Senior Electrical Engineer Endoscopes

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? 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. We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world. The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life. If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare , you’ll find your purpose here. Primary Function of Position This is a unique role that requires multiple areas of engineering prototype development and release to production. The Senior Electrical Engineer will design and sustain new and existing endoscopes for the Intuitive Single Port robotic surgery system. The successful candidate will have the capability to adapt, learn fast and work collaboratively with other engineers to resolve complex design and manufacturing issues, as well as the ability to work in an interdisciplinary organization to deliver integrated products. The person in this position will work closely with Electrical, Vision, Firmware, Software, and Mechanical Engineers and develop designs for upcoming production versions of Intuitive endoscopes. An unusual aspect of endoscopes is exposure to high temperatures and humidity in an autoclave and exposure to ultrasonic cleaning.

Requirements

At least 8 years of board design experience (or 6 years with Master’s or 3 years with PhD), taking designs from concept all the way to production
Design for electromagnetic compliance (EMC/EMI)
High-speed transmission line theory and signal integrity theory
Fluent in OrCAD Schematic capture (or equivalent) and layout design
Experience with executing electrical engineering projects while making sound decisions on engineering – business tradeoffs
Familiarity with a broad range of electronic components and hardware, including analog, power, microcontrollers, logic, and communication interfaces;
Familiarity and experience with PCB/PCBA fabrication, assembly and failure analysis tools and techniques
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong organizational skills
Strong sense of ownership and a drive to achieve outcomes aligned with organization’s goals
Ability to lead departmental and cross-functional projects and teams
B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering discipline

Nice To Haves

Experience with Allegro PCB Designer (or equivalent)
Experience with ANSYS (or equivalent)
Prior experience in medical device design, manufacturing and sterilization
Ability to effectively collaborate with a team that is split among geographic regions, organize effective collaboration in time zones with limited work-day overlap, and balance cultural differences among contributors (Bonus) experience using Agile, SAP, JIRA/Confluence

Responsibilities

The role requires the ability to collaborate across functions to implement electronics systems that balance performance, program risk, and commercial viability.
Implement detailed designs and systems in schematic form and see through layout and production release of electrical boards
Develop and execute test protocols and verify designs meet requirements and specifications
Collaborate with other engineering staff and teams across disciplines (such as Software, Firmware, Mechanical, Optical, Production test, Supply Chain, Clinical Development, Quality, Regulatory) to ensure design outputs work in concert with the rest of the system and meets requirements
Represent Electrical Engineering on cross-functional project teams; keep track and report / present project status
Collaborate in a cross-functional team to develop requirements and specifications for new designs, bring up designs, and test functionality
Solicit feedback and implement iterative improvements on designs based on DFM/DFA/DFT, serviceability, reliability, longevity, and performance
Collaborate with manufacturing and other engineering functions to transition designs into production
Contribute towards system level design decisions
Act as a technical lead within the group and mentor more junior members
Hands on & Lab Skills: High proficiency with oscilloscopes, DMMs, power supplies, and soldering stations