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Intuitive · Sunnyvale, CA

# Staff Software Engineer - Emulation

Sunnyvale, CA, United States Full-time Senior individual contributor Software Engineering 

Listed on Intuitive’s official careers site. Posted August 25, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.
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## Job description

Primary Function of Position The Multiport Software Group within Intuitive has an immediate opening for an experienced Software Engineer with a focus on the internal da Vinci emulator. You will be on a small team responsible for building, deploying, and supporting our full-system emulator and hybrid hardware-in-the-loop setups. A successful candidate must excel in a high-energy focused team environment and must balance delivery of new features, supporting existing features, and tracking system changes.

An excellent candidate can rapidly learn the large complex and continually evolving systems, through establishing working relationships with multiple engineers in multiple departments and direct experimentation with the existing system. A deep sense of shared responsibility and shared reward is required, as is the ability to make work fun and interesting

### Essential Job Duties

Lead the emulation team on industry-standard or innovative approaches to developing performance system emulators. Expand the functionality of the internal da Vinci emulator by faithfully emulating microcontrollers, sensors, FPGAs, and physics models. Learn and explore the continuously evolving da Vinci system software and firmware. Explore creative ways to faithfully emulate da Vinci hardware. An advocate for hardware “simulation first” that educates developer on the productivity benefits of using the emulator.

Continuously follow up with developers (i.e. our internal customers) to support feature requests, bug fixes, and system integration.

## Qualifications

### Required Education, Skills & Experience
- 12 years of experience and a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or another relevant engineering discipline, or 8 years of experience and a Master’s degree, or 5 years of experience and a PhD degree; or equivalent experience Extensive experience understanding and debugging complex systems
- Excellent knowledge of Software Engineering and Computer Science fundamentals Experience using C++ and Python
- Proficient communication skill and the ability to collaborate with a diverse range of talented engineers

### Preferred Skills & Experience

Experience with CUDA and graphics acceleration Experience with Linux process management, signals, and inter process communication Working knowledge of or willingness to learn microcontrollers and embedded software for memory-mapped I/O Some experience with Docker and Git

## At a glance
- Posted by the employer: Aug 25, 2026
- First seen by OpenNash: Oct 13, 2026
- Last checked: Oct 20, 2026
- Listed for: 56 days
- Location: Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- Employment type: Full-time[Apply on Intuitive’s careers site →](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Intuitive/744000145566219-staff-software-engineer-emulation)

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