Component Engineer (Sunnyvale)

Component Engineer

12 month contract

On-site in Sunnyvale, CA

Must be able to work on a W2

Primary Function of Position :

In this role, you will move surgery forward by putting the highest quality and most innovative products in the hands of our customers to enable better surgical outcomes for patients. The ideal candidate needs to have a vast knowledge in various metal casting processes such as but not limited to V Process, sand casting, investment casting, iron casting and will apply their broad and deep hands-on experience in casting (especially Aluminum) to help our suppliers manufacture high quality casting parts meeting our design standards and expectations for da Vinci surgical systems in the Multiport Business Unit. This role is responsible for on-going sustaining and NPI products for all active Systems products with a focus on mechanical casting components and assemblies.

This role will provide technical leadership, to a broad cross functional team such as design engineers and suppliers by developing casting design and inspection guidelines, performing DFM and ensuring casting suppliers can continuously produce high quality parts meeting standards. The Staff Supplier Engineer must be capable of making sound decisions when faced with time constraints and ambiguous or incomplete information which is typical in a research and development environment. They will interface with suppliers and manufacturing to build high-quality casting parts and productize new designs.

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Work closely with design engineers in the early stages of design to review drawing, provide feedback and decide the best process to manufacture a part and whether a part is a good candidate for casting and which process can work best.
• Develop a casting design and inspection guidelines that can be shared with design engineers and suppliers to ensure consistency of design and reduce non-conformances resulting in high quality parts.
• Work with casting suppliers to understand their capabilities and help them improve their mold design, flow analysis, DFM capabilities and ongoing quality / inspection processes.
• Act and a liaison between design engineers, casting and machining suppliers to bridge gaps in design, manufacturing, and quality processes.
• Manage project plans, execution and timelines and effectively communicate to stakeholders on status.
• Develop suppliers to excel in all KPIs including Supplier Owned Quality, Capacity, and Sub-tier Management.
• Empower suppliers to own completion of part qualification deliverables (such as PPQP, PPAP) : pFMEA, Special Process Validations, FAI, Cpk Studies, Capacity Studies, DfX, and cost analysis.
• Seek out new suppliers in support of product needs. Assess suppliers for capability to fit quality and business requirements.
• Ensure compliance to quality management system and regulatory requirements. Support supplier audits.
• Solve complex problems using structured problem-solving techniques.
• Apply improvements for supplier process issues by using true root cause analysis and corresponding corrective and preventive actions. (SCAR)
• Execute on supply chain optimizations to meet cost reduction objectives.

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