Intuitive Autonomy

Intuitive Autonomy

Principal Electrical Engineer

Sunnyvale, CALIFORNIA, United States · Principal · Contract

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About the role

  • 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.

Responsibilities

  • Design, bring-up, and integration of custom printed circuit assemblies (PCAs).
  • Collaborate on system design and architecture with other Advanced Development engineering team members, including FPGA logic design, mechanical, software and controls.
  • Implement PCB designs that balance performance, cost, and manufacturability.
  • Perform board level bring-up and troubleshooting.
  • Perform formal risk analysis and develop mitigations.
  • Discover and develop new vendors and their technologies - develop the design and performance understanding to transform these into robust building blocks for future platforms.
  • Write detailed design documentation, including specifications and verification plans per Intuitive's guidelines.
  • Follow rigorous design control methodology from design specification through design transfer to manufacturing.
  • Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

Requirements

  • Minimum BS degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
  • Strong understanding of digital logic design and transmission line theory
  • Strong understanding of BLDC motor control systems, GAN FETs, Current sensing mechanisms
  • Design experience with products that have real-world physical interaction (sensing and actuation)
  • Excellent ability to debug and characterize electronic systems using standard bench test equipment such as oscilloscopes, function generators, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, etc.
  • Experience with all phases of the product development lifecycle, including design, implementation, debug, verification, validation, and transfer to manufacturing
  • Hands-on engineering experience with proven ability to work well in a team environment

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with a broad range of electronic components and hardware, including FPGAs (Xilinx preferred), memories, logic, signal conditioning, and communication interfaces
  • Expertise with schematic capture tools (OrCAD preferred)
  • PCB layout experience desired (Allegro preferred)
  • Proficiency in using scripting languages for development and test (Python preferred)

Skills

  • It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful?

Benefits

  • If you're ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you'll find your purpose here.
  • Identify and implement key components in actuation of robotic systems (e.g. position and motion sensing, vision, embedded display and UI, and the driving of brushed and brushless DC motors).

Company info

  • Primary Function of Position: We are seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to join the Advanced Product Development (APD) research and development team at Intuitive Surgical.
  • If you require assistance or an accommodation during any part of the application or interview process, please contact People Services at HRHelpNow@intusurg.com.
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