Senior Systems Architect for Surgical Robotics R&D

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical is seeking a Principal Systems Research Engineer for the Future Forward Research group. This senior expert applies advanced systems engineering to resolve core technical issues and guide concept-to-prototype development for surgical robotics.

You will own systems architecture, requirements flow-down, and risk retirement across multiple early-stage concepts, lead cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and represent the organization with academic, clinical, and industry

Qualifications

• Candidate must demonstrate systems engineering expertise across concept-to-prototype development.
• Experience with MBSE and UML modeling for architecture and requirements.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and communicate with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture development and requirements flow-down.
• Own end-to-end system interfaces and risk retirement strategies.
• Mentor engineers and lead cross-functional reviews.
• Translate technical insights into investment recommendations.

Skills

Systems engineering

MBSE / UML

Requirements management

Cross-functional leadership

Control architectures

Tools

Embedded software

Hardware integration

Job description

Intuitive Surgical is seeking a Principal Systems Research Engineer for the Future Forward Research group. This senior expert applies advanced systems engineering to resolve core technical issues and guide concept-to-prototype development for surgical robotics.

You will own systems architecture, requirements flow-down, and risk retirement across multiple early-stage concepts, lead cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and represent the organization with academic, clinical, and industry