Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Surgical Robotics)

Location: Santa Clara or Milpitas, California, United States; may require up to 10% domestic and international travel.

Company

hirify.global develops surgical robotics, flexible robotics, and digital solutions for advanced medical care.

What you will do

• Lead manufacturing engineering, new product introduction, process development, and industrialization for surgical robotic systems.
• Design and own assembly processes for multi-axis robotic arms, kinematic chains, joint assemblies, wrist mechanisms, and instrument-drive units.
• Define datum schemes, fixturing, metrology, instrumentation, fastening, bonding, lubrication, dispensing, and alignment systems.
• Develop project plans and implement precision equipment, fixtures, tools, and manufacturing controls.
• Troubleshoot mechanical and electromechanical issues affecting product launches and production.
• Collaborate with R&D, Quality, Operations, Development Engineering, and Production while coaching junior engineers and technicians.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, mechatronics, biomedical engineering, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• At least four years of manufacturing or assembly engineering experience, including surgical robotic arms or comparable precision electromechanical equipment.
• Experience with precision joint assembly, bearing preload, harmonic drives, cable-driven mechanisms, and encoder integration.
• Expertise in CAD, preferably SolidWorks, ASME Y14.5 GD&T, and 3D tolerance stack-up analysis.
• Experience with BOM structures, MPI, DHR, MES, PFMEA, SPC, Cpk, DOE, and Minitab or equivalent tools.
• More than three years of experience in a regulated quality environment, with knowledge of applicable systems, SOPs, and processes.

Nice to have

• Experience with surgical robotics platforms, NPI environments, and robotic arm kinematic calibration.
• Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
• Knowledge of ISO 9283, EtherCAT, CAN bus, or real-time motion control architectures.
• Experience with micro-assembly, magnification-assisted assembly, carbon fiber composite structures, MES, or PLM tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on life-critical medical technologies connecting precision engineering with patient outcomes.
• Collaborative environment involving R&D, quality, regulatory, operations, and production.
• Opportunity to influence manufacturing strategy from concept through scaled production.
• Inclusive workplace with equal employment opportunity and applicant accommodation support.