Job Description
Staff Quality Engineer It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide. We're a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world. The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life. If you're ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you'll find your purpose here. Job Description Primary Function of Position This role drives enterprise level quality outcomes by leading strategic initiatives, shaping quality practices, and influencing decisions across business units. The Staff QE operates with broad autonomy and is recognized as a technical and leadership authority. Essential Job Duties Leads initiatives that change how quality is executed across multiples BUs or sites Establishes standards, frameworks, or methodologies adopted beyond local teams Serves as escalation owner for high impact product quality & compliance risks Leadership of critical product, process investigations and audits. Identification, execution and advise on strategic quality projects with company wide impact. Ownership of quality investigations for complaints and non-conformances. Author, review, and approve QA documentation, protocols Leadership of critical CAPAs Serves as subject matter expert in critical audits. Analyze and