Primary Function of Position
We seek a Software Engineer to join the Future Forward Research group at Intuitive Surgical. Our groups role is to explore new promising technologies for future products and services in the emerging computer and robotassisted medical interventions field. As a Senior Software Engineer you will work on the design and development of system software and digital applications for the latest hardware targeting endusers involved in surgical robotic procedures. The successful candidate must excel in an agile focused smallteam environment and commit to highquality research prototypes and supporting infrastructure. A strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required.
Essential Job Duties
This position is responsible for all aspects of system software development associated tooling and infrastructure to explore and build a novel telesurgery system.
- Design build debug and deploy realtime applications using C C C# Matlab and Python on platforms like Linux Windows and realtime operating systems.
- Characterize and integrate a highbandwidth ultralowlatency communication interface to develop a realtime telecollaboration systems.
- Build compelling prototypes to demonstrate the technical feasibility and to define the product roadmap.
- Develop a modular robust failsafe ultralow latency edge applications that interface with cloud backend and embedded surgical system.
- Construct a software pipeline to synchronize encrypt and transmit over a network efficiently.
- Participate in software architecture discussions code reviews and user studies design.
- Responsible for unity testing and integrating the code for function testing robustness and reliability.
- Crossfunctional requirements discussions ranging from customerfacing clinical needs to safety requirements.
- Translating early requirements into prototype implementations to evaluate and assess a novel and sophisticated robotic system.
- Apply good software engineering practices to write elegant maintainable reusable code.
- Create documentation for the developed features and techniques that were tried rejected or implemented.
Qualifications :
Required Skills and Experience
- Proven track record in building realtime realtime applications and/or embedded software.
- Experience with industrial embedded OS (e.g. Yocto QNX) and crosscompilation is a plus
- Demonstrated proficiency in full stack development
- Experience with multithreaded and multiprocessor/multicore systems.
- Demonstrated proficiency in C C C# Python and MATLAB.
- Handson experience with network interface and streaming protocols such as UDP RTP SRTP SSL/TLS and GStreamer.
- Experience with publish/subscribe architectures REST interfaces and interprocess communications.
- Handson experience building tools and software to evaluate network performance characterize throughput and efficiently interface with highbandwidth networks.
- Proficiency in profiling and debugging system software to optimize performance.
- Strong communication skills and a commitment to collaborative team success.
- Exceptional programming skills with a deep understanding of software engineering principles and methodologies.
- Disciplined approach to debugging with a persistent attitude towards solving problems.
Required Education and Training
- Minimum Masters degree or above in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a similar technical field. Advanced degrees preferred.
- A minimum of 8 years of experience developing and supporting embedded systems (or 5 years with a PhD).
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Handson 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 debugging verification validation and transfer to manufacturing.
- Knowledge of serialarm robot kinematics.
- Knowledge of classical and modern servo control systems.
- Experience building digital applications interfacing with the latest AI/ML models.
- Experience with medical device software development life cycle is a plus
- Experience designing software products in a regulated industry or for missioncritical applications
- Experience 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 COVID19. Details can vary by role.
Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action 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.
EEO and AA Policy
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 marketcompetitive 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 :
Fulltime