Future opportunities - Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Video Systems

About the role

The Ion™ endoluminal system is Intuitive's new robotic platform designed for minimally invasive biopsy in the peripheral lung, with the goal of improving early lung cancer diagnosis. This position is integral to the development of a novel surgical robot system.

Responsibilities

• Develop software for real-time video capture from camera sensor/third party devices, processing, streaming on embedded Linux platforms.
• Optimize performance for high-bandwidth, multi-stream 4K video transport over PCIe, Ethernet, fiber or custom interconnects.
• Collaborate with hardware teams to integrate GPU and FPGA acceleration for video workloads.
• Ensure robustness, security, and synchronization across video pipelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop technical specifications and evaluate design trade-offs, particularly in platform and infrastructure software.
• Support clinical studies and participate in product demonstrations as needed.
• Engage in design, verification and validation, and transfer to manufacturing activities.

Requirements

• Proficiency in developing cross-platform, object-oriented C++ code (version 11 and higher).
• Familiarity with FPGA programming and hardware/software co-design for video pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of real-time systems, low-latency pipelines, and performance tuning.
• Experience working with embedded Linux development environment and multimedia frameworks.
• Strong problem-solving skills for isolating and debugging embedded hardware and software issues.
• Experience working collaboratively on product-focused designs.
• Experience with automation, CI/CD, and unit testing.
• Strong intuition and interest in designing systems for testability and scalability.

Qualifications

• Minimum Bachelor’s plus 6 years or Master’s plus 4 years degree in computer science, Computer Engineering or related engineering discipline.
• Minimum, 4+ years Minimum, 4+ years industry experience developing embedded systems, multimedia software, or video technology.

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Understanding of video compression standards (H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, VP9, AV1).
• Experience with video streaming protocols (RTP/SRTP/RTSP).
• Hands-on experience with GPU programming (CUDA).
• Knowledge of networking for high-bandwidth media transport (e.g., SMPTE ST 2110, RDMA, NVENC/NVDEC).
• Experience with working with Nix and Bazel build systems.
• Proficiency with serialization and messaging frameworks such as Protocol Buffers (Protobuf).
• Experience with all phases of the product development lifecycle, including design, implementation, debugging, verification, validation, and manufacturing transfer.
• Experience in designing software products for FDA-regulated or mission-critical applications, with an understanding of design input, design output, traceability, risk analysis, and mitigation processes.

Additional Information

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws. 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 base compensation ranges are listed. Base Salary Range Region 1:$118,400 - $259,600 Workplace Type: Onsite - This job is fully onsite.