2 days ago
Base Salary
$190k - $322k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own architecture and technical direction for embedded networking across OSI Layers 1–5.
- Design and develop Ethernet MAC, PHY, switch, Linux, and RTOS drivers, including new silicon and board bring-up.
- Configure automotive Ethernet switches with VLANs, QoS, ACLs, port mirroring, forwarding tables, and TSN features.
- Develop reliability, redundancy, fault-tolerance, performance, low-latency switching, traffic-shaping, and queue-management strategies.
- Lead design and code reviews, mentor engineers, and remain hands-on in high-risk code.
- Lead hardware-software networking escalations using JTAG, GDB, and protocol analyzers.
- Coordinate with FPGA, Electrical, Application Development, Algorithms, Clinical, and Manufacturing teams.
- Influence Ethernet switch and PHY silicon selection, build-versus-buy decisions, and platform investments.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years or master’s degree with 8+ years of industry experience in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated technical leadership in complex systems architecture, mentoring, and cross-organizational influence.
- Expert networking fundamentals across the OSI stack, deep L2/L3 Ethernet and IP expertise, L1 PHY knowledge, TCP/IP internals, and Ethernet switching fabric design.
- Expert C/C++ skills for embedded development.
- Deep experience architecting high-speed networking software and developing low-level Ethernet MAC/PHY drivers in automotive, robotics, or industrial environments.
- Experience with Linux and embedded RTOS environments, memory management, concurrency, and interrupt handling.
- Preferred: multi-generation platform strategy, hardware-software fluency, managed Ethernet switch silicon and register-level SPI/MDIO/SMI programming.
- Preferred: IEEE 802.1 TSN/AVB, high-availability redundancy, Automotive Ethernet, zonal or domain controller architectures, and L2 switching.
- Preferred: DDS, SOME/IP, ROS 2, EtherCAT, PROFINET IRT, EtherNet/IP, functional safety standards, MACsec, and IPsec.
- Experience using tools such as AI coding assistants and driving team adoption is required.
Benefits
- Market-competitive compensation including base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity.
- Onsite weekly with the percentage of onsite work defined by the leader; day shift.
- Employment is contingent on any required export license or Technology Control Plan for roles subject to U.S. export controls.
- The company may require current proof of vaccination against certain diseases, including COVID-19, depending on the role.
- Reasonable workplace accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities.
About Intuitive
Intuitive designs and manufactures robotic-assisted systems for minimally invasive procedures used by hospitals and surgeons, including the da Vinci surgical system and the Ion endoluminal platform for lung biopsy. Its business model combines capital equipment sales with recurring revenue from instruments, accessories, software, and service/training contracts. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Intuitive is publicly traded on NASDAQ (ISRG) and serves healthcare providers worldwide.