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Intuitive Surgical, Advanced Product Development | Sr. Software Engineer (Embedded), Sr. FPGA Engineer | Full time, Hybrid or Onsite | Sunnyvale, CA

Compensation Range: Base + Yearly Equity Grant + Bonus = $262k/yr - $321k/yr

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Description: We are the team that leverages the cutting-edge technology of today to design and develop the surgical robotic systems of the future.

Sr. Software Engineer Role: In this role you’ll contribute to the software architectural design, document and develop core features, and use your hardware/software debug skills to solve challenging problems. We’re in the early stages of developing our robotic systems, therefore you’ll work on a variety of technologies from QNX/Linux kernel modules, POSIX applications and IPC, to FPGA-based bare metal applications and drivers for custom peripherals.

Sr. FPGA Engineer Role: If you're an FPGA-focused Electrical Engineer, and enjoy working on challenging problems with a smart & dedicated team, read on. In this role, you'll design and implement RTL to interface with various robotic system components, and/or develop modifications to existing IP, specifically focused on 3-phase motor control logic (e.g. BLDC commutation). You'll lead green-field projects to enable the next-next-generation hardware architecture, explore HLS and integrate a variety of FPGA manufacturer's toolchains.

If you _think_ you may be a fit, feel free to apply and reach out. We can scale the title/job to fit your skills/experience.

For more details, see the job description: https://careers.intuitive.com/i/us/en/job/JOB1828/Software-E..., https://careers.intuitive.com/us/en/job/JOB1502/Senior-FPGA-... and the company website: https://www.intuitive.com/

Contact: You can apply on the company website, Linkedin, or ask questions over DM.



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