Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Robotic Surgery

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA, to advance its robotic surgical platform. You will design and integrate embedded software across hardware interfaces, control algorithms, vision pipelines, and test infrastructure, contributing to a safe, compliant product lifecycle from concept to launch.

You will collaborate with clinicians, engineers, and product managers in an agile team, iterating prototypes, validating designs, and ensuring high-quality software

Qualifications

• Embedded software for robotic platforms.
• Real-time data pipelines and OS drivers.
• Inter-processor communication and hardware interfaces.
• Unit testing to support system integration.
• Documentation in line with quality guidelines.
• Hazard and failure mode analysis and mitigations.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop robust embedded software to enable system infrastructure, including OS drivers, hardware interfaces, real-time data pipelines, inter-processor communication, error handling, and user/test applications.
• Collaborate cross-functionally throughout the product lifecycle with key stakeholders to address clinical needs and safety requirements.
• Translate early requirements into prototype implementations to evaluate, iterate, and advance novel robotic systems.
• Conduct rigorous unit testing to support system integration and ensure reliable, robust system operation.
• Contribute to hazard and failure mode analysis, defining appropriate mitigations.
• Refine and iterate designs, balancing technical requirements, feasibility, schedules, and resource constraints.
• Produce clear and compliant supporting documentation in alignment with Intuitive's development and quality guidelines.
• Ensure all designs meet rigorous quality and safety standards per the Intuitive Quality Management System.

Skills

Embedded software

Real-time systems

Inter-processor communication

OS driver development

Firmware interfaces

Testing (unit)

Documentation

Hazard analysis

Robotics

Job description

Intuitive is seeking a Senior Embedded Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA, to advance its robotic surgical platform. You will design and integrate embedded software across hardware interfaces, control algorithms, vision pipelines, and test infrastructure, contributing to a safe, compliant product lifecycle from concept to launch.

You will collaborate with clinicians, engineers, and product managers in an agile team, iterating prototypes, validating designs, and ensuring high-quality software