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Senior Embedded Software Engineer Real time

Intuitive
Sunnyvale, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/20/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/17/2025

Primary Function of Position

We seek a Embedded Software Engineer to join the Future Forward Research group at Intuitive Surgical. Our groups role is to explore new promising technologies for future products and services in the emerging computer and robotassisted medical interventions field. As a Senior Software Engineer you will work on the design and development of system software and digital applications for the latest hardware targeting endusers involved in surgical robotic procedures. The successful candidate must excel in an agile focused smallteam environment and commit to highquality research prototypes and supporting infrastructure. A strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required.

Essential Job Duties

This position is responsible for all aspects of system software development associated tooling and infrastructure to explore and build a novel telesurgery system.

  • Design build debug and deploy embedded realtime applications using C C C# Matlab and Python on platforms like Linux QNX and Windows.
  • Develop a modular robust failsafe embedded applications that run on heterogeneous multiprocessor SoC / FPGA / realtimeembedded environment.
  • Build compelling prototypes to demonstrate the technical feasibility and to define the product roadmap.
  • Construct a platform agnostic software pipeline to transmit real time data such as kinetic audio video and system data and integrate in to embedded system for high performance and through put.
  • Participate in software architecture discussions code reviews and user studies design.
  • Responsible for unity testing and integrating the code for function testing robustness and reliability.
  • Crossfunctional requirements discussions ranging from customerfacing clinical needs to safety requirements.
  • Translating early requirements into prototype implementations to evaluate and assess a novel and sophisticated robotic system.
  • Apply good software engineering practices to write elegant maintainable reusable code.
  • Create documentation for the developed features and techniques that were tried rejected or implemented.

Qualifications :

Required Skills and Experience

  • Proven track record in building realtime embedded systems and realtime applications.
  • Strong problemsolving skills and debugging of complex embedded software and electromechanical systems.
  • Experience in developing for embedded Linux and / or QNX at multiple levels such as hardware bringup drivers application.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in C C C# Python and MATLAB.
  • Experience with multithreaded and multiprocessor / multicore systems.
  • Experience with communication protocols such as TCP / IP CAN and serialization protocols such as protobuf.
  • Experience with publish / subscribe architectures REST interfaces and interprocess communications.
  • Strong communication skills and a commitment to collaborative team success.
  • Exceptional programming skills with a deep understanding of software engineering principles and methodologies.
  • Disciplined approach to debugging with a persistent attitude towards solving problems.
  • Required Education and Training

  • Minimum Masters degree or above in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a similar technical field. Advanced degrees preferred.
  • A minimum of 8 years of experience developing and supporting embedded systems (or 5 years with a PhD).
  • Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Handson engineering experience with proven ability to work effectively in a team environment.
  • Demonstrated experience and comfort with all phases of the product development lifecycle (design implementation debug verification validation and transfer to manufacturing).
  • Ability to build and maintain relationships across supported organizations.
  • Knowledge of serialarm robot kinematics.
  • Knowledge of classical and modern servo control systems.
  • Experience building digital applications interfacing with the latest AI / ML models.
  • Experience designing software products in a regulated industry or for missioncritical applications
  • 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 COVID19.  Details can vary by role.

    Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action 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.

    EEO and AA Policy

    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.

    We provide marketcompetitive 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 salary ranges are listed.

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