Senior Manager, Viewer Product Engineering

Company Description

It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do at Intuitive. As a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.

Job Description

Primary function of position:

Management of Product Engineering Function for the dV5 Viewer

Job Description:

Surgeons need to see clearly in order to heal their patients. Surgeons use the daVinci Surgical System for extended continuous duration under the intense stress of a surgical environment. Visual clarity and precise representation of the surgical field along with ease of use and optical comfort across the broad spectrum of surgeons are pillars of Intuitive’s vision products.

The primary responsibility of this position is to manage a team of engineers working on sustaining engineering tasks for the 3D Surgical Viewer in the dV5 robotic-assisted surgery system. This is an interdisciplinary role where strategic project identification and existing project prioritization will be critical to success. An interconnected set of needs and desires from across the organization will need to be creatively juggled: improve the manufacturability of the current viewer design, reduce cost, simplify the supply chain, improve reliability, and incorporate user-facing improvements. Throughout all these activities, the core feature-set of the viewer must be preserved, which means staying proactive with respect to critical performance metrics such as: image brightness, contrast, image sharpness, resolution, white point, color gamut, etc. all while complying with relevant protocols (medical device development).

Must stay abreast of industry developments in optical system components and their manufacture, performance, trade-offs, and prices. Will need to leverage this knowledge to effectively lead a team that will manage outside suppliers and will work to integrate new components into 3D Surgical Viewer of the dV5 surgical system.

Must provide technical leadership and guidance to suppliers, in-person as needed (including global travel on potentially short notice), while ensuring suppliers know about and share in Intuitive’s mission. Suppliers should feel and understand Intuitive’s need for high quality and operational excellence. Strategic development of the supply chain must be a priority. Must treat suppliers and colleagues with empathy and respect at all times as a visible representative of the Intuitive brand.

Qualifications

​​​​​​​Skill/Job Requirements: ​​​​​​​

• BS, MS, or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Physics, with 15+ years of industry experience in displays, image sensors, light sources, and optical metrology
• Direct experience with manufacturing practices associated with precision optics, light sources and displays and methods for assembly, alignment and calibration of optical systems
• Minimum of 5 years of functional line management responsibility
• Deep understanding of modern flat-panel display technologies and capabilities
• Familiar with precision opto-mechanical design principles and practices
• Experience in the work of defining and sourcing custom optical and opto-electronic components, including mirrors, lenses, and polarization-based optical elements
• Familiar with color science and visual metrics such as white point and color gamut for the Viewer system
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to meaningfully engage and be mentored by deeply technical individual contributors on specific activities
• Experience in optical metrology and the tools used to characterize display systems, image sensors and light sources
• Understanding of human visual perception, sources of visual discomfort in 3D vision systems and evaluation methods

 

 

 

We are an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled employer.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

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

U.S. Export Controls Disclaimer:  In accordance with the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR §743.13(b)), some roles at Intuitive Surgical may be subject to U.S. export controls for prospective employees
who are nationals from countries currently on embargo or sanctions status.

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 government’s 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).  

For any Intuitive role subject to export controls, final offers are contingent upon obtaining an approved export license and/or an executed TCP prior to the prospective employee’s
start date, which may or may not be flexible, and within a timeframe that does not unreasonably impede the hiring need. If applicable, candidates will be notified and instructed on any requirements for these purposes. 

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside, or plan to reside, in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, or Tennessee.

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.

Client-provided location(s): Sunnyvale, CA

Job ID: c80ea34c-56c6-47b4-b024-ed547f043070

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-12-15T22:24:04