[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 # Senior Electrical Engineer Sunnyvale, CA, United States Full-time Senior individual contributor Operations Listed on Intuitive’s official careers site. Posted July 28, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Intuitive’s careers site →](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Intuitive/744000140284773-senior-electrical-engineer) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Intuitive](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/intuitive/) / Senior Electrical Engineer ## Job description Primary Function of Position As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will design and develop innovative surgical energy equipment and accessories for Intuitive’s da Vinci Surgical System. You’ll thrive in a dynamic, high-energy environment, making sound decisions with incomplete information—typical of cutting-edge product development. The ideal candidate has strong technical depth, a record of successful medical product development, and a collaborative, knowledge-sharing approach. ### Essential Job Duties Technical Partnership: Collaborate with Marketing, Software, and Clinical Engineering to define and refine product requirements. ### System Integration Identify and implement methods to satisfy product specs, ensuring seamless integration into effective system designs. ### Development & Testing Develop, validate, and document hardware solutions that meet clinical and environmental requirements. ### Problem Solving Provide technical expertise to resolve complex design, manufacturing, or field challenges. ### Prototyping Create prototypes to evaluate and refine future product concepts. ### Stakeholder Support Offer expert guidance on energy-based surgical products to internal company stakeholders. ### Quality & Regulatory Support compliance with quality standards and regulatory processes. ## Qualifications ### Required Education, Skills & Experience - Minimum of 8 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years of experience and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years of experience; or equivalent experience - Proficient in mixed signal design, embedded system design, and patient-isolated PCBA design. Skilled in component selection, lifecycle management, and design for reliability/manufacturability. Experience with switched-mode power supplies and transformer/magnetic component design. Experienced in PCB fabrication, assembly, and testing. Hardware development in fast-paced, high-impact environments. ### Knowledgeable in all product development phases design, implementation, debugging, verification, validation, and manufacturing transfer. Team player with hands-on engineering experience. Familiar with standards and regulations for medical electronic equipment (e.g., IEC 60601). Strong communicator, able to influence and collaborate across teams and levels. ### Preferred Skills & Experience Medical device product development experience. Familiarity with electrical safety, EMI/EMC testing and mitigation. Project leadership or mentoring experience. Familiarity with design control requirements for medical devices, such as risk/failure analysis, creation of product requirements, design verification and validation, and providing technical support for regulatory submissions. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Jul 28, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 13, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 20, 2026 - Listed for: 84 days - Location: Sunnyvale, CA, United States - Employment type: Full-time[Apply on Intuitive’s careers site →](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Intuitive/744000140284773-senior-electrical-engineer) ## More jobs at Intuitive ### [Corporate Development Senior Manager](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/intuitive/jobs/cb6e986eb9e6e1f664fe/) Sunnyvale, CA, United States ### [Future Opportunity -- Senior Robotic Algorithms and Controls Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/intuitive/jobs/1003ea65dc05b01549bb/) Sunnyvale, CA, United States ### [Industrial Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/intuitive/jobs/144b4dc55f5fac785503/) Sunnyvale, CA, United States ### [Manager, Human Factors](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/intuitive/jobs/d07ddeca20b0b6fbf76b/) Sunnyvale, CA, United States ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Electrical Engineer - Ship Electrical Design (HYBRID TELEWORK)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/lockheed-martin/jobs/354ba26ecb7a4863451c/) Lockheed Martin · Virginia Beach, VA ### [Electrical Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/lockheed-martin/jobs/3f39bcbdefd57efdc481/) Lockheed Martin · Huntsville, AL ### [Electrical Engineer-Electrical Team Lead](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/siemens-energy/jobs/12d778659904ed8d7d5f/) Siemens Energy · Orlando, Florida, United States ### [Senior Electrical Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/hitachi/jobs/a038b5c30bf4d00d1c9b/) Hitachi · Raleigh, NC, United States ### [Senior Electrical Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/general-dynamics/jobs/660c718b1d23176fe922/) General Dynamics · Bloomington, MN, US [Jobs in Sunnyvale, CA](/locations/us/ca/sunnyvale/)[Jobs in California](/locations/us-ca/)[Operations jobs](/functions/operations/) OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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