Future Opportunity - Software Development Engineer 3 - Equipment Control

Intuitive•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

Joining Intuitive Surgical means joining a team dedicated to using technology to benefit patients by improving surgical efficacy and decreasing surgical invasiveness, with patient safety as our highest priority. The Automation, Equipment and Test (AET) Team is responsible for making the robots that make the robots. We develop and maintain equipment, fixtures, and tooling that optimize and streamline the manufacturing process of instruments and accessories. The engineer in this position will play a key role on the Software Engineering team to enable the manufacturing of new surgical robotic instruments and accessories. This engineer will develop the software and algorithms that assure each instrument’s kinematic performance and safety. The position will require close collaboration with product development teams, systems analysts, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, manufacturing engineers, and quality engineers to build a coherent diagnostic strategy and develop software to implement the same.

Requirements

Minimum 5+ years of software development experience.
Experience with C#, .NET WPF application.
Passionate about technologies and love programming
Able to map, develop, and test projects from inception to launch
A track record for executing and delivering on projects
Motivated to continually improve best practices
Adaptable to dynamic requirements
Enjoy the thrill of taking on large complex problems
Great written and verbal communication skills
Excellent programming skill and experience.
Understanding of OOA/OOD/OOP/Design Patterns
Detail oriented team player
Resourceful problem-solving machine
Foster strong sense of team with peers through solicitation of feedback and constructive contribution to review sessions
Excellent ability to communicate complex concepts to engineers

Nice To Haves

Experience developing robotic or electro-mechanical systems, including control systems
Exceptional industry experience in architecture and development of scalable production quality systems
Fully understand Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Familiarity with databases (SQL, No-SQL, etc …)
Experience in medical device manufacturing or regulated engineering environment
Excellent analytical, time management, interpersonal, listening and communication skills
Familiarity with Statistical Analysis, Six Sigma, and/or Statistical Process Control are pluses

Responsibilities

Architect, design and develop software systems that control machines to streamline manufacturing process
Builds and maintain software infrastructures that enable value extraction from the data generated
Understand each new product’s operation and control, and develop the means to ensure their integrity in volume production
Design, document, and qualify software for use in manufacturing new instruments and accessories
Follow good software development practices
Work autonomously to overcome roadblocks with minimum guidance
Take ownership of manufacturing software and work with cross-functional teams to drive projects to completion
Support existing production software