Embedded Software Engineer

Intuitive Surgical seeks an embedded software engineer to develop middleware and application software for the Ion robotic platform, a minimally invasive lung biopsy system. The role involves designing C/C++ applications, system services, and APIs for heterogeneous embedded computing platforms, with focus on integration, debugging, and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain C/C++ middleware and applications for embedded Linux platforms
• Develop reusable system services, libraries, and APIs for multiple subsystems and components
• Debug and troubleshoot software issues across application, OS, and hardware interfaces
• Integrate application software with CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and specialized hardware processors
• Write unit and integration tests; participate in code reviews and CI/CD practices

Requirements

• Strong C/C++ programming skills (C++11 or newer) with production software experience
• Linux or POSIX operating system application and middleware development experience
• Multi-threaded software and inter-process communication expertise
• Experience with data persistence, modeling, and integrity in production environments
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering with 6+ years experience, or Master's with 4+ years
• 4+ years hands-on embedded systems development and support in production
• Linux debugging tools proficiency (gdb, logs, tracing utilities)