Manager, Manufacturing Software Engineering

Manager, Manufacturing Software Engineering (Finance) Company Description

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive
. As a global leader in robotic‑assisted surgery and minimally invasive care
, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion
—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare
, you’ll find your purpose here.

You will be responsible for leading a team of SW engineers responsible for the development, deployment and sustaining of SW tools and methodologies at our da Vinci surgical robotic systems manufacturing facilities. As a technical leader of the team, you will manage the team’s project portfolio, drive strategy of SW development and deployment across multiple manufacturing facilities, mentor, coach and develop your team of software engineers, and engage cross‑functionally across multiple engineering disciplines to resolve issues, drive continuous improvements, and innovate across Intuitive’s platforms.

The manufacturing software engineering team is responsible for developing and maintaining software used for calibrating and testing of the da Vinci surgical robot and its subassemblies in manufacturing. In addition to people management, you will lead software development projects, participate in resolving escalations, and be a core team member across our strategic initiatives. You will work collaboratively with manufacturing, quality and product development engineering, as well as our operations and IT partners.

Successful execution of these responsibilities will facilitate the achievement of quality, capacity, and cost goals for Intuitive’s manufacturing operations.

• Manage, mentor and coach the software developers on the team.
• Develop, manage and track software projects through their life cycles.
• Manage software requirements, validation protocols and report documentation.
• Contribute to software development, troubleshooting, and manufacturing support.
• Establish standards, metrics and measurement techniques to assess the quality of software delivered by the team.
• Establish and manage the software development and deployment process.
• Acquire and maintain a detailed understanding of each product’s system level operation, control algorithms, safety systems, and user interfaces. Leverage this knowledge to ensure product integrity in a production environment.
• Drive strategies that address the requirements of our IT and OT teams for the deployment of manufacturing SW across our manufacturing facilities.
• Provide technical leadership for the integration of production test software with equipment, test fixtures and processes.
• Manage team’s budget and the software lab space and equipment.
• Manage and allocate team resources over multiple projects. Negotiate for needed resources from other teams to enable project success as needed.

• Demonstrated management experience
• Experience in management of complex and cross‑functional projects
• Strong Python programming experience and skills
• JavaScript programming experience.
• Experience with software design and development on Windows PC and Linux
• Experience with web user interface design and development.
• Experience with developing and incorporating custom APIs.
• Excellent verbal, presentation and written communication skills with an ability to relate to different people in cross‑functional teams.
• Self‑starter, capable of defining requirements and implementing them…