Senior Electrical Engineering Manager, Medical Robotics

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical is seeking a Senior Manager of Electrical Engineering in Sunnyvale, CA to lead people and set the technical direction for a novel robotic platform. You will oversee board design and FPGA work, translating clinical and market needs into a long-term architecture and technology roadmap.

The role requires proven leadership, budget management, and deep expertise in embedded/FPGA systems, with collaboration across software, mechanical, and regulatory teams to meet medical device

Qualifications

• Requires proven leadership of engineering teams, including managers and individual contributors.
• Experience independently managing budgets and resource plans for a large engineering organization.
• Subject matter expertise in embedded and FPGA-based systems with analog/digital designs.
• Ability to define cohesive electrical architectures that integrate mechanical and computational requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide people leadership across a team of PCBA and firmware (FPGA) designers; hire, promote, and build leadership pipelines.
• Define and drive electrical/electronic system architectures and multi-year roadmaps.
• Guide design, verification, qualification, and transfer to manufacturing of robotic system designs.
• Set objectives, schedules, budgets, and resource plans; manage priorities and risks.
• Ensure compliance with quality systems and regulatory requirements across programs.

Skills

People leadership

Budget management

Embedded/FPGA systems

Electrical system architecture

Multi-year roadmaps

Regulatory (FDA) knowledge

Education

BSc in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Schematic capture tools

PCB layout tools

Electronic test equipment

Job description

Intuitive Surgical is seeking a Senior Manager of Electrical Engineering in Sunnyvale, CA to lead people and set the technical direction for a novel robotic platform. You will oversee board design and FPGA work, translating clinical and market needs into a long-term architecture and technology roadmap.

The role requires proven leadership, budget management, and deep expertise in embedded/FPGA systems, with collaboration across software, mechanical, and regulatory teams to meet medical device