Intuitive Autonomy
Staff Machine Control Engineer
San Carlos, CA, United States · Staff+ · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 1 day ago
PythonC++C#LinuxData AnalysisComputer VisionA/B TestingAccessibilityEmbedded SystemsSystems EngineeringMechanical DesignTest AutomationPatient CareFDA RegulatoryMedical DevicesExperimental DesignLeadership
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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
- Architect, design, and implement control and sensing software for advanced mechatronic instrumentation
- Lead system optimization and debugging activity with thoughtful experimental design, execution, and data analysis/visualization
- Interface with embedded systems engineers and electrical engineers to develop appropriate software interfaces to lower-level controllers and firmware
- Work closely with systems engineering and mechanical engineering to architect, select, and optimize electrical control boards, motors, sensors, and other hardware components
- Write clean, structured and maintainable code, document software designs for various instrument configurations, inclusive of error recovery
- Generate detailed software requirements, design specifications, and software test protocols for the company's Quality System
- Work closely with a multidisciplinary engineering team and company leadership to deliver key technical milestones
- Strong experimental design, empirical data collection, and analysis/visualization skills to support design iteration and optimization using scripting languages such as Python
- Experience developing / interfacing with backend software for instrument data storage and network transmission
- Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.
Requirements
- Required Skills and Experience
- BS/MS in Computer Science or related field with 8+ years industry experience, or PhD degree with 5+ years industry experience in systems control and sensing
- Experience with instrumentation involving biological sample processing
Nice to have
- Preferred Skills and Experience
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.
- The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of architecting and developing control and sensing software for medical robots or diagnostic instrumentation from prototype to commercialization.
- Write and execute unit tests ensuring excellent test coverage for software code
- Demonstrated experience in architecting and writing motion control, sensing, and state machine code for one or more diagnostic instruments or medical robots that have reached production
- Required Education and Training
- Experience using OpenCV for camera sensing / computer vision applications
Company info
- If you require assistance or an accommodation during any part of the application or interview process, please contact People Services at HRHelpNow@intusurg.com.
Equal opportunity
- Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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