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Operations Technician roles in manufacturing, utilities, and industrial facilities qualify as E-3 specialty occupations when the position requires a bachelor's degree in engineering, industrial technology, or a related field. Australian professionals can secure E-3 visa sponsorship without entering a lottery, with renewals available as long as you hold a qualifying offer.
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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:
The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
Independently, follows oral and/or written instructions in performance of a wide variety of skilled technical maintenance, evaluation, disposition, troubleshooting, repair, and testing on complex digital and analog electronic components, electrical and electro-mechanical components, cable assemblies, sub-assemblies, assemblies, field replaceable units (FRU) and systems to support a wide variety of Robotic Systems.
Regularly use of diagnostic software for localizing equipment and system problems, specialized testing equipment, analyzers, digital oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, clocks, timers, calipers, voltmeters, power supplies, rulers, and other test equipment as required.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Performs, Repair and test of multiple FRUs
- Performs Failure Analysis of minimum 1 FRU
- Mentors new team members in areas of expertize
- Acts as a deputized trainer as required
- Reports and initiates quality issues (VRs, Process Log), records transactions in SAP as needed to preserve traceability
- Assists in the closure of DNs in functional area
- Works independently towards daily and weekly repair targets without leadership intervention
- Analyzes wiring diagrams, schematics, assembly drawings, fab drawings, mechanical component drawings to conduct repair and testing of FRUs
- Performs simple and complex repairs on various electrical/electro-mechanical assemblies
- Participates in investigational teams for FRUs to provide input if required
- Performs complex tasks in preparation for repair and testing of all FRUs
- Ability to verify assembly documentation accuracy, read engineering drawings etc. Sets up and operates machines/equipment/fixtures needed to perform repair and testing processes
- Communicates status of repairs with leads/supervisors and other departments as necessary
- Provides detailed symptom descriptions for failures uncovered during repair, functional test and calibration to assist in component-level troubleshooting
- Conducts complex quality inspection of own or other's work to ensure workmanship standards are met. Is a subject matter expert for WIP inspection task across platforms
- Properly completes required documentation and helps maintain its accuracy
- Initiates material requests
- Follows all corporate, safety, SOP, DOP procedures and regulations
- Maintains a clean and orderly workstation
- Communicates process flow recommendations to Leads/Supervisor/Manager or designee
- Maintains an excellent attendance record
Qualifications
Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:
- Education and/or Experience: Minimum High school diploma and AA or equivalent Minimum of AA or college degree preferred; 4-6 years related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Language Skills: Ability to read, write and understand English. Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions.
- Mathematical Skills: Ability to do basic math.
- Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply logical, sensible understanding to carry out instructions. Ability to deal with situations including up to several variables. Ability to report actual or potential quality issues. Ability to suggest and implement process improvements.
- Computer skills: Proficient in use of personal computers as part of daily work, including knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite and SAP ERP System, ACCS (Agile) system (our quality system) to retrieve and submit on-line documentation.
- Ability to work varying shifts.
- Must have ability to complete training courses.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical internal customers.
- Acute attention to detail; excellent organizational skills.
- High level of professional integrity and ethics
- Ability to lift 50lbs.
- Able to use office and test equipment in a typical office/light manufacturing environment.
- Repetitive motion. Substantial continual motion.
- Excellent hand-eye coordination.
- Vision abilities required include close, distance, color, depth and ability to adjust focus.
- Typical production & repairs environment.
- General knowledge of clean and organized work areas and practices.
- High urgency and stress associated with customer deadlines.
- Some risk of exposure to electrical shock and commonly used chemical compounds such as epoxy, denatured alcohol and acetone.
- Willing and able to work extended hours when necessary.
Additional Information
Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.
Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.
U.S. Export Controls Disclaimer: In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR §743.13(b)), some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employees who are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.
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).
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.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.
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.
This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on business need and/or on the selected candidate’s experience, knowledge and skills. Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the candidate’s qualifications, consistent with applicable law.
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.
Company Description
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:
The following reflects management’s definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
Independently, follows oral and/or written instructions in performance of a wide variety of skilled technical maintenance, evaluation, disposition, troubleshooting, repair, and testing on complex digital and analog electronic components, electrical and electro-mechanical components, cable assemblies, sub-assemblies, assemblies, field replaceable units (FRU) and systems to support a wide variety of Robotic Systems.
