4 hours ago
Base Salary
$224k - $322k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deliver features across the embedded network stack, including reliability, redundancy, performance, traffic shaping, queue management, messaging, and session APIs.
- Own network software architectures and help define the technical roadmap for current and future surgical robotic systems.
- Set technical direction and standards for Layer 2/Layer 3 software, Ethernet MAC and PHY drivers, and deterministic real-time paths for safety-critical data.
- Lead design and code reviews, mentor senior and mid-level engineers, and remain hands-on in high-risk code.
- Serve as the technical authority for hardware integration and lead escalations involving complex hardware-software networking failures.
- Coordinate with application, algorithms, FPGA, electrical, clinical, and manufacturing teams to resolve architectural tradeoffs.
- Influence build-versus-buy decisions, vendor silicon selection, middleware selection, and technical-debt 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 owning complex-system architecture, mentoring engineers, and influencing cross-organizational direction.
- Expert knowledge of all seven OSI networking layers, TCP/IP internals, Ethernet switching fabric design, and C/C++ embedded development.
- Deep experience architecting and delivering high-speed networking software, including low-level Ethernet MAC/PHY driver development.
- Experience with Linux and embedded RTOS environments, memory management, concurrency, and interrupt handling.
- Experience using and driving adoption of new engineering tools and technologies, including AI coding assistants.
- Preferred experience with platform roadmaps for shipping hardware products, schematics and datasheets, IEEE 802.1 TSN/AVB, high-availability redundancy, Automotive Ethernet, L2 switching, RTOS and Linux driver development, functional safety standards, and embedded network security.
Benefits
- Employee position with a day shift and a set schedule; the role is onsite weekly, with the exact onsite percentage defined by the leader.
- Market-competitive compensation package including base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity.
- The role may require current proof of vaccination against certain diseases, including COVID-19.
- Employment may be subject to U.S. export-control licensing or a Technology Control Plan, which can affect the hiring timeline.
About Intuitive
Intuitive (Nasdaq: ISRG), headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., is a global technology leader in minimally invasive care and the pioneer of robotic-assisted surgery. At Intuitive, we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.