Company Description
At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: 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.
As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.
Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.
Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.
Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.
Job Description
Primary Function of Position
The Interaction Software Engineering team is responsible for implementing the 2D/3D user interfaces and supporting infrastructure for various displays across the da Vinci Surgical System, including an immersive stereoscopic viewer, 2D/3D flat panel displays, and touch panels. The team prides itself in creating quality products that make the customers’ experience of using technically complex surgical devices safe, easy to learn, and confidence inspiring.
The Senior Software Engineer within this organization will work collaboratively across both software and hardware teams to design and develop infrastructure and user-facing features. The successful candidate must excel in a focused, high-energy, small team environment, be able to drive to solutions from high-level requirements, and have a commitment to high product quality. The ideal candidate is an independent and fast-paced developer with excellent hands-on problem-solving skills, and is open to incorporating new learnings and ideas in an iterative and collaborative design process.
Responsibilities:
- Work with a cross-functional team in a user-centered design process to arrive at a balanced understanding of unmet user needs and feasibility of technical solutions
- Translate high-level requirements into software architecture and algorithm designs
- Produce and maintain robust, high-quality software implementations
- Participate in software/hardware failure mode analysis
- Identify and implement robust hazard mitigation strategies
Qualifications
Required Skills and Experience
- 8 years of related experience and a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years experience and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years experience; or equivalent experience
- Experience developing real-time video streaming and display pipelines
- Mastery of C/C++ programming
- Comfortable working at multiple levels of an integrated hardware/software stack (e.g. using and/or developing device drivers, register-level interfaces)
- Experience with Linux software development
- Experience designing, developing and maintaining core software infrastructure
- Experience working in large software codebases
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience with Gstreamer plugins and pipelines
- Experience with Nvidia Jetson platform and Jetpack SDK
- Experience with GUI programming in Qt
- Experience with real-time 3D graphics rendering in OpenGL using GLSL shaders
- Experience with CUDA and GPGPU techniques
Additional Information
Due 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.
Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action 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.
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.
Preference 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.
We 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 salary ranges are listed.
Base Salary Range Region 1: $173.000 USD - $249.000 USD
Base Salary Range Region 2: $147.100 USD - $211.700 USD
Shift: Day
Workplace Type: Onsite - This job is fully onsite.
