Embedded Software Engineer - Platform

• Ways of Working:
  Set Schedule - This job will be onsite weekly, the percentage of onsite work will be defined by the leader.
• Employee Type:
  Employee
• Global Job Level (HCM):
  Professional 3 (9)
• Min. Salary Region 1: 158300 USD
• Min. Salary Region 2: 134600 USD

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.

Our team designs and builds the embedded platform software infrastructure that supports critical performance, safety and user-facing features of the da Vinci™ Surgical System, Intuitive’s flagship product. We’re looking for a high energy, talented, engineer to contribute broadly to the embedded software stack. In this role, you will focus on board bring-up and software development for our next-generation based platforms supporting video networking, UI display, and machine learning applications capabilities of Da Vinci 5 while improving robustness, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability.

• Assist in board bring-up activities for NVIDIA-based platforms including boot loader configuration, BSP customization and peripheral driver integration
• Support development and testing of embedded software for video networking, UI display, and machine learning applications on Linux-based systems
• Develop and execute test plans to validate board functionality, peripheral interfaces, and system performance metrics
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to identify and resolve board-level issues during early development phases
• Contribute to the development of automated test frameworks for board validation and regression testing

Required Education, Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field and 5 year’s of experience; or Master's degree and 3 year’s of experience; or a PhD without experience; or equivalent experience
• Strong programming skills in C/C++ for embedded systems development
• Understanding of embedded Linux fundamentals, including kernel, device drivers, and user space applications
• Familiarity with embedded development tools such as GDB, JTAG, and cross-compilation tool chains
• Knowledge of hardware interfaces and protocols (i2c, SPI, UART, USB, Ethernet, CAN)
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills with a systematic approach to troubleshooting
• Effective written and verbal communication skills for technical documentation and team collaboration

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience with NVIDIA Jetson platforms or similar ARM-based SOCs
• Knowledge of GPU acceleration (CUDA) and machine learning frameworks (TensorRT)
• Experienced with Python and bash scripting for test automation and bootup design
• Demonstrated experience in and comfort with all phases of the product development lifecycle including design, implementation, debug, verification, validation, and transfer to manufacturing
• Experience designing software products in an FDA or other regulated industry or for mission critical applications; comfortable with concepts of design input, design output, traceability, risk analysis, and mitigations

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…