Intuitive · 1 month ago
Director, Firmware Engineering, MP
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
15+ years expIntuitive is a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, dedicated to enhancing minimally invasive care. The Director of Firmware Development leads a team focused on the design, testing, and implementation of firmware for critical functions in the daVinci Robotic Platform.
Health CareManufacturingMedical Device
Responsibilities
Direct a technical team to specify, design, develop, verify, and maintain FPGA firmware
Collect technical requirements from cross-functional teams
Architect and manage development of high-performance FPGA IP
Define and champion best practices and development processes
Develop system-level architecture, requirements, and specifications in cooperation with Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Engineering teams
Select FPGA devices for cost, capacity and performance to meet project requirements
Manage relationships with FPGA and tool vendors
Provide guidance to and grow the leaders of the FPGA firmware teams
Provide direction and foster an environment that encourages creativity and completion
Help the team develop technical strategies that address business needs and requirements
Work with senior executives and internal customers to define product pillars and business goals
Manage managers, departmental budget, resource allocation and enterprise-level business applications pertaining to the functional unit
Qualification
Required
Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering
15+ years of experience developing electronics and FPGA-based products
10+ years of managing technical teams
Extensive experience coding VHDL and/or Verilog required
Extensive experience with AMD/Xilinx FPGAs and Tools required
Strong project management, planning, decision making, negotiating and change management skills
Excellent communication (written, verbal), presentation and documentation skills
Ability to travel domestic and internationally on an as needed basis
Preferred
Master's degree preferred
Experience with product design in an FDA (or other agency) regulated industry for mission critical applications is desired; comfort with concepts of design input, design output, traceability, and risk analysis
Company
Intuitive
Intuitive designs and manufactures robotic-assisted surgical systems.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Intuitive has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (339)
2024 (238)
2023 (181)
2022 (285)
2021 (145)
2020 (138)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5MKey Investors
St. Cloud Capital
2003-04-30Post Ipo Equity
2000-06-23IPO
1996-01-01Seed· $5M
Leadership Team
Gillian Duncan
Senior Vice President, Professional Education & Program Services - Worldwide
Myriam Curet
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Recent News
2025-12-11
2025-11-14
Company data provided by crunchbase