Regularly use of diagnostic software for localizing equipment and system problems, specialized testing equipment, analyzers, digital oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, clocks, timers, calipers, voltmeters, power supplies, rulers, and other test equipment as required.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Performs, Repair and test of multiple FRUs
- Performs Failure Analysis of minimum 1 FRU
- Mentors new team members in areas of expertize
- Acts as a deputized trainer as required
- Reports and initiates quality issues (VRs, Process Log), records transactions in SAP as needed to preserve traceability
- Assists in the closure of DNs in functional area
- Works independently towards daily and weekly repair targets without leadership intervention
- Analyzes wiring diagrams, schematics, assembly drawings, fab drawings, mechanical component drawings to conduct repair and testing of FRUs
- Performs simple and complex repairs on various electrical/electro-mechanical assemblies
- Participates in investigational teams for FRUs to provide input if required
- Performs complex tasks in preparation for repair and testing of all FRUs
- Ability to verify assembly documentation accuracy, read engineering drawings etc. Sets up and operates machines/equipment/fixtures needed to perform repair and testing processes
- Communicates status of repairs with leads/supervisors and other departments as necessary
- Provides detailed symptom descriptions for failures uncovered during repair, functional test and calibration to assist in component-level troubleshooting
- Conducts complex quality inspection of own or other's work to ensure workmanship standards are met. Is a subject matter expert for WIP inspection task across platforms
- Properly completes required documentation and helps maintain its accuracy
- Initiates material requests
- Follows all corporate, safety, SOP, DOP procedures and regulations
- Maintains a clean and orderly workstation
- Communicates process flow recommendations to Leads/Supervisor/Manager or designee
- Maintains an excellent attendance record
Qualifications
Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:
- Education and/or Experience: Minimum High school diploma and AA or equivalent Minimum of AA or college degree preferred; 4-6 years related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Language Skills: Ability to read, write and understand English. Ability to read and comprehend complex instructions.
- Mathematical Skills: Ability to do basic math.
- Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply logical, sensible understanding to carry out instructions. Ability to deal with situations including up to several variables. Ability to report actual or potential quality issues. Ability to suggest and implement process improvements.
- Computer skills: Proficient in use of personal computers as part of daily work, including knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite and SAP ERP System, ACCS (Agile) system (our quality system) to retrieve and submit on-line documentation.
- Ability to work varying shifts.
- Must have ability to complete training courses.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical internal customers.
- Acute attention to detail; excellent organizational skills.
- High level of professional integrity and ethics
- Ability to lift 50lbs.
- Able to use office and test equipment in a typical office/light manufacturing environment.
- Repetitive motion. Substantial continual motion.
- Excellent hand-eye coordination.
- Vision abilities required include close, distance, color, depth and ability to adjust focus.
- Typical production & repairs environment.
- General knowledge of clean and organized work areas and practices.
- High urgency and stress associated with customer deadlines.
- Some risk of exposure to electrical shock and commonly used chemical compounds such as epoxy, denatured alcohol and acetone.
- Willing and able to work extended hours when necessary.
Additional Information
Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.
Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.
U.S. Export Controls Disclaimer: In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR §743.13(b)), some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employees who are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.
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).
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.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.
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.
This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on business need and/or on the selected candidate’s experience, knowledge and skills. Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the candidate’s qualifications, consistent with applicable law.
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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as an Operations Technician
Verify your degree maps to the role
Operations Technician positions vary widely in their degree requirements. Confirm your Australian bachelor's in engineering or industrial technology directly corresponds to the role's stated requirements before applying, as a degree mismatch is the leading cause of E-3 LCA complications.
Target facilities with existing E-3 or H-1B history
Manufacturers, utilities, and infrastructure operators that have previously filed LCAs for technical roles already understand the E-3 sponsorship process. Search DOL's Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data to identify employers with active technical visa filings in your target region.
Get your credentials evaluated before interviewing
Australian three-year engineering or technology degrees are generally accepted as equivalent to U.S. four-year degrees, but you'll want a formal evaluation in hand before offers begin. Having this document ready prevents delays between offer acceptance and LCA submission.
Clarify the specialty occupation standard with your hiring manager
Many operations roles are posted with flexible degree language like 'preferred' rather than 'required.' Before your offer is finalised, confirm the job description will support the E-3's specialty occupation requirement, as a vaguely worded offer letter can block your LCA certification.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork
Once you have a signed offer, use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to manage the LCA submission to DOL and your full consulate application package. This avoids the coordination errors that occur when applicants split tasks between employers, attorneys, and consulates independently.
Prepare for a technical interview at the consulate
Consular officers at Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth routinely ask Operations Technician applicants to explain how their academic background qualifies them for the specific role. Bring your offer letter, job description, and credential evaluation to your E-3 interview to support the specialty occupation determination on the spot.
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How do I find Operations Technician jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for Australian professionals searching for U.S. roles with E-3 sponsorship. You can filter by job title and see which employers have active E-3 or related visa filing history, so you're targeting companies already familiar with the sponsorship process rather than starting that conversation from scratch.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does an Operations Technician role qualify as a specialty occupation for the E-3?
It depends on how the role is defined. An Operations Technician position qualifies when the employer requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as mechanical engineering, industrial technology, or chemical engineering. Roles where any degree or no degree is accepted will not meet the E-3 specialty occupation standard, so the job description wording matters significantly.
How does the E-3 visa compare to the H-1B for Operations Technician roles?
For Australian nationals, the E-3 is the stronger path. There's no annual lottery, the 10,500-slot annual allocation has never been fully used, and your employer can file at any time of year. The H-1B requires entering a randomised lottery with no guarantee of selection, regardless of your qualifications or how strong the sponsoring employer is.
Can I change Operations Technician employers while on an E-3?
Yes, but the E-3 is employer-specific, so your new employer must file a fresh LCA with DOL and you'll need to obtain a new E-3 visa stamp before re-entering the U.S. or, in some cases, apply for a change of status. You can continue working for your current employer while the new application is pending.
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