2 months 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 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.