Sr Software Engineer, PlanPoint

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 Ion endoluminal system is Intuitive's robotic platform for minimally invasive biopsy in the peripheral lung. Our initial goal is improving the early diagnosis of lung cancer. The Ion R&D team is looking for a gifted engineer to contribute to our planning software, PlanPoint, which helps our physician users create a 3D model of a patient’s lung based on pre-operative medical images.

As a Sr Software Engineer, you will design and implement a variety of new user-facing features for PlanPoint. The ideal candidate is an independent developer with excellent problem-solving skills, capable of producing robust, high-quality code in the face of rapidly changing requirements.

Essential

Job Duties Work as part of a cross-functional team in a fast-paced, start-up-like business unit Prototype new GUI elements, and rapidly iterate to prove concepts or fail quickly

Design and implement high-quality software in C++Contribute to system and software architecture for the Ion platform

Contribute to formal software documentation

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience Four years of experience designing user-facing software applications

Strong working knowledge of C++ and object-oriented programming

Great communication skills

High levels of independence and technical ownership

Full-stack mentality, with flexibility to contribute to different areas of the codebase

Required Education and Training BS in computer science or equivalent

Working Conditions None Preferred Skills and ExperienceMS or PhD in a related field

Experience designing medical device software

Experience working hands-on with X-ray, ultrasound, CT, or other relevant imaging modalities

Experience working with machine learning or deep learning systems and analysis pipelines

Experience with GUI frameworks such as Qt or QMLExperience with graphics libraries such as OpenGL or Open Scene Graph Experience  with parallel programming and Cuda is a plus

Experience with game engines such as Unity or Unreal Engine is a plus 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 COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

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