Lead GUI Engineer (Embedded C/C++/Qt)

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 224,000 - 322,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is seeking a senior UI software leader to guide the development of the graphical interfaces for the da Vinci product line.

You will own both the user experience and the underlying code, collaborating with designers and engineers across disciplines to deliver robust, production‑grade interfaces. The role emphasizes leadership, deep C/C++ expertise, and hands‑on work with Qt in embedded environments, with opportunities to shape the product's visual language and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software, Electrical, Computer Engineering or related field.
• Minimum of 10 years industry experience developing and supporting digital interfaces.
• Fluent in object‑oriented programming using modern C/C++.
• Experience with GUI development frameworks and Qt.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex and highly collaborative user interface design and development for 2D and 3D user interface.
• Demonstrated experience in multiple phases of the product development lifecycle including design, implementation, debug, verification, and maintenance.
• Experience or interest in leading, mentoring, and managing a team of talented developers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of talented SW engineers to develop world‑class digital interfaces.
• Develop simple and elegant interfaces for the da Vinci product line, using Qt and other tools in an embedded C/C++ environment.
• Maintain superior development standards from prototypes through production and implement the visual language of the product.
• Collaborate with interaction and visual designers to produce beautiful and functional interfaces.
• Contribute to system and software architecture and work with other members of the engineering team to define the architecture and select the tools used for system graphical interfaces.
• Work with platform software, mechanical and electrical engineers to explore new user interface technologies.
• Rapidly iterate on prototypes of those technologies to assess feasibility and value.

Skills

C/C++

OO programming

Team leadership

GUI development

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software, Electrical, Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Qt

OpenGL

Vulkan

Job description

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is seeking a senior UI software leader to guide the development of the graphical interfaces for the da Vinci product line.

You will own both the user experience and the underlying code, collaborating with designers and engineers across disciplines to deliver robust, production‑grade interfaces. The role emphasizes leadership, deep C/C++ expertise, and hands‑on work with Qt in embedded environments, with opportunities to shape the product's visual language and