Senior Systems GPU Engineer – AI & Robotics

Primary Function of Position

As a Senior Systems GPU Engineer AI & Robotics you will be responsible for iteratively improving and integrating high performance robotic AI with MLE product teams.

You will work alongside research SW/ HW/ ML engineering regulatory controls and clinical teams to translated early pre-product ML algorithms into performance optimized robust validated and scalable medical device products and infrastructures including edge and cloud.

Responsibilities

GPU & Model Performance & Optimization: Advanced skills using performance profiling tracing and debugging tools (e.g. NVIDIA Nsight Systems Nsight Compute to identify code or hardware bottlenecks and implement improvements

System Architecture & Integration: Design and optimize software interfaces between robotic subsystems ensuring seamless integration between edge AI firmware OS hardware and cloud services. You will oversee the deployment and continuous improvement of these systems to ensure high reliability and performance.

Linux Systems & Virtualization: Development of Linux kernel internals device drivers memory management and containerized GPU runtime environments (e.g. Docker NVIDIA Container Toolkit Kubernetes)

Project Ownership & Strategy: Lead complex end-to-end embodied intelligence projects making critical architectural decisions and technical trade-offs. You will define the strategic roadmap for the robotics platformfrom foundational models to real-time onboard inferencewhile serving as a core contributor to team planning and design reviews.

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with motion controls perception and hardware teams during early-stage exploration to address clinical functional and safety requirements. You will work closely with the research and product development teams to integrate perception planning navigation and multimodal ML models onto edge platforms.

Iterative Development: Refine designs by balancing technical feasibility with schedules and resource constraints. You will drive the transition from broad technical exploration to deep-dive implementation as the product matures.

Qualifications :

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Masters degree or higher in Computer Science Computer Engineering or related technical field; advanced degrees preferred.

6 years of embedded systems software development (or equivalent experience) including supporting real-time high-performance embodied AI perception systems

Expert in GPU Compute API CUDA OpenCL

Proficiency in multiple programming languages (e.g. C C Python Bash) and building real-time multi-threaded applications.

Experience with industrial embedded operating systems (e.g. QNX Yocto) interprocess communication hardware interfaces

Experience with machine learning models and frameworks such as PyTorch TensorFlow etc

Experience in robotics including motion control perception sensor fusion path planning and optimizing models for platforms with limited resources.

Strong problem-solving adaptability to new technologies and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

End-to-end GPU performance engineering from the profiler to systems analysis including experience in distillation parameter-efficient fine-tuning and quantization and hardware acceleration techniques. Linux systems programming and optimization experience.

Exposure to virtualization techniques and cloud platform solutions.

Additional Information

Travel: 515%

Ways of Working: Onsite Sunnyvale CA

This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on business need and/or the selected candidates experience knowledge and skills

Additional Information :

Due to the nature of our business and the role please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.

Mandatory Notices

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Certain information you provide as part of the application will be used for purposes of determining whether Intuitive Surgical will need to (i) obtain an export license from the U.S. Government on your behalf (note: the governments licensing process can take 3 to 6 months) or (ii) implement a Technology Control Plan (TCP) (note: typically adds 2 weeks to the hiring process).  

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This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on
business need and/or on the selected candidates experience knowledge and skills.
Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the
candidates qualifications consistent with applicable law.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives benefits and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role as actual pay will be determined based on several factors including experience skills and qualifications. The target compensation ranges are listed.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time