Senior Unity Engineer - Real-Time Robotics Simulation

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.; Peachtree Corners (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Senior Unity Engineer specializing in the Unity physics system to model advanced kinematic chains for robotic simulation.

You will balance realism, performance, and maintainability while shipping high-quality software that translates real-world robotic behavior into our simulation platform and works with cross-functional teams to meet demanding delivery timelines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or similar field.
• Strong experience with C# and C/C++.
• Deep expertise in 3D simulation of physics phenomena.
• Experience with multi-end-effector or constraint-based kinematic systems.
• Deep understanding of 3D math: vectors, matrices, quaternions, jacobians, etc.
• Knowledge of fixed timestep simulation, interpolation, solver iterations, sub-stepping, and numerical stability; multithreading and SIMD.
• Proven experience joining and contributing to a large, existing production codebase.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, OO design, and maintainable code practices.
• Located within an hour of our Sunnyvale, CA or Peachtree, GA offices.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate real-world robot code and apply to optimize, improve, and expand the capabilities of our existing digital twin robot codebase.
• Profile, diagnose, and optimize performance across CPU, GPU, and memory for acceptable XR performance.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product owners, and subject matter experts to translate real-world robotic behavior into simulation.
• Evaluate technical tradeoffs and make pragmatic implementation decisions that support product goals and delivery schedules.
• Contribute to architectural decisions, coding standards, and long-term platform maintainability.

Skills

C#

C/C++

3D simulation

Kinematic systems

3D math

Fixed timestep

Multithreading & SIMD

Production codebase

OO design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Job description

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. in the United States is seeking a Senior Unity Engineer specializing in the Unity physics system to model advanced kinematic chains for robotic simulation.

You will balance realism, performance, and maintainability while shipping high-quality software that translates real-world robotic behavior into our simulation platform and works with cross-functional teams to meet demanding delivery timelines.