Senior Electrical Design Engineer - Medical Robotics

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 197,000 - 283,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical seeks a Staff Electrical and Electronic Design Engineer to architect, design, and bring up the electronics behind next‑generation robotic and vision systems. This is a small, innovative team in early product development where schematic decisions shape overall performance.

The role owns analog, digital, and mixed‑signal design from concept to manufacturing transfer, emphasizes EMC/EMI and signal integrity, and requires mentoring, collaboration, and high‑quality documentation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in production electronics for medical devices, automotive, or robotics.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical/ Electronics/ Computer Engineering; Master’s preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits through schematic capture, layout, bring-up, and transfer to manufacturing.
• Lead schematic/design reviews, guide PCB layout for signal and power integrity.
• Design for EMC/EMI from start to ensure compliance and test readiness.
• Bring up prototypes, debug hardware, and drive root-cause fixes.
• Integrate sensors, cameras, illumination, motor drives, and compute platforms with cross-functional teams.
• Mentor engineers and influence design practices and roadmaps.

Skills

Analog design

Digital design

Mixed-signal design

EMC/EMI

Signal integrity

PCB/layout

VHDL/SystemVerilog

Embedded interfaces (I2C/SPI/UART/CAN/

Education

B.S. in Electrical/ Electronics/ Computer Engineering

M.S. preferred

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence OrCAD/Allegro

Siemens Xpedition

Job description

Intuitive Surgical seeks a Staff Electrical and Electronic Design Engineer to architect, design, and bring up the electronics behind next‑generation robotic and vision systems. This is a small, innovative team in early product development where schematic decisions shape overall performance.

The role owns analog, digital, and mixed‑signal design from concept to manufacturing transfer, emphasizes EMC/EMI and signal integrity, and requires mentoring, collaboration, and high‑quality documentation.