Senior Electrical Engineer - Embedded & Robotic Systems

Intuitive; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to join the APD team in San Francisco. You will define embedded architecture, contribute to motor control systems, and design high-speed compute platform PCAs for robotic surgery applications.

You will work in a small, startup-like multidisciplinary team to deliver features, verify, validate, and release the product. The role emphasizes fast learning, rigorous design control, and collaboration across engineering domains.

Qualifications

• Design, bring-up, and integration of custom PCAs.
• Architect communication, processing, and distribution of electronic subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Design, bring-up, and integration of PCAs across the product.
• Collaborate on system design with FPGA, mechanical, software, and controls teams.
• Write design docs, verification plans, and risk mitigations.

Skills

Embedded architecture

Motor control

PCB design

FPGA design

System integration

Tools

FPGA toolchains

PCB CAD tools

Job description

Intuitive is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to join the APD team in San Francisco. You will define embedded architecture, contribute to motor control systems, and design high-speed compute platform PCAs for robotic surgery applications.

You will work in a small, startup-like multidisciplinary team to deliver features, verify, validate, and release the product. The role emphasizes fast learning, rigorous design control, and collaboration across engineering domains.