Ultrasound Engineer

Position: Staff Ultrasound Engineer
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  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.

Job Description Primary Function of Position
The Endoluminal design group at Intuitive is a dynamic and multidisciplinary team developing technologies for the next generation of minimally invasive surgical robotics.  We are seeking a Staff Ultrasound Engineer with expertise in ultrasound technology to support development of the next generation of minimally invasive robotic flexible instruments.

This role sits at the intersection of acoustics, electronics, and system performance, and is critical to ensuring high image quality, product reliability, and successful product development. The engineer will be responsible for transducer design and platform integration efforts from concept through verification and scaled manufacturing, including management of external design partners. The successful candidate will have both a desire to be hands-on and the technical depth to resolve complex electro-mechanical, signal processing and manufacturing design issues.

This is a high-impact technical leadership role requiring the skills to lead an interdisciplinary team to develop ultrasound platforms from concept through commercialization, including development of a roadmap to reach the next leap in clinical imaging technology.

Essential

Job Duties Design and Development Own the ultrasound transducers and electrical interfacing design from concept to commercialization. Design and test ultrasound transducers including simulations, fabrication, and limit testing to enhance image performance

Provide hands-on imaging support during laboratory, preclinical, and clinical activities

Collaborate with hardware and software engineers on front-end electronics, data acquisition, and system integration. Work closely with product development partners to ensure cohesive system development.

Drive continual improvement of image quality and reliability through troubleshooting, design and process ideation, product implementation, verification, and clinical validation.

Partner with systems team to develop and optimize signal processing and system parameter tuning, including management of external design partners.

Conduct or advise on finite element modeling (FEM) and acoustic simulations (e.g., COMSOL, ANSYS/PZFlex, OnScale) to optimize acoustic stacks, backing, and matching layers.

Subject matter expert:

Provide transducer and acoustic technical expertise to cross functional groups including operations, regulatory, and clinical teams especially in technical explanation and root cause analysis. Build ultrasound imaging literacy across business unit.

Collaborate with Research, Marketing and Product Management organizations to define new feature requirements to meet specific clinical applications and market needs. Develop and participate in medical ultrasound feasibility and…