Sr Software Test Engineer

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a Senior Software Test Engineer to join the Future Forward engineering team in Sunnyvale, CA. You will own the full system verification lifecycle for robotic surgical systems, shaping verification strategy and driving test protocols from design to execution.

You will collaborate with software, clinical, systems, and regulatory teams to deliver comprehensive test reports and defect management, ensuring traceability to requirements and high reliability where it matters most.

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 don't 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.

Job description

Job Description

We're looking for a Senior Software Test Engineer to join our Future Forward engineering team - a high-energy, close-knit group building the next generation of robotic surgical systems. This isn't a back-of-the-line QA role. You'll be a core part of the team, shaping how we verify complex surgical software from the ground up.

You'll own the full system verification lifecycle - from test strategy and protocol design to execution, reporting, and defect management - and work shoulder‑to‑shoulder with development, clinical, systems, and regulatory teams to get it right.

If you thrive in fast-moving environments, love digging into hard problems, and take pride in building things that work reliably when it matters most, this role is for you.

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 don't 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.