Staff Embedded Software Engineer for Robotic Electrosurgery

Socket.dev; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical in Sunnyvale is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer to contribute to architectural design and implementation of software for novel electrosurgical systems.

You will lead a small team, develop embedded software for electrosurgical and robotic products using C/C++, Verilog and Python on bare‑metal and Linux platforms, and work across hardware and manufacturing teams to deliver real‑time energy data processing capabilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years of experience and a Master’s degree; or equivalent experience
• Experience designing complete software solutions for embedded systems using C/C++ language on bare-metal and Linux based embedded systems
• Working knowledge of peripherals commonly used on embedded systems such as ADCs, DACs, PWM and waveform generation and serial communications (I2C, SPI, RS232, CAN)
• Proven experience with hands‑on hardware bring‑up and collaboration, utilizing electronic bench equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers
• Strong knowledge of control theory and experience developing and tuning control systems
• Experience in the medical device industry, familiarity with standards 60601 and 62304 is strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team through the technical development of embedded software for electrosurgical devices.
• Develop software applications for electrosurgical and robotic products for minimally invasive surgery.
• Develop software and firmware in object-oriented C++, C, Verilog and Python for embedded systems.
• Develop software to acquire, process, store, and analyze energy data in real-time.
• Develop software to support manufacturing and test teams.
• Collaborate in a multidisciplinary team.
• Independently solve assigned problems.

Skills

Embedded software development

C/C++ languages

Verilog

Python

Real-time data processing

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

ADCs

DACs

PWM

I2C

SPI

RS232

CAN

Job description

Intuitive Surgical in Sunnyvale is seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer to contribute to architectural design and implementation of software for novel electrosurgical systems.

You will lead a small team, develop embedded software for electrosurgical and robotic products using C/C++, Verilog and Python on bare‑metal and Linux platforms, and work across hardware and manufacturing teams to deliver real‑time energy data processing capabilities.