{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"9f5477de5125fce2e6b8287c","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9f5477de5125fce2e6b8287c","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/9f5477de5125fce2e6b8287c","title":"Senior Embedded Software Engineer","description":"Company Description\nIt started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.\nWe’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.\nThe problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.\nIf you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.\nJob Description\nPrimary Function of the Position\nThe Senior Embedded Software Engineer will work with a group of talented and dedicated people to improve and extend Intuitive’s surgical robotic product lines. The successful candidate will contribute to the Product Engineering Software Engineering Group, with focused contribution on embedded software for da Vinci™ Surgical System products. As a member of the team, you will be involved in delivering features to the surgical customer by integrating complex functionality into complete surgical robot solutions and seeing these through to product release as well as resolving issues after release if necessary. The successful candidate must excel in a high-energy small, focused team environment, be able to drive to solutions from rough requirements, and have a commitment to high product quality. Quick learning and a desire to understand requirements and create solutions are essential to become a valuable integrator and system developer. A strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required, as is the ability to make work fun and interesting. Supporting you will be a development and management team that knows and cares about what you are doing and wants you to succeed.\nEssential Job Duties\nContribute to the development of software risks, hazards, mitigations, requirements, specifications, designs, reliability, modularity, extensibility, and verification & validation.\nAbility and desire to read and understand a legacy codebase that includes low-level and multi-processing heterogeneous networked processors.\nDevelop new features and investigate and resolve design issues.\nCollaborate with other engineering disciplines and groups.\nSupport field service and manufacturing organizations.\nContribute to multiple areas of software development for our distributed multi-processor systems, including but not limited to the following areas:\nVideo and/or servo hardware control and monitoring.\nInter-processor communication subsystem development.\nExtension of current processing frameworks to new processors and hardware designs.\nSystem diagnostic and service application development\nUser interface development.\nControl and integration of external OEM devices.\nDevelopment of research prototypes used to evaluate new product concepts.\nContribute to the definition and specification of future designs.\nSupport root cause analysis and issue resolution for released products and products in production.\nQualifications\nRequired Skills and Experience\nExperience developing embedded software in C/C++.\nExperience with Matlab, Python, or other scripting languages.\nExperience developing cross-platform software.\nExperience with bare metal, real-time operating systems, and multithreaded programming.\nExperience in low level driver development in embedded platforms.\nExperience working with circuit board schematics and component data sheets.\nExcellent debugging skill and strong ability to root cause and isolate system issues.\nExperience in all phases of software development including evaluation, planning and definition, design & implementation, Verification & Validation, Market Launch, and Post Market.\nExperience in working and supporting manufacturing organizations.\nAbility to build and maintain relationships across supported organizations.\nExcellent communication and documentation skills.\nExperience with build systems such as Bazel, GNU Make and CMake, EMake.\nExperience with revision control systems such as Git and SVN.\nRequired Education and Training\nBachelor/Master/PhD degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Science or equivalent work experience.\n8+ years industry experience in developing and supporting embedded systems.\nWorking Conditions\nNone\nPreferred Skills and Experience\nExperience designing software products in an FDA or other regulated industry.\nExperience with hardware design.\nExperience with UI design.\nExperience with QNX, QML, and Qt.\nExperience with Verilog/VHDL to read and understand designs.\nAdditional Information\nDue to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.\nIntuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.\nMandatory Notices\nU.S. Export Controls Disclaimer: In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR §743.13(b)), some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employees who are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.\nCertain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the government’s licensing process can take 3 to 6+ months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (“TCP”) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).\nFor any Intuitive role subject to export controls, final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employee’s start date, which may or may not be flexible, and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable, candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes.\nWe will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.\nPreference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.\nWe provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target compensation ranges are listed.\nBase Salary Range Region 1:$168,100 - $241,900\nBase Salary Range Region 2: $142,900 - $205,700\nShift: Day\nWorkplace Type: Set Schedule - This job will be onsite weekly, the percentage of onsite work will be defined by the leader.","company":"Intuitive Intuitive Surgical","rawCompany":"intuitive intuitive surgical","city":"Durham","state":"NC","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-15T13:01:09.762Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"17-2199.08","title":"Robotics Engineers","slug":"robotics-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"622110","title":"General Medical and Surgical Hospitals","slug":"general-medical-and-surgical-hospitals"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Embedded Software Engineer","description":"Company Description\nIt started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.\nWe’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.\nThe problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.\nIf you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.\nJob Description\nPrimary Function of the Position\nThe Senior Embedded Software Engineer will work with a group of talented and dedicated people to improve and extend Intuitive’s surgical robotic product lines. The successful candidate will contribute to the Product Engineering Software Engineering Group, with focused contribution on embedded software for da Vinci™ Surgical System products. As a member of the team, you will be involved in delivering features to the surgical customer by integrating complex functionality into complete surgical robot solutions and seeing these through to product release as well as resolving issues after release if necessary. The successful candidate must excel in a high-energy small, focused team environment, be able to drive to solutions from rough requirements, and have a commitment to high product quality. Quick learning and a desire to understand requirements and create solutions are essential to become a valuable integrator and system developer. A strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required, as is the ability to make work fun and interesting. Supporting you will be a development and management team that knows and cares about what you are doing and wants you to succeed.\nEssential Job Duties\nContribute to the development of software risks, hazards, mitigations, requirements, specifications, designs, reliability, modularity, extensibility, and verification & validation.\nAbility and desire to read and understand a legacy codebase that includes low-level and multi-processing heterogeneous networked processors.\nDevelop new features and investigate and resolve design issues.\nCollaborate with other engineering disciplines and groups.\nSupport field service and manufacturing organizations.\nContribute to multiple areas of software development for our distributed multi-processor systems, including but not limited to the following areas:\nVideo and/or servo hardware control and monitoring.\nInter-processor communication subsystem development.\nExtension of current processing frameworks to new processors and hardware designs.\nSystem diagnostic and service application development\nUser interface development.\nControl and integration of external OEM devices.\nDevelopment of research prototypes used to evaluate new product concepts.\nContribute to the definition and specification of future designs.\nSupport root cause analysis and issue resolution for released products and products in production.\nQualifications\nRequired Skills and Experience\nExperience developing embedded software in C/C++.\nExperience with Matlab, Python, or other scripting languages.\nExperience developing cross-platform software.\nExperience with bare metal, real-time operating systems, and multithreaded programming.\nExperience in low level driver development in embedded platforms.\nExperience working with circuit board schematics and component data sheets.\nExcellent debugging skill and strong ability to root cause and isolate system issues.\nExperience in all phases of software development including evaluation, planning and definition, design & implementation, Verification & Validation, Market Launch, and Post Market.\nExperience in working and supporting manufacturing organizations.\nAbility to build and maintain relationships across supported organizations.\nExcellent communication and documentation skills.\nExperience with build systems such as Bazel, GNU Make and CMake, EMake.\nExperience with revision control systems such as Git and SVN.\nRequired Education and Training\nBachelor/Master/PhD degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Science or equivalent work experience.\n8+ years industry experience in developing and supporting embedded systems.\nWorking Conditions\nNone\nPreferred Skills and Experience\nExperience designing software products in an FDA or other regulated industry.\nExperience with hardware design.\nExperience with UI design.\nExperience with QNX, QML, and Qt.\nExperience with Verilog/VHDL to read and understand designs.\nAdditional Information\nDue to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.\nIntuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.\nMandatory Notices\nU.S. Export Controls Disclaimer: In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR §743.13(b)), some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employees who are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.\nCertain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the government’s licensing process can take 3 to 6+ months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (“TCP”) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).\nFor any Intuitive role subject to export controls, final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employee’s start date, which may or may not be flexible, and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable, candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes.\nWe will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.\nPreference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.\nWe provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. 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