[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Intuitive jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/intuitive/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Intuitive · Sunnyvale, CA # Sr Software Engineer Navigation Sunnyvale, CA, United States Full-time Senior individual contributor Software Engineering Listed on Intuitive’s official careers site. Posted June 12, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Intuitive’s careers site →](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Intuitive/744000131984809-sr-software-engineer-navigation) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Intuitive](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/intuitive/) / Sr Software Engineer Navigation ## Job description ### Primary Function of Position As a Sr Software Engineer Navigation on the Future Forward team, you will bridge digital interfaces and machine learning to extend Intuitive’s robotic product lines. Working at the intersection of embedded UI, computer vision, and robotic kinematics, you will design and optimize the C++ runtime systems that connect live sensor and robot data to CV/ML inference. This role spans the entire development cycle—from prototyping approximate requirements to delivering high-quality production code on resource-constrained hardware. The ideal candidate combines strong systems-level C++ skills with a working knowledge of geometric computer vision and robotics, learns quickly, and thrives in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment. ### Essential Job Duties - Design and implement high-performance C++ data pipelines (shared-memory ring buffers, lock-free queues, time-synchronized capture) that feed live video, kinematics, and sensor streams into CV/ML algorithms on embedded platforms - Develop and optimize registration and calibration algorithms, including point-cloud alignment, hand-eye calibration, and forward kinematics-based coordinate frame transformations to enable accurate surgical navigation - Collaborate with ML engineers to integrate inference models (depth estimation, 3D reconstruction) into the real-time navigation stack, ensuring accuracy and latency budgets are met - Partner with UI/graphics engineers to create navigation overlays, 3D visualizations, and augmented guidance within the embedded Qt/QML interface - Build and maintain effective working relationships across software engineering, clinical engineering, design, human factors, and regulatory teams - Own the medical device software lifecycle end-to-end for navigation components, including requirement definition, risk assessment, prototyping, development, verification, and release ## Qualifications ### Required Skills and Experience - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field - Minimum of 8 years of industry experience; or Master’s degree and 6 years of experience; or a PhD and 3 years of experience, with a proven track record of shipping production-quality C++ software to products - Strong working knowledge of C++ (11/14/17+) including system-level programming, memory management, multi-threading, and performance optimization for real-time applications Experience designing or optimizing low-latency data pipelines (circular buffers, shared memory IPC, producer/consumer synchronization) on Linux Working knowledge of geometric computer vision fundamentals (camera calibration, registration, multi-view geometry, coordinate-frame transformations) ### Preferred Skills and Experience Familiarity with ML inference frameworks (TensorRT, ONNX Runtime) and GPU-accelerated computing (CUDA) Experience with robotic kinematics, forward/inverse kinematics solvers, or SLAM Experience with 3D graphics frameworks (Qt3D, OpenGL, Vulkan, etc.) Exposure to medical imaging modalities (endoscopic video, ultrasound, CT) or similar sensor data Experience working in a regulated software environment (medical device, aerospace, automotive, etc.) Experience working with software development methodologies (Agile, IEC 62304, etc.) ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Jun 12, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 13, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 20, 2026 - Listed for: 130 days - Location: Sunnyvale, CA, United States - Employment type: Full-time[Apply on Intuitive’s careers site →](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Intuitive/744000131984809-sr-software-engineer-navigation) ## More jobs at Intuitive ### [Embedded Software Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/intuitive/jobs/816d7607a90621a138bc/) Sunnyvale, CA, United States ### [Equipment Engineering - Software](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/intuitive/jobs/eeaf460bea4e0faeee68/) Sunnyvale, CA, United States ### [Full Stack Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/intuitive/jobs/be8565ad80229ea176ab/) Sunnyvale, CA, United States ### [Future opportunities - Senior Embedded Software Engineer - Video Systems](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/intuitive/jobs/0a522f8aa90651d773c1/) Sunnyvale, CA, United States ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Software Engineer (Navigation Systems) - Level 5](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/lockheed-martin/jobs/c2943efc1541a6f49788/) Lockheed Martin · Palmdale, CA ### [Software Engineer (Navigation Systems) - Level 2](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/lockheed-martin/jobs/28956c76ee9aa2d751b0/) Lockheed Martin · Fort Worth, TX, Palmdale, CA ### [Embedded Software Engineer, Navigation and Sensor Systems (Hybrid & Relocation Available)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/bae-systems/jobs/0e601b11bbcc7a4bdcbb/) BAE Systems · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States ### [Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Navigation and Sensor Systems (Hybrid & Relocation Available)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/bae-systems/jobs/d239987f78f9674a91c1/) BAE Systems · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States ### [Navigation Systems Engineer / Principal Navigation Systems Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/northrop-grumman/jobs/7a1d317a60d9860428c8/) Northrop Grumman · United States-California-Woodland Hills [Jobs in Sunnyvale, CA](/locations/us/ca/sunnyvale/)[Jobs in California](/locations/us-ca/)[Software Engineering jobs](/functions/software-engineering/) OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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