Senior UI & Display Systems Engineer — Surgical Robotics

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 266,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to advance the UI and infrastructure for the da Vinci system across 2D/3D displays and immersive viewing platforms.

The role demands strong C/C++ expertise, Linux development, and experience with large codebases. You will translate requirements into architectures, build modular software, and collaborate with software and hardware teams to ensure a high-quality user experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years with a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years with a Master's; or PhD with 3 years, or equivalent experience.
• Experience developing interactive UI software, display pipelines, or video/image processing systems.
• Mastery of C/C++ programming.
• Experience across all product lifecycle stages: design, implementation, verification, maintenance.
• Experience building modular, reusable core software infrastructure.
• Proven ability to write well-structured, testable code with unit testing and automated verification.
• Experience with Linux and large software codebases.
• Comfort working across hardware/software stacks (e.g., device drivers, registers).
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Passion for delivering high-quality user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams in a user-centered design process to define unmet user needs and feasible solutions.
• Translate high-level requirements into software architecture and algorithm designs.
• Develop robust UI software with modular, reusable architecture across da Vinci products.
• Lead refactoring efforts to improve reuse and enable shared components.
• Support performance profiling and optimization of the interactive video/display subsystem.
• Participate in failure mode analysis and implement robust hazard mitigation strategies.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Linux development

Large codebases

UI software development

Software/hardware integration

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Qt

NVIDIA Jetson

Jetpack SDK

OpenGL/GLSL

GStreamer

CUDA

Job description

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to advance the UI and infrastructure for the da Vinci system across 2D/3D displays and immersive viewing platforms.

The role demands strong C/C++ expertise, Linux development, and experience with large codebases. You will translate requirements into architectures, build modular software, and collaborate with software and hardware teams to ensure a high-quality user experience.