.Job DescriptionPrimary Function of Position:Responsible for ensuring suppliers meet ISI requirements for quality, service, delivery, and cost. Drive suppliers to continuously improve business and manufacturing processes. Evaluate and select suppliers. Guide Engineering in choosing suppliers for new products and provide DFM input to new designs. Supports both NPI and on-going production, monitors and works with suppliers to improve supplier performance. Executes detailed projects with suppliers to implement changes and improvements affecting quality, cost, capacity, risk, and sub-supplier management.This role will focus on manufacturing of electronics including printed circuit boards (PCBs), printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs), electronic components, sub-assemblies, and fully finished electronic systems for some of Intuitive's newest products. The ideal candidate has experience bringing electronic devices to market, preferably medical devices; has worked directly with electronics manufacturing service (EMS) suppliers and component suppliers; and has demonstrated knowledge in a variety of electronics manufacturing technologies such as surface mount technology (SMT), automatic optical inspection (AOI), in-circuit test (ICT), functional testing (FUT), cable assemblies, etc.; as well as electronic system and PCBA design experience. Roles & Responsibilities:Complete project/ part qualification deliverables including Supplier pFMEA, Process Validations (IQ/OQ/PQ), Inspection Reports, Gage R&R, and Process Capability AnalysisWork with suppliers to execute cost reductions, capacity improvements, and risk mitigation.Select the right process and supplier for the part, considering long-term fit and total cost of ownership.Work with product development and suppliers to complete DFx activities, critically reviewing and improving technical drawings, document packages, and specifications.Work with product development, test engineering, and supplier to design, develop, qualify, and implement functional test processes at the supplier.Manage supplier changes including manufacturing process changes, production optimization, facility changes, new equipment qualification, and new line validations.Drive changes to ISI requirements as necessary by initiating and managing changes to specifications and drawings through the engineering change order process.Own and drive to closure supplier variances from symptom through root cause analysis to corrective action, including careful CAPA/SCAR documentation.Review, analyze and close customer complaints, manufacturing variance requests, and first article inspections by judging risk analyses and justifications.Evaluate corrective and preventive actions at suppliers, and look for opportunities with suppliers to eliminate recurrence