FPGA Design Engineer — Medical Robotics & Imaging

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. in; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer for the Ion platform focused on communications, video, and control processing. The role emphasizes robust RTL design, verification, and integration with clinical teams to ensure reliable performance in a high-stakes medical device context.

You will work with Electrical Engineering, Software, and Systems Analysis to deliver complex FPGA solutions, maintaining rigorous design controls and documentation throughout the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with System Verilog HDL
• Familiarity with the full product development lifecycle
• Excellent communication, documentation, and interpersonal skills
• Experience with scripting languages like JavaScript and Python

Responsibilities

• Develop systems architecture with cross-functional partners
• Produce efficient FPGA implementations for video, communications, and control
• Develop FPGA RTL in System Verilog
• Harmonize RTL and verification with best practices
• Use modern verification techniques and contribute to a verification library
• Integrate, debug and support the product after launch
• Write detailed design documentation and verification protocols
• Represent design tradeoffs in multi-disciplinary teams

Skills

SystemVerilog HDL

Scripting (Python, JavaScript)

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

BSEE or equivalent, 6+ years

MSEE or equivalent (post-grad)

Tools

ModelSim

SVN

Git

Xilinx/AMD FPGAs

Job description

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer for the Ion platform focused on communications, video, and control processing. The role emphasizes robust RTL design, verification, and integration with clinical teams to ensure reliable performance in a high-stakes medical device context.

You will work with Electrical Engineering, Software, and Systems Analysis to deliver complex FPGA solutions, maintaining rigorous design controls and documentation throughout the lifecycle.