System Analyst - Robotic Controls Engineer

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive is seeking a Senior Systems Analyst (Robotic Control Engineer) in Sunnyvale, CA. You will generate, tune, and debug key algorithms for the Ion Endoluminal System, providing analytical support across engineering teams and advancing control software and infrastructure for improved robotic performance.

The role requires deep technical depth in control systems and robotics, with collaboration across disciplines to drive future product designs and enhancements.

Qualifications

• Strong background in control theory and robotics.
• Experience designing and validating algorithms for robotic or mechatronic systems.
• Ability to work across interdisciplinary teams to drive design improvements.

Responsibilities

• Apply control theory to design and verify mechatronic/robotic systems.
• Bring-up distributed electro-mechanical systems for experimentation.
• Validate and iterate simulated dynamic models through experiments.
• Design experiments to untangle dependencies and understand key relationships.
• Design software algorithms for new and existing products.
• Develop software tools and infrastructure to enable analysis of algorithms.
• Perform comprehensive testing to ensure quality and performance of algorithms.
• Facilitate mechanical, hardware, and software integration of new products.
• Document and pursue intellectual property.

Skills

Control theory

Mechatronics

Algorithm development

Systems analysis

Job description

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

Senior Systems Analysts (Robotic Control Engineers) are primarily responsible for generating, tuning, and debugging the key algorithms associated with Intuitive Surgical products and providing technical analytic assistance to other engineering groups. As a senior member of the Systems Analyst team working on the Ion Endoluminal System (Intuitive's platform for minimally invasive biopsy in the peripheral lung), you will work on both robotic algorithms (feedback control and others) and the development of tools and software infrastructure that support those algorithms. The successful candidate will have the technical depth to tackle deep analysis problems and the ability to work in an interdisciplinary team to drive future designs and improvements into the product.

Essential Job Duties

• Apply control theory to the design and verification of mechatronic and robotic systems.
• Bring-up distributed electro-mechanical systems to be used for experimentation.
• Validate and iterate on simulated dynamic models through targeted experimentation.
• Design experimentation that untangles complex dependencies and drives understanding of key relationships
• Design software algorithms for new products and existing field products.
• Design software tools and infrastructure that enable analysis and development of new algorithms.
• Perform comprehensive testing to ensure the quality and performance of algorithms.
• Facilitate mechanical, hardware, and software integration of new products.
• Document and pursue intellectual property.