Senior Embedded Software Engineer Servo Software

Job Description

Our Multiport Servo Software team is responsible for the real-time software and supervisory state machines that support critical performance safety and user-facing features of the da Vinci Surgical System Intuitives flagship product.

Our real-time software includes infrastructure for motion control algorithms audio intercom and system sounds data streaming and logging and platform support for our next-generation da Vinci Simulator product line. Our workstreams depend upon and enable the work of other teams so we occupy an exciting intersection of real-time architecture feature development and demonstration of product safety and reliability.

The successful candidate must excel in a high-energy focused small-team and cross-functional environment be able to drive to solutions from rough requirements and have a commitment to high product quality. They must demonstrate ownership of their areas of responsibility and of the overall product. A strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required. A demonstrated experience and comfort working with modern C and State machines in an embedded environment is required.

Essential Job Duties

• Leverage control-systems software building blocks to provide servo functionality for multiple Intuitive Surgical robotic systems maximizing flexibility and modularity while maintaining peak performance.
• Contribute to the design extension and testing of our supervisory state machine software that serve as the systems top-level behavioral command control center.
• Develop and maintain real-time software and state machine software responsible for validating robotic instruments and transitioning between robotic surgical procedures.
• Design and develop product-focused robust efficient and elegant C software in a heterogeneous multi-processor SoC/FPGA/real-time-embedded environment.
• Analyze and quantify overall system performance and safety including verification of adherence to specifications as well as identification of improvement opportunities such as reduced latency and increased reliability/determinism. Extend existing tools and create new tools to support such analysis efforts.
• Interface and collaborate effectively and respectfully with other teams including Platform Software Electrical Engineering System Analysis System Test User Interface Software Engineering Manufacturing and Clinical Engineering.

Additional Responsibilities

• Develop a thorough system-level knowledge from a clinical user perspective.
• Participate in product risk analysis defining requirements implementing mitigations and drafting and executing verification tests.
• Document software designs according to Intuitives development guidelines.
• Engage in cross-functional resolution of critical problems.
• Identify and prove out new architectural enhancements to the software infrastructure and development processes that elevate the broader organization beyond your own team.

Qualifications :

Required Education Skills & Experience

• Bachelors Masters or PhD degree (Masters or PhD degree preferred) with minimum 5 years (or 3 years for PhD) of industry experience in developing embedded systems.
• Experience in developing real-time embedded software for one or more of the following areas (or similar): motion-control robotics system state machines.
• Experience in C familiarity with design patterns and object-oriented software architectures.
• Experience in software support for hardware development including diagnostic tests utilities and self-tests.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience in top-level state machine development for complex products with human user interface provisions and critical safety considerations. Experience using tools like IBM Rational Rhapsody.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python) for diagnostic/test automation.
• Experience in developing applications for Embedded Linux and/or QNX is ideal
• Comfort with concepts of design input design output traceability and risk analysis.
• Demonstrated experience and comfort with all phases of the product development lifecycle (design implementation debug verification validation and transfer to manufacturing).
• Experience with designing safety critical software products in an FDA or other regulated industry or for mission critical applications.

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 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

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Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the governments licensing process can take 3 to 6 months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (TCP) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).  

For any Intuitive role subject to export controls final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employeesstart date which may or may not be flexible and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes. 

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 compensation ranges are listed.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time