- 6 Month contract opportunity - W2 (No C2C)
- Compensation: $53 - $63/hr
- Onsite: 1050 Kifer Rd, Sunnyvale, CA, 94086
Intuitive Surgical, in cooperation with our recruitment partner Raise, are hiring. At Intuitive, we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints. As a pioneer in robotic-assisted surgery (RAS), we have been expanding our innovations through technology to help make a difference in the world. For 25 years, human ingenuity has guided our journey to help solve some of healthcare’s most complex challenges.
Join us in making big leaps forward for healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let’s help to advance the world of minimally invasive care.
Primary Function of Position:
The Industrial Engineer 3 will participate in efforts to improve the efficiency of physical and transactional processes throughout the organization. In this position, the IE 3 will begin to take a leadership role in proposing and supporting change and advocating for continuous improvement, challenging existing processes and leveraging lean thinking to identify better ways. Individuals in this role should have a strong track record of continuous improvement and be interested in developing technical depth and their project and change leadership competencies.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Support Manufacturing in the review and analysis of manufacturing procedures, make recommendations for manufacturing methods, and support projects that will result in improved manufacturing costs and/or enhanced quality.
- Run routine problem solving investigations including root cause analysis tools such as fishbone diagrams and 5 Why analysis.
- Perform duties in the areas of time standards, line balancing, and process simulation. Work may also include cost estimation, manpower planning, and productivity improvements.
- Cross functionally participate and execute on Industrial Engineering and continuous improvement projects for Manufacturing. May lead project of localized scope.
- Support the execution of improvements in manufacturing, utilizing data analysis and metrics to build a business case and then deliver on execution.
- Leverages existing dashboards and available data to support analysis and recommendations.
- May maintain existing reports or dashboards as required.
Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:
Base Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree required in Industrial Engineering or related discipline, and 5 years minimum applicable work experience.
- Proficient general software and data analysis skills required (e.g. Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, R, etc.)
- Exposure to simulation software (e.g. Simul8, Arena, ProModel, etc.)
- Track record of owning assigned actions supporting changes and suggests changes within Quality Systems.
- Demonstrated experience in implementing Lean Manufacturing principles and techniques.
- Ability to manage many projects concurrently and in a timely fashion.
- Minimal travel required (10%).
Preferred Requirements
- Working knowledge of the fundamentals of statistics and Six Sigma applications.
- Advanced analysis skillset (e.g. Tableau, SQL, VBA).
- Simulation modeling experience preferred.
- Experience working in medical device manufacturing and knowledge of industry regulations preferred.
Please note that this is a contract role providing services to Intuitive through our direct sourcing partner, Raise who manages Intuitive’s Contractor Talent Community. If you are selected for this role, you will be employed by Raise and will not be an employee of Intuitive.
Work with an Award Winning Employer:
- Best Places to Work, Glassdoor Employees’ Choice, 2019 (#12 of 100), 2020 (#7 of 100)
- America’s Best Midsized Employers, Forbes, 2019 (#149 of 500)
- Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare, Becker’s Hospital Review, 2019
- Top CEOs, Glassdoor, 2019 (#9 of 100)
Raise and Intuitive are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. 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. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.
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