Electrical Engineer - Future Forward
About The Position
As an Electrical Engineer in Intuitive’s Future Forward group, you will help improve and extend robotic product lines by developing innovative electronics for robotic-assisted surgical systems. You will work cross-functionally to design, implement, and test complex mixed-signal printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs), integrate them into complete surgical robot solutions, and support them through human use and product release. The role requires familiarity with mixed-signal PCBA design and integration, board- and system-level troubleshooting, and medical-device development processes. A quick-learning approach, an ability to understand user and engineering requirements, and a strong sense of shared responsibility are important.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or an adjacent technical field with at least 4 years of experience; alternatively, a master’s degree with at least 3 years of experience, or a PhD with at least 2 years of experience.
- At least 4 years of focused, hands-on mixed-signal board-level design experience, from architecture through production.
- Experience with mixed-signal PCB design, embedded system design, and PCBA design for harsh environments.
- Strong foundations in analog, digital, high-speed and signal-integrity concepts, MPSoCs, FPGAs, MCUs, and DC/DC power converters.
- Hardware development experience in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment.
- Familiarity with product development lifecycle phases, including design, implementation, debugging, verification, qualification, and transfer to manufacturing.
- Hands-on engineering skills and ability to work effectively in a team.
- Understanding of component selection criteria and design for reliability and manufacturability.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills across organizational levels.
- Ability to collaborate closely with software and FPGA teams on architecture definition, processor/FPGA selection, and interface definition.
Nice To Haves
- Hardware development experience with medical surgical or therapeutic products.
- Experience with OrCAD for schematic design.
Responsibilities
- Design or modify PCBAs, including contributing to electrical architecture, selecting components, designing schematics, performing component placement, defining stack-ups, and overseeing PCB layout.
- Coordinate with contract manufacturers to ensure timely delivery of prototype and production PCBAs.
- Bring up and debug prototypes, collaborating with embedded software teams to test board functions.
- Represent Electrical Engineering on cross-functional teams developing next-generation robotic surgery products.
- Select appropriate methods to meet product requirements and incorporate them into effective designs.
- Develop, implement, test, and document solutions that meet clinical, statutory, and environmental requirements.
- Provide technical expertise to resolve design, field, and manufacturing issues.
- Develop prototypes to support future product development.
- Provide electrical engineering technical support to other stakeholders.
- Support quality and regulatory processes.
- Ensure medical-device designs meet product quality and safety requirements and comply with design control processes in the Quality Management System.
Benefits
- Market-competitive compensation package including base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
