Embedded Software Engineer - Forward

Staff Embedded Software Engineer - Future Forward

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At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints. As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.

Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves. Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture.

Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long‑term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential. Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients.

Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

As a Staff Embedded Software Engineer in the Future Forward organization, you will work at the forefront of innovation, rapid prototyping, and new product development. You’ll collaborate with talented cross‑functional teams—including engineers, clinicians, and product managers—to advance Intuitive’s robotic surgical platform, driving the entire product lifecycle from concept to launch.

In this role, you will architect and develop embedded and platform software that connects and supports key system components—such as hardware, firmware, control algorithms, vision pipeline, user interfaces, and test infrastructure—with fault injection mechanisms and diagnostic tools. Your work will be pivotal—not only to timely product delivery, but also ensuring safe and reliable operation for patients worldwide.

Success in this role requires excelling in an agile, small‑team environment—transforming initial concepts into robust prototypes, methodically iterating designs, and consistently maintaining exceptional product quality with a patient‑first mindset.

• Design and develop robust embedded software to enable system infrastructure, including OS drivers, hardware interfaces, real‑time data pipelines, inter‑processor communication, error handling, and user/test applications.
• Collaborate cross-functionally throughout the product lifecycle with key stakeholders to address clinical needs and safety requirements.
• Translate early requirements into prototype implementations to evaluate, iterate, and advance novel robotic systems.
• Lead unit testing and code integration efforts to ensure exceptional system reliability and robustness.
• Act as a software subject matter expert, conducting hazard and failure mode analysis, identifying risks, and defining effective mitigation strategies.
• Refine and iterate designs, balancing technical requirements, feasibility, schedules, and resource constraints.
• Produce clear and compliant supporting documentation in alignment with Intuitive's development and quality guidelines.
• Ensure all designs meet rigorous quality and safety standards per the Intuitive Quality Management System.

• Minimum 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree; or 8 years with a Master’s degree; or 5 years with a PhD.
• Highly proficient in developing C/C++ embedded and real‑time software for multi‑core, multi‑processor systems, especially on embedded Linux and QNX.
• Demonstrated experience with board…