Embedded Software Engineer

Primary Function of Position:

The Ion™ endoluminal system is Intuitive's new robotic platform for minimally invasive biopsy in the peripheral lung, with an initial goal of improving the early diagnosis of lung cancer. This position will play a key technical role during the development of a novel new surgical robot system. The engineer will be expected to work with an incredibly talented team to design and build the embedded software platform. The successful candidate must excel in a high-energy small team environment, be able to drive to solutions from rough requirements, and have a commitment to high product quality. A proven sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Work on a cross functional team to develop technical specifications and evaluate design trade-offs – specifically in platform/infrastructure software
• Design and development of product-focused, rock-solid, C and C++ software in a heterogeneous, multi-processor SoC/FPGA/real-time-embedded environment
• Develop software for embedded Linux/QNX devices:
  • Customize and productize embedded operating system distributions
  • Create drivers that interface with custom FPGA devices
  • Design and implement multi-threaded, distributed system C++ applications
• Contribute broadly to many areas of software development, including but not limited to:
  • Extension of current frameworks to new processors and operating systems
  • Development of research prototypes used to evaluate new product concepts
  • Distributed communication subsystem development
• Work with electrical engineers to bring up new, custom hardware
• Clinical study support, and participation in product demonstrations, as requested
• Contribute through design, V&V and transfer to manufacturing activities

Requirements

Skill/Job Requirements:

• Minimum Bachelors 2 + yr of embedded systems product development experience or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• Passionate about developing cross-platform, object-oriented C++ code (11 and higher)
• Experience with Python3 and bash scripts.
• Proven ability to isolate and debug embedded hardware and software problems
• A desire to deliver a quality and innovative product that improves many people’s lives
• Willingness to work in Linux and Windows environments – whatever it takes
• Proven intuition for, and interest in, designing systems for testability and scalability
• Excellent communication skills

Additional Pluses:

• Experience developing for embedded Linux devices
• Experience with additional embedded operating systems, such as QNX
• Experience working on product-focused designs in a team environment
• Linux and Windows development experience
• Experience with automation CI/CD, unit testing.
• Understanding of commonly used messaging and RPC frameworks and their associated tradeoffs for use in distributed embedded systems
• Demonstrated experience in and comfort with all phases of the product development lifecycle including design, implementation, debug, verification, validation, and transfer to manufacturing
• Experience designing software products in an FDA or other regulated industry or for mission critical applications; comfortable with concepts of design input, design output, traceability, risk analysis, and mitigations