Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Primary Function of Position:

As a Senior Embedded Software Engineer you will work with a group of talented and dedicated people to improve and extend Intuitive robotic product lines. You will contribute broadly to the Future Forward group with focus on the embedded and platform software at the heart of Intuitive systems with influence ranging from firmware to user interface and test infrastructure.

As a member of the Future Forward engineering team you will be involved in designing implementing and integrating complex functionality into complete surgical robot solutions and seeing these through human use and product release.

The successful candidate must excel in a high-energy small focused team environment be able to drive to solutions from rough requirements and methodical prototype iterations and have a commitment to high product quality that places patients first.

Quick learning and a desire to understand requirements from a users and engineerings perspective are essential to become a valuable system developer. A dedicated sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required as is the ability to make work fun and interesting. Supporting you will be a development and management team that knows and cares about what you are doing and wants you to succeed.

Essential Job Duties

This position has responsibility for all aspects related to the development of embedded software and associated tooling for robotic surgical systems such as:

• Video and camera processing including hardware interfaces and image processing.
• Servo and hardware control and monitoring.
• Extension of current processing frameworks to new processors and hardware designs.
• Inter-processor communication and distributed multi-processor systems that form the backbone of Intuitives surgical systems.
• System diagnostic and development of service applications that are laptop-based and network-based.
• Selection and integration of external OEM devices.
• Testing at the unit and sub-system level and at the system integration level.
• Software build tools development and test environment and change control.

Specifically the Sr. Embedded Software Engineer is responsible for:

• Cross-functional requirements discussions ranging from customer-facing clinical needs to safety requirement.
• Translating early requirements into prototype implementations for early evaluation and assessment for a novel and sophisticated robotic system.
• Contributing to hazard and failure mode analysis and defining appropriate mitigations.
• Methodically refining and iterating to finalize the design that meets the requirements while balancing feasibility schedule and resource needs.
• Developing documenting and implementing detailed software designs and conducting unit tests ahead of system integration and human use.
• Generating supporting documentation according to Intuitive development and documentation guidelines.
• Ensuring that medical device designs meet product quality and safety requirements in compliance with design control processes defined in the Quality Management System.

Qualifications :

Required Education Skills & Experience

• Minimum Bachelors degree or above in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or similar technical field
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in developing and supporting embedded systems; or 6 years with a Masters degree; or 3 years with a PhD
• Fluent in designing and developing mission-critical cross-platform code in C or C with focus on embedded and real time systems (e.g. QNX) including application board bring-up device drivers for multi-core and multi-processor architectures
• Working knowledge of Python or Matlab for automation diagnostics and testing
• Familiarity with communication protocols such as TCP/IP CAN and serialization protocols such as protobuf
• Strong problem-solving skills and debugging of complex embedded software and electromechanical systems
• In-depth knowledge of failure mode and risk analysis with experience working on safety-critical product-focused designs

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Fluent working with version control systems such as Git or SVN and build systems such as GNU Make and CMake
• Familiarity with CUDA programming and memory management concepts
• Integration of third-party libraries including cross-compilation
• Cyber-security concepts such as secure boot authentication and encryption
• Hands-on engineering experience with proven ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Ability to build and maintain relationships across supported organizations
• 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

Additional Information :

Due to the nature of our business and the role please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives benefits and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role as actual pay will be determined based on several factors including experience skills and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.

Due to the nature of our business and the role please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.

Mandatory Notices

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside or plan to reside in Alabama Arkansas Delaware Florida Indiana Iowa Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina or Tennessee.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives benefits and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role as actual pay will be determined based on several factors including experience skills and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time