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# Senior Machine Learning Engineer

- **Company:** Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $240,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Algorithm Design, Computer Vision, C++ (Programming Language), Nvidia CUDA, Computer Programming, High-Level Architecture, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Object-Oriented Software Development, OpenCV, Software Architecture, Tensorflow, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Pytorch, Delivery Pipeline, Gpu Programming, Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit, Production Code
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Intuitive/744000159171070-senior-machine-learning-engineer

## About the Role

* Minimum of 8 years of related experience and a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years of experience and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years of experience; or equivalent experience
 * Deep understanding and hands-on experience in computer vision, and machine learning
 * Knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas: image segmentation, registration, reconstruction, camera pose estimation, SLAM
 * Proficiency in programming using C++ or Python, and experience with OOP design
 * Proficiency in GPU programming such as CUDA, optimizing training and inference pipelines, multi-GPU and GPU scheduling, and SOTA model architectures
 * Familiar with one or more of the following tools and libraries: OpenCV, PyTorch, TensorFlow, ITK, VTK

Desired Skills & Experience

 * Experience with Computer Vision and Machine Learning applications for surgical use cases
 * Strong clinical knowledge of robotic surgery
 * Up-to-date on the latest model architectures and development trends and technologies, and ability to propose innovative solutions to enhance our software algorithms

## Description

The person in this position will be expected to work with a cross-functional team to develop real-time intraop intelligence software for minimally invasive robotics system, to improve the surgical efficiency and clinical outcome for patients. Successful candidates will have experience in algorithm development, software design and development. The ideal candidate is an independent and fast-paced developer with excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for good software architectures and processes, capable of producing robust, high-quality code in the face of rapidly changing requirements.

Essential Job Duties

 * Participating in the full cycle of the development of intraoperative surgical software.
 * Understanding clinical requirements and develop technical specifications.
 * Designing, prototyping, and implementing user-facing software and computer vision / machine learning algorithms.
 * Iterating with user feedback and delivering production-ready code.
 * Supporting system integration and testing.
 * Generating formal design documentation.
 * Preparing and reviewing patent applications.
 * Contributing to system and software architecture.