacecraft, defense, etc.)
- Broad understanding of design controls: design inputs & outputs, risks, design verification, and change control
- Passion for details in creating robust and reliable machines designed for mission-critical applications
- Ability to apply knowledge of engineering materials and component selection criteria to product designs through strong concept development, design analysis, hands-on prototyping, and reliability testing skills
- Proficiency using CAD, analysis, and finite element simulation tools to design mechanical assemblies
- Excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills, and the ability to receive and implement performance feedback
- Self-driven with the ability to excel in a high-energy, small, focused team environment, to maintain a strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward, and to make work fun and interesting
- Current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19
Desired Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in electrical harness design for robotic, automotive, aerospace, spacecraft, or defense applications
- Surgical or medical device product experience
- Ability to elevate the group knowledge of wiring harnesses design best practice
- Understanding of grounding, shielding, EMI/EMC principles in medical devices
- Familiarity with IEC 60601
- Comfortable with all phases of the product development lifecycle including design, implementation, debug, verification, qualification, and transfer
- Experience designing for volume manufacturing processes such as metal castings, injection molding, sheet metal stamping, compression molding, thermoforming, etc.
- Experience with harness design tools
- SolidWorks experience
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