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          "text": "<p><strong>Primary Function of Position </strong></p><p>This role is responsible for on-going sustaining and improvement efforts for purchased parts with a focus on packaging and labeling. In addition, this role supports supplier regulatory, environmental, and compliance execution for the Endoluminal business unit, ensuring suppliers and parts meet global requirements for qualification, release, and sustained production.</p><p><strong>Essential Job Duties </strong></p><p><strong>Purchased Part Qualification and Improvement </strong></p><ul><li>Provide supplier DFM feedback on specifications with a focus on packaging materials and designs in collaboration with packaging design team (e.g. pouches, cartons, thermoformed trays, adhesives).</li><li>Own purchased part qualification activities for packaging and labeling commodities which may include pFMEAs, control plans, FAIRS, Cpk, Supplier Validation, and Test method validation.</li><li>Work closely with product design, manufacturing, and project teams to resolve supplier quality issues and implement improvements to performance, quality, capacity, and cost. Mange project plans and timelines</li><li>Participate in packaging commodity reviews and supplier business reviews in order to recommend projects to reduce risk, lower cost, or meet new regulatory requirements</li></ul><p><strong>Supplier Owned - Environmental, Regulatory, Hardware &amp; Trade Compliance </strong></p><ul><li>Understanding of in‑country regulatory, environmental, hardware, and trade compliance requirements for each part in the BOM (including 3rd party devices) to guide Engineering team during part selection for both NPI and sustaining programs.</li><li>Own supplier deliverables and obtain supplier documentation required to meet in-country regulatory, environmental, hardware, and trade compliance requirements to support global expansion.</li><li>Act as the escalation point for unresolved supplier compliance documentation (e.g., material declarations), ensuring timely and accurate supplier submissions for part qualification.</li><li>Partner cross‑functionally to shape and improve Supplier Engineering processes and procedures related to material regulation, compliance, packaging, and labeling.</li></ul><p><strong>Supplier Quality &amp; Corrective Action Leadership</strong></p><ul><li>Serve as the Endoluminal Supplier Engineering representative to Intuitive corporate CAPA teams for escalated or cross‑BU quality issues.</li><li>Instruct SCAR training and other training for the Endoluminal Supplier Engineering team, providing mentoring to strengthen problem‑solving rigor and consistency.</li><li>Develop a master database for Intuitive owned equipment located at suppliers and ensure suppliers have appropriate PMC, spares and track when replacement parts or firmware updates are needed.&#xa0;</li></ul>",
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          "text": "<p>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 <strong>Intuitive</strong>. As a global leader in <strong>robotic-assisted surgery</strong> and <strong>minimally invasive care</strong>, our technologies—like the <strong>da Vinci surgical system</strong> and <strong>Ion</strong>—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help <strong>transform the future of healthcare</strong>, you’ll find your purpose here.</p>",
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who are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.</p><p>Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the government’s licensing process can take 3 to 6+ months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (“TCP”) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).&#xa0;&#xa0;</p><p>For any Intuitive role subject to export controls, final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employee’s
start date, which may or may not be flexible, and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable, candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes.&#xa0;</p><p>We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.</p><p>Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.</p><p>This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on<br>\nbusiness need and/or on the selected candidate’s experience, knowledge and skills.<br>\nCompensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the<br>\ncandidate’s qualifications, consistent with applicable law.</p><p>We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target compensation ranges are listed.</p>",
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