JOB10012 Sr. Simulation Software Engineer

Company: Intuitive
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: April 3, 2025

Job Description:

Job DescriptionPrimary Function of PositionIntuitive Surgical manufactures the da Vinci SimNow Simulator for use in the training of the da Vinