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Robot type
Surgical and Medical
Location
SunnyvaleCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Software
Posted
Jul 24, 2026
Full-time

Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Frameworks

Job description

Our Servo Frameworks and Simulator team is responsible for the real-time software infrastructure that supports critical performance, safety and user-facing features of the da Vinci™ Surgical System, Intuitive’s flagship product. Our real-time software includes robotics frameworks, infrastructure for motion control algorithms, audio intercom and system sounds, data streaming and logging, and platform support for our next-generation da Vinci™ product line. Our team occupies an exciting intersection of real-time architecture, feature development, and demonstration of product safety and reliability.

The successful candidate must excel in a cross-functional environment, be able to drive to…

Job responsibilities

  • Design and develop product-focused, robust, efficient, and elegant C++ software in a heterogeneous, multi-processor real-time-embedded environment.
  • Lead efforts to modularize and unify robotics software frameworks across multiple platforms and product lines.
  • Leverage systems software building blocks to provide software functionality for multiple Intuitive Surgical robotic systems, maximizing flexibility and modularity while maintaining peak performance.
  • Analyze and quantify overall system performance and safety, including verification of adherence to specifications as well as identification of improvement opportunities.
  • Extend existing tools and create new tools to support such analysis efforts.
  • Interface and collaborate effectively and respectfully with other teams, including Platform Software, Hardware, System Analysis, System Test, User Interface Software Engineering, Manufacturing and Clinical Engineering.
  • Participate in product risk analysis, defining requirements, implementing mitigations, and drafting and executing verification tests.
  • Contribute to multiple areas of software development, including but not limited to the following: design and development of robotic frameworks and middleware

Job requirements

  • Minimum of 8 years of 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.
  • Experience developing embedded software for RTOS and/or embedded Linux devices.
  • Experience in C++ and familiarity with design patterns.
  • Experience developing common frameworks and middleware for robotic applications or embedded devices.
  • Experience with Python for diagnostic/test automation.
  • Comfort with concepts of design input, design output, traceability, and risk analysis.
  • Demonstrated experience and comfort with all phases of the product development lifecycle (design, implementation, debug, verification, validation, and transfer to manufacturing).
  • Experience with safety critical software.
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