[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 # Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Platform Networking Sunnyvale, CA, United States Full-time Senior individual contributor Software Engineering Listed on Intuitive’s official careers site. Posted September 4, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Intuitive’s careers site →](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Intuitive/744000147588599-staff-embedded-software-engineer-platform-networking) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Intuitive](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/intuitive/) / Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Platform Networking ## Job description The Embedded Platform Software team designs and builds the foundational software infrastructure for next-generation surgical robotic systems. We are looking for a high-energy, talented Senior Software Engineer to join the Embedded Networking Software team, within the Multiport Platform Software group. We are a small group that works in a focused, high-energy environment working on New Product Development. We believe in applying first principles thinking, data driven decision making, continuous learning, and systematic planning to deliver results and achieve our goals. - Are you passionate about technology? - Do you want to have a direct impact on helping people live better lives? - Are you interested in the medical applications of robotics? - Do you like to build complex distributed systems? - Does working in a multidisciplinary, systems-oriented design team sound exciting? Your Role You will be a technical leader on the team developing our flagship product, dV5. The team's focus is to enhance and extend the dV5 robotic embedded network across all 7 Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) layers and apply that deep understanding to new surgical robotic systems. You will own the architecture, set the multi-year technical direction, and grow the engineers around you. ### Your Responsibilities In your first year in this role, you will: - Design, develop, and deliver features, own some architectures across the embedded network stack and help define the technical roadmap across: - Reliability, including redundancy and fault tolerance strategies ### Performance architecture for growing data transfer needs - low latency switching, traffic shaping, queue management - A distributed publish/subscribe messaging framework built on DDS-style middleware - Layer 5 Session APIs for seamless disconnect and reconnect of services and network nodes - Set the technical direction and standards for Layer 2/Layer 3 software, Ethernet MAC and PHY drivers, and deterministic real-time paths for safety critical data, applying queueing theory - Lead design and code reviews, mentor senior and mid-level engineers, and raise the bar on design quality and debugging rigor while staying hands-on in the highest-risk code - Serve as the technical authority on hardware integration, and lead escalations on the hardest hardware-software networking failures (JTAG, GDB, protocol analyzers) - Drive alignment across cross functional teams such as Application Development, Algorithms, FPGA, Electrical, Clinical, and Manufacturing to negotiate requirements and resolve architectural tradeoffs - Influence build-versus-buy, vendor silicon, and middleware selection, and make the case for investments that retire technical debt ## Qualifications ### Required Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years, or Master’s degree with 8+ years, of industry experience in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline ### Demonstrated technical leadership on complex systems - owning architecture, mentoring engineers, and influencing direction across organizational boundaries - A natural communicator with strong critical thinking, and clarity of thought who can explain architectural tradeoffs to engineers and executives alike - Expert OSI networking knowledge across all 7 layers, including TCP/IP stack internals and Ethernet switching fabric design, and expert C/C++ skills for embedded development - Deep experience architecting and delivering high-speed networking software in switching, robotics, automotive, or aerospace, including low-level Ethernet MAC/PHY driver development - Experience with Linux and embedded RTOS environments, with a strong understanding of memory management, concurrency, and interrupt handling - Demonstrated experience leveraging new tools and technology, such as AI coding assistants, to increase speed, and driving adoption across a team ### Preferred Experience - Experience defining multi-generation technical strategy or platform roadmaps for a shipping hardware product ### Strong hardware-software fluency - schematics, datasheets, reasoning across system abstractions - Hands-on experience with IEEE 802.1 TSN/AVB (802.1AS, Qbv, Qav, Qci), high-availability redundancy on real hardware, and Automotive Ethernet (100/1000BASE-T1, BASE-T1S) - Experience configuring and managing L2 switching (VLANs, QoS, segmentation) over SPI or in-band protocols - Experience with RTOS (FreeRTOS, ThreadX, Zephyr, QNX or VxWorks) and Linux driver development - Exposure to functional safety standards (IEC 62304, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 60601, ISO 26262) and embedded network security such as secure boot, MACsec, and IPsec ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Sep 4, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 13, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 20, 2026 - Listed for: 46 days - Location: Sunnyvale, CA, United States - Employment type: Full-time[Apply on Intuitive’s careers site →](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Intuitive/744000147588599-staff-embedded-software-engineer-platform-networking) ## 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 - 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