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# Staff Embedded Software Engineer

- **Company:** Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, User Authentication, C++ (Programming Language), Communications Protocols, Cyber Security, Nvidia CUDA, Computer Engineering, Serialization, Memory Management, Embedded Software, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Design of User Interfaces, Python (Programming Language), Robotic Automation Software, Software Engineering, TCP/IP, Strategies of Testing, Vivado, Scripting, Real Time Systems, Fpga Hardware, Concurrency, Safety Critical Systems, State Machines, Information Technology, U-Boot, Hardware Debugging
- **Published:** October 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_e949e34f1

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or
Computer Engineering, or similar technical field.

 * A minimum of 12 years of experience in developing and supporting embedded
systems (or 8 years with a Master's degree, or 5 years with a PhD degree).
Required Skills and Experience

 * Fluent in designing and developing mission-critical cross-platform code in C++ or
C, with focus on embedded and real time systems (e.g. QNX).

 * Fluent with embedded compute architectures, and their development and testing
methodologies, including hardware debugging.

 * Fluent with communication protocols such as TCP/IP, CAN,
serialization protocols.

 * Fluent with memory management, concurrency, synchronous and asynchronous
event handling.

 * Working knowledge of Python or other scripting languages for automation,
diagnostics and testing. Familiarity with Vivado and other FPGA
development tools.
Preferred Skills and Experience

 * Familiarity with servo-controls and electro-mechanical systems.
 * Experience designing software products in a regulated industry or for
mission critical applications; comfort with concepts of design input, design
output, traceability, risk analysis, and mitigations.

 * Familiarity with medical technology projects from inception through
field validation to launch. Strong understanding of medical product ecosystem
services.

 * Familiarity with CUDA programming and memory management concepts.
 * Cyber-security concepts such as secure boot, authentication and encryption.
 * Hands-on engineering experience with proven ability to work effectively in a team
environment.

## Description

* Gather high-level cross-functional requirements, ranging from customer-facing
requirements to clinical and safety requirements, and cybersecurity
requirements.

 * Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders on the definition of development
plans and timelines, that combine technical needs with schedule and resource
need.

 * Identify interfaces and communication requirements between hardware and
software components, architect modular and testable software that supports the
system high-level behaviors.

 * Support prototyping and development activities of novel surgical robotic
platforms, by leveraging and adapting the existing infrastructure that is shared
across all Intuitive robotic systems; learn from each iteration, refine and extend
code quickly and methodically.

 * Lead formal risk analysis; identify additional hardware requirements and develop
software mitigations.

 * Act as software lead in the high-level specification, bring-up and integration of
new custom PCAs and FPGA IP.

 * Perform detailed design, development, documentation and support verification
activities of embedded software and supervisory state machines, in compliance
with regulatory requirements and Intuitive's internal guidelines.

 * Contribute broadly to multiple areas of software development for our distributed
multi-processor systems, including but not limited to video and servo hardware
control and monitoring, inter-processor communication subsystem development,

system diagnostic and service application development, user interface
development

 * Apply high level and specialized industry expertise that results in new innovations
and problem-solving approaches that can be leveraged across multiple products.

 * Represent your project ably in interactions externally with key customer
collaborators and internally within the company.