Senior Software Engineer - Emulation

Primary Function of Position
The Core Technologies Engineering (CTE) group within Intuitive has an immediate opening in Sunnyvale, CA for a software engineer with a focus on the internal da Vinci emulator. You will be on a small team responsible for building, deploying, and supporting our full-system emulator and hybrid hardware-in-the-loop setups.

A successful candidate must excel in a high-energy focused team environment and must balance delivery of new features, supporting existing features, and tracking system changes. An excellent candidate can rapidly learn the large complex and continually evolving systems, through establishing working relationships with multiple engineers in multiple departments and direct experimentation with the existing system. A deep sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required, as is the ability to make work fun and interesting.

Essential Job Duties

• Expand the functionality of the internal da Vinci emulator by faithfully emulating microcontrollers, sensors, FPGAs, and physics models.
• Learn and explore the continuously evolving da Vinci system software and firmware.
• Explore creative ways to faithfully emulate da Vinci hardware.
• A vigorous advocate for hardware “simulation first” that educates developer on the productivity benefits of using the emulator.
• Continuously follow up with developers (i.e. our internal customers) to support feature requests, bug fixes, and system integration.

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of related experience; or Master's degree and 6+ years of experience; or a PhD and 3+ years of experience; or equivalent work experience
• Extensive experience understanding and debugging complex systems
• Excellent knowledge of Software Engineering and Computer Science fundamentals
• Experience using C++ and Python.
• Proficient communication skill and the ability to collaborate with a diverse range of talented engineers

Preferred Skills and Experience 

• Some experience with Linux process management, signals, and interprocess communication is advantageous.
• Working knowledge of or willingness to learn microcontrollers and embedded software for memory-mapped I/O
• Some experience with Docker and Git is a plus

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role, as actual pay will be determined based on several factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications. The target salary ranges are listed.