Sr Software Engineer Navigation

Primary Function of Position:

As a Sr Software Engineer Navigation on the Future Forward team you will bridge digital interfaces and machine learning to extend Intuitives robotic product lines. Working at the intersection of embedded UI computer vision and robotic kinematics you will design and optimize the C runtime systems that connect live sensor and robot data to CV/ML inference. This role spans the entire development cyclefrom prototyping approximate requirements to delivering high-quality production code on resource-constrained hardware. The ideal candidate combines strong systems-level C skills with a working knowledge of geometric computer vision and robotics learns quickly and thrives in a collaborative multi-disciplinary environment.

Essential Job Duties

• Design and implement high-performance C data pipelines (shared-memory ring buffers lock-free queues time-synchronized capture) that feed live video kinematics and sensor streams into CV/ML algorithms on embedded platforms

• Develop and optimize registration and calibration algorithms including point-cloud alignment hand-eye calibration and forward kinematics-based coordinate frame transformations to enable accurate surgical navigation

• Collaborate with ML engineers to integrate inference models (depth estimation 3D reconstruction) into the real-time navigation stack ensuring accuracy and latency budgets are met

• Partner with UI/graphics engineers to create navigation overlays 3D visualizations and augmented guidance within the embedded Qt/QML interface

• Build and maintain effective working relationships across software engineering clinical engineering design human factors and regulatory teams

• Own the medical device software lifecycle end-to-end for navigation components including requirement definition risk assessment prototyping development verification and release

Qualifications :

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering Biomedical Engineering or a related field

• Minimum of 8 years of industry experience; or Masters degree and 6 years of experience; or a PhD and 3 years of experience with a proven track record of shipping production-quality C software to products

• Strong working knowledge of C (11/14/17) including system-level programming memory management multi-threading and performance optimization for real-time applications

• Experience designing or optimizing low-latency data pipelines (circular buffers shared memory IPC producer/consumer synchronization) on Linux

• Working knowledge of geometric computer vision fundamentals (camera calibration registration multi-view geometry coordinate-frame transformations)

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Familiarity with ML inference frameworks (TensorRT ONNX Runtime) and GPU-accelerated computing (CUDA)

• Experience with robotic kinematics forward/inverse kinematics solvers or SLAM

• Experience with 3D graphics frameworks (Qt3D OpenGL Vulkan etc.)

• Exposure to medical imaging modalities (endoscopic video ultrasound CT) or similar sensor data

• Experience working in a regulated software environment (medical device aerospace automotive etc.)

• Experience working with software development methodologies (Agile IEC 62304 etc.)

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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This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on
business need and/or on the selected candidates experience knowledge and skills.
Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the
candidates qualifications consistent with applicable law.

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