Senior Embedded Software Engineer
| Company | Intuitive Surgical |
|---|---|
| Location | Sunnyvale, CA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- A minimum of 8 years of experience in developing and supporting embedded systems; or 6 years with a Master’s degree; or 3 years with a PhD
- Proficient in designing and developing mission-critical cross-platform code in C++ or C, focusing on embedded and real-time systems (e.g., QNX), including application, board bring-up, and device drivers for multi-core and multi-processor architectures.
- Fluent with version control systems and collaborative development environments.
- Familiar with communication protocols such as TCP/IP, CAN, I2C, SPI and serialization protocols like protobuf.
- Strong problem-solving skills and debugging capabilities for complex embedded software and electromechanical systems.
- In-depth understanding of failure mode and risk analysis, with experience in safety-critical, product-focused designs.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective interaction across all organizational levels.
- Passionate about learning, solving technical problems, and positively impacting patient lives.
Responsibilities
- Engage in cross-functional requirements discussions, addressing clinical needs and safety requirements.
- Translate early requirements into prototype implementations for evaluating novel robotic systems.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to define overall system architecture, selecting hardware components and specifying interfaces across various compute nodes, with emphasis on timing requirements, inter-processor communication, and product life cycle.
- Contribute to hazard and failure mode analysis, defining appropriate mitigations.
- Refine and iterate designs to meet requirements while balancing feasibility, schedule, and resources.
- Develop and document software modules in areas of servo control, hardware monitoring, high speed communication, conducting unit tests before system integration and human use.
- Produce supporting documentation in compliance with Intuitive’s development and documentation guidelines.
- Ensure medical device designs meet quality and safety requirements per the Quality Management System.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with robotics and embedded software for complex electro-mechanical systems.
- Knowledgeable in Python or Matlab for automation, diagnostics, and testing.
- Familiarity with FPGA development and interfaces.
- Familiarity with CUDA programming and memory management concepts.
- Cyber-security concepts such as secure boot, authentication and encryption.
- Hands-on engineering experience with proven ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Experience in all phases of the product development lifecycle including design, implementation, debug, verification, validation, and transfer to manufacturing.
- Experience designing software products in a regulated industry or for mission critical applications; comfort with concepts of design input, design output, traceability, risk analysis, and mitigations.