Sr. Engineering Technician-Swing Shift
Company | Intuitive Surgical |
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Location | Sunnyvale, CA, USA |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | |
Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of component level troubleshooting experience on FPGA/Microprocessor-based Printed Circuit Assemblies (PCAs).
- Ability to perform failure analysis and troubleshooting with minimal supervision.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex PCAs down to component level.
- Effectively use of troubleshooting and measurement equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, function generators, and custom test platforms.
- Understand wiring diagrams, schematics, assembly drawings, fab drawings, and mechanical component drawings.
- Working knowledge of computers, word processing and spreadsheet applications for documentation and data presentation.
- Ability to read, modify, and execute test scripts for debug.
- Ability to learn quickly and adapt to variety of technologies that allow effective troubleshooting.
- Good communication skills to be able to partner effectively with production technicians, supervisors, trainers, and engineers.
- Sense of urgency and multi-tasking is essential to be able to support production line effectively.
- Experience with Agile, SAP, MES, and SPC or equivalent tools.
- Good communication and documentation skills.
- Strong analytic and problem-solving skills.
- Must possess extensive knowledge/experience in troubleshooting electromechanical issues.
Responsibilities
- Follow Production escalation process and provide engineering evaluation of any interruptions to production line.
- Perform quick triage of the issue and recommend best course of action to keep production moving.
- Document all activities during escalation support in formal records.
- Diagnose failures on Systems Mfg line for system level failures, sub-assembly failures, and test fixture failures.
- Perform failure analysis down to component level, investigate root causes, and recommend corrective/preventive actions.
- Proactively provides feedback to management and engineering regarding production process, quality, and workmanship issues.
- Execute engineering level tests and collect data to support design of experiment activities or characterize a device.
- Review non-conforming parts in MRB, analyze failures in detail, make decisions on dispositions, and document all findings in formal records.
- Perform root cause investigation on non-conforming materials and provide feedback to engineering for quality improvements.
- Document findings of investigation in quality notifications, which are part of official Device History Records.
- Collaborate with manufacturing engineers to resolve manufacture, process, and quality issues.
- Support engineering with electronics/PCA programming and functional testing in the early phase of new product launches to shake out bugs and suggest improvements.
- Cross-train or mentor others in areas of expertise.
- Perform other engineering technician duties as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
- Medical device experience is preferred but not required.
Benefits
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No information provided on Benefits.