Intuitive is looking for a Senior Systems Research Engineer to join a future-forward team exploring embodied AI at the intersection of state-of-the-art AI/ML and robotics. In this deeply hands-on technical role, you will recommend performant architectures and iteratively develop integrated applications to de-risk and demonstrate technical feasibility, performance, and safety.
What You'll Do
- Design and optimize software interfaces between subsystems, ensuring seamless integration between edge AI, firmware, OS, hardware, and cloud services.
- Architect and build robust data pipelines and real-time systems for sensor fusion, perception, and robotic control.
- Apply rigorous software practices, including writing maintainable code, modular architecture, and comprehensive testing.
- Lead complex, end-to-end embodied intelligence projects, making critical architectural decisions and technical trade-offs.
- Partner cross-functionally with motion controls, perception, AI/ML, software, and hardware teams to address significant unmet needs.
- Refine designs by balancing technical feasibility with schedules and resource constraints.
What We're Looking For
- Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 6+ years of embedded systems software development (or equivalent experience), including R&D and innovation environments.
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages (e.g., C, C++, Python, Matlab) and building real-time, multi-threaded applications.
- Experience with industrial embedded operating systems (e.g., QNX, Yocto), inter-process communication, hardware interfaces, and CUDA programming.
- Experience with machine learning models and frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.
- Expertise in developing AI/ML-based embedded solutions, including training and fine-tuning foundation models and hardware acceleration techniques.
- Experience in robotics, including motion control, perception, sensor fusion, path planning, and optimizing models for platforms with limited resources.
- Strong problem-solving, adaptability to new technologies, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Nice to Have
- Advanced degrees preferred.
Technical Stack
- C, C++, Python, Matlab
- QNX, Yocto
- CUDA
- PyTorch, TensorFlow
Team & Environment
You will partner cross-functionally with motion controls, perception, AI/ML, software, and hardware teams.
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive salary
- Equity
- Annual bonus
- Comprehensive benefits
Work Mode
This is an onsite position in Sunnyvale, CA.
At Intuitive, you’ll join a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.
Intuitive is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair-chance laws.
