Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Advanced Energy

Intuitive Surgical • Sunnyvale, CA

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About The Position

Primary Function of Position: The Senior Embedded Software Engineer brings a key contribution to a team responsible for the architectural design and implementation of software to support novel electrosurgical systems for surgery being developed by the Sunnyvale Engineering group.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years of experience and a Master's degree; or 3 years of experience and a PhD; or equivalent experience.
• Experience developing complete software solutions for embedded systems using C/C++ language on bare-metal and Linux based embedded systems.
• Experience developing tests at the system and module level in Python and/or Matlab.
• Proven experience using electronic bench equipment such as oscilloscopes and function generators for the bring up and troubleshooting of hardware.
• Experience debugging software and performing reviews of test automation and application code.
• Ability to contribute to design documentation for test protocols, results and reports and complete tracing for all software requirements.
• Ability to assist in analysis of test and field data, identify non-conformance trends, generate concise executive summaries, and recommend design improvements.
• Working knowledge of peripherals commonly used on embedded systems such as ADCs, DACs, PWM and waveform generation and serial communications (I2C, SPI, RS232).
• Familiarity with software configuration management tools, defect tracking tools and effective peer review techniques.
• Comfortable with concepts of design input, design output, traceability, and risk analysis.
• Ability to communicate effectively (written, oral) across all levels and organizations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing products in an FDA or other regulated industry or for mission critical applications is desired.

Responsibilities

• Develop software applications for advanced energy and robotic products for minimally invasive surgery.
• Develop software in object-oriented C++, C, Verilog and Python for embedded systems.
• Develop software to acquire, process, store, and analyze energy data in real-time.
• Develop software to support manufacturing and test teams.
• Collaborate in a multidisciplinary team.
• Independently solve assigned problems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Miscellaneous Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees