Senior Software Test Engineer - Robotic Surgery Systems

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a Senior Software Test Engineer to join the Future Forward engineering team, leading the system verification lifecycle for robotic surgical systems. You will own test strategy, design, and execution, working closely with development, clinical, and regulatory teams to ensure robust verification across complex software and hardware.

You will drive defect management, contribute to design discussions early, and shape automated verification pipelines to improve quality and safety

Qualifications

• Experience planning and executing Verification & Validation activities for medical devices under quality and regulatory frameworks.
• Strong understanding of requirements and system software architecture.
• Hands-on experience in failure mode and risk analysis (FMEA/FTA).
• Excellent written and verbal communication with clinical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead system verification for robotic surgical systems — own the top-level test strategy, design, develop, and execute test protocols, and drive them through to completion.
• Design and execute test scripts and protocols for functional software verification across complex, multi-disciplinary robotic systems.
• Generate test reports with complete requirements traceability, ensuring every requirement under test is accounted for.
• Manage defects end-to-end — log issues, drive root cause analysis, assess impact, and collaborate with software and cross-functional teams to resolution.
• Contribute to requirements discussions and bring the system test perspective into design decisions early, not as an afterthought.
• Participate in design change reviews, assess test impact, and lead regression analysis to ensure changes dont introduce new risk.
• Analyze test data, identify non-conformance trends, and synthesize findings into clear executive summaries with actionable design improvement recommendations.
• Understand the system deeply — both technically and from the user’s perspective — and use that understanding to drive smarter, more robust test coverage.

Skills

System verification

V&V for medical devices

Embedded software debugging

Communication with stakeholders

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/Engineering

8+ years testing complex electro-mechanical/robotic systems

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Google Test

HIL testing

CI/CD

Job description

Intuitive is seeking a Senior Software Test Engineer to join the Future Forward engineering team, leading the system verification lifecycle for robotic surgical systems. You will own test strategy, design, and execution, working closely with development, clinical, and regulatory teams to ensure robust verification across complex software and hardware.

You will drive defect management, contribute to design discussions early, and shape automated verification pipelines to improve quality and safety