Staff Electrical and Electronic Design Engineer

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a Staff Electrical and Electronic Design Engineer to architect and bring up the electronic hardware behind next-generation robotic and vision systems. The role focuses on defining schematic and architecture-level decisions that influence overall system performance.

The candidate will own analog, digital, and mixed-signal design from concept through verification and transfer to manufacturing, emphasizing EMC/EMI and robust signal integrity.

Qualifications

• Experience in analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit design from concept to verification.
• EMC/EMI-aware design practices from the start to ensure system robustness.
• Prototype bring-up, design verification, and transfer to manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Design analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits from concept through schematic capture, prototype bring-up, and transfer to manufacturing.
• Lead schematic and design reviews, and guide PCB layout for signal integrity, power integrity, and manufacturability.
• Design for EMC/EMI from start through grounding, shielding, filtering, isolation, and ESD protection, and support pre-compliance and compliance testing.
• Bring up and debug prototypes in the lab, and drive hardware issues to root cause and a verified fix.
• Integrate sensors, cameras, illumination, motor drives, and compute platforms with cross-team collaboration.
• Document designs, verification protocols, and results under Intuitive design controls.
• Mentor engineers and shape design practices and technology roadmap for future products.
• Drive external suppliers and design partners for subsystems, setting direction and ensuring builds meet schedule and quality targets.

Job description

Job Description

The Future Forward group within Intuitive Surgical is searching for a Staff Electrical and Electronic Design Engineer to architect, design, and bring up the electronic hardware behind next-generation robotic and vision systems. This role is an exciting opportunity to join a small and innovative team in the early phases of product development, where design decisions made at the schematic and architecture level shape the performance of the entire system.

Joining Intuitive Surgical means joining a team dedicated to using technology to benefit patients by improving surgical efficacy and decreasing surgical invasiveness, with patient outcomes as our highest priority. The Staff Electrical and Electronic Design Engineer owns analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit design from concept through schematic capture, layout direction, prototype bring-up, design verification, and transfer to manufacturing. The ideal candidate designs for electromagnetic compatibility and signal integrity from the first block diagram rather than after the first chamber failure, and can isolate the most difficult board-level and system-level failures on the bench. A strong sense of integrity, care, and attention to detail is required, together with a commitment to developing products of the highest quality.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Design analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits from concept through schematic capture, layout direction, prototype bring-up, and transfer to manufacturing.
• Lead schematic and design reviews, and guide PCB layout for signal integrity, power integrity, and manufacturability.
• Design for EMC and EMI from the start through grounding, shielding, filtering, isolation, and ESD protection, and support pre-compliance and compliance testing.
• Bring up and debug prototypes in the lab, and drive hardware issues to root cause and a verified fix.
• Integrate sensors, cameras, illumination, motor drives, and compute platforms in partnership with Mechanical, Firmware, Software, Vision, and Test teams.
• Document designs, verification protocols, and results under Intuitive design controls.
• Mentor engineers and help shape design practices, reference designs, and the technology roadmap for future products.
• Drive external suppliers and design partners for camera, sensor, optics, and PCBA subsystems, setting technical direction and holding builds toschedule and quality targets.