Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (m/f/d) – Robotic-Assisted Surgery Research and Development – Wessling, Germany

Engineering         ·      Wessling, Bavaria, Germany        ·         Full time

Locations: Wessling, Bavaria, Germany

Job ID: 23000106

Job Description

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (m/f/d) – Robotic-Assisted Surgery Research and Development – Wessling, Germany 

Careers that Change Lives

You will join a team of mechanical, electrical, and software engineers responsible for developing Medtronic’s Robotic-Assisted Surgery platform through commercial launch and production scale-up.

The The primary work location is the Medtronic Office in Meerbusch near Düsseldorf. In addition, there is the possibility to work partly from the home address (home office).

The Minimally Invasive Therapies Group strives to enable earlier diagnosis, better treatment, faster complication-free recovery, and enhanced patient outcomes through less invasive surgical solutions. Surgical Innovations set the standard for Minimally Invasive Surgery by creating innovative surgical products and services that focus on obesity, diseases, and conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, lung, abdominal wall, pelvic region, and head and neck.

A Day in the Life

•  Design and develop electromechanical components and assemblies for our HUGO RAS platform
• Collaborate with a multinational, multidisciplinary team of electrical, software, and clinical engineers from the conceptual design phase through implementation, to design products, root cause issues, and implement design changes
• Design, procure, assemble, and evaluate prototypes
• Perform kinematic and structural analyses to evaluate product performance and safety
• Compose engineering reports and presentations to document and communicate design deliverables and analyses
• Interact and negotiate with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and external partners

Must Haves

• Bachelor’s Degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent; Master’s Degree preferred.  Minimum of 4 years relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience
• Experience in the design and development of (electro-)mechanical mechanisms and assemblies for production
• Solid knowledge and experience with 3D CAD software (CREO preferred) 
• Expertise in designing for manufacturability & assembly, creating engineering drawings for production, applying geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, and performing tolerance stack analyses
• Professional written and spoken working proficiency with English is required; good German language skills are beneficial. Strong communication skills to effectively work with a variety of stakeholders is key
• Be a team player who works well with others to achieve project goals

Nice to Haves

• Experience in all phases of the product development lifecycle including input creation, design, prototyping, verification, and transfer to production
• Experience with typical manufacturing processes for production, including milling, turning, injection molding, thermoforming, RIM, casting, and sheet metal forming 
• Knowledge of kinematic analysis, stress analysis and FEA
• Hands-on experience developing medical products is highly desired – regulatory and quality processes, safety considerations, and designing to meet IEC60601 testing
• Experience developing rotary actuators and robotics is a plus
• Experience integrating electronic components into mechanical assemblies and designing for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

About Medtronic

Bold thinking. Bolder actions. We are Medtronic.

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people. Powered by our diverse knowledge, insatiable curiosity, and desire to help all those who need it, we deliver innovative technologies that transform the lives of two people every second, every hour, every day. Expect more from us as we empower insight-driven care, experiences that put people first, and better outcomes for our world.

In everything we do, we are engineering the extraordinary.

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