Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISRG), headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, is the global technology leader in robotic-assisted, minimally invasive surgery. Intuitive Surgical develops, manufactures and markets robotic technologies designed to improve clinical outcomes and help patients return more quickly to active and productive lives. The Company's mission is to extend the benefits of minimally invasive surgery to the broadest possible base of patients.

Contribute broadly to the Video Software Engineering Group, responsible for the embedded software controlling the real-time, high-definition, stereo video processing, graphics, and compositing engine at the heart of the da Vinci™ Surgical System. The successful candidate must excel in a high-energy, focused, small-team environment, be able to drive to solutions from rough requirements, and have a commitment to high product quality. A strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required.

* Bring-up and integration of new high-performance processors, image-sensors, and cameras, to deliver real-time, high-definition, stereo surgical video with the best possible image quality. * Evaluating, improving, and extending real-time video processing, auto-exposure, and illumination control algorithms, including characterization and calibration of new image-sensors and cameras. * Graphics performance analysis, optimization, and user interface framework development, to help build the streamlined surgeon’s cockpit “head’s up” interface-of-the-future. * Design and development of product-focused rock-solid embedded software in a heterogeneous, multi-processor SoC/FPGA/embedded-Linux environment. **Additional responsibilities include:** * Working on a cross-functional team at multiple levels, from architectural definition to driver-level implementation. * Contributing to multiple areas of software development, including but not limited to the following: * control and monitoring of multi-input/multi-output, video-stream processing, graphics, and compositing hardware * image processing and graphics performance analysis * extension of current processing frameworks to new processors and hardware designs * design and development of offline hardware simulation environments to facilitate rapid software development and test * hardware / software diagnostic-tool design and development * Detailed design, development, and verification of embedded software for da Vinci™ Surgical System products * Helping to perform formal risk analysis and develop software mitigations * Documenting according to Intuitive's development guidelines

* Bachelor's or Master's degree (Master's degree preferred), with minimum five (5) years of industry experience in developing embedded systems * Experience in developing embedded software for imaging, e.g., sensors, cameras, video/graphics hardware, image-processing, is ideal * Experience in developing for embedded Linux at multiple levels (hardware bring-up, driver, application) is ideal * Experience with user-interface frameworks, graphics APIs, GPU computing, and machine-vision (e.g., Qt, OpenGL, CUDA) is ideal * Experience in SW support for custom hardware development including diagnostic tests, utilities, and power-on self-tests; experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python, JavaScript, etc.) for diagnostic/test automation is desired * Demonstrated experience and comfort with all phases of the product development lifecycle, including design, implementation, debug, verification, validation, and transfer to manufacturing * Experience with designing software products in an FDA or other regulated industry or for mission critical applications is a plus; comfort with concepts of design input, design output, traceability, and risk analysis