Sr Manager UI Software Engineering

Intuitive; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking an experienced UI Manager to lead the software team responsible for the UI and state machine of the SP system. You will collaborate with Interaction Design, Human Factors, Clinical, and Controls Engineering to deliver embedded software and graphical user interfaces that are safe, learnable, and confidence-inspiring.

You will drive solutions from rough requirements, mentor engineers, and uphold high product quality with a strong commitment to shared responsibility and shared

Qualifications

• Experience leading UI software teams for embedded systems.
• Strong knowledge of UI software development lifecycle and risk management.
• Ability to mentor and develop engineering talent.

Responsibilities

• Recognize and attract top talent, mentor and train existing team members and new hires through one-on-one coaching as well as team wide initiatives.
• Interface with cross functional teams to understand UI needs and support business goals.
• Own full development lifecycle for UI software team and documentation (requirements, risk assessment, prototyping, development, testing, releases).
• Champion best practices in software development (code reviews, scrums, CI, testing, design patterns).
• Conduct technical design reviews.
• Assess and update software hazard analyses and mitigations for hazardous situations.
• Document traceability from software requirements to tests.

Skills

Team leadership

Embedded software

UI design

State machine

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

The da Vinci Single Port (SP) system provides surgeons with robotic-assisted technology designed for deep and narrow access to tissue in the body through a single, small incision. It pushes the frontier of human-machine interaction by fusing many technologies into a core product experience – technologies such as 3D immersive vision, real-time haptic interface and robotic manipulators.

The primary responsibility of the position is to lead the software team responsible for implementing the User Interface and underlying State Machine of the SP system. The UI Manager works collaboratively with a cross-functional team of interaction designers, human factors engineers, clinical engineers, and others to develop embedded software and graphical user interfaces that make customers’ experience of using complex surgical devices safe, easy to learn, and confidence-inspiring. The successful candidate is a hands-on technical manager able to drive to solutions from rough requirements and has a commitment to high product quality. A strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required.

Essential Job Duties

• Recognize and attract top talent, mentor and train existing team members and new hires through one-on-one coaching as well as team wide initiatives.
• Interface with variety of cross functional teams including Interaction Design, Human Factors, Clinical, Controls Engineering, etc., in understanding user interface needs to create, maintain, and track a bottom-up schedule that best supports business unit top-down goals.
• Own full development lifecycle for UI software team and associated documentation (negotiate requirements, systematic risk assessment and mitigation, prototyping, development, testing, and software releases).
• Champion best practices in software development (code reviews, scrums, bug scrubbing meetings, coding conventions, continuous integration, defensive programming, static analysis, design patterns, etc.).
• Conduct technical design reviews.
• Assess and update the software hazard analysis and identify mitigations for hazardous situations.
• Document traceability from software requirements and software hazard analyses to module verification tests and system verification tests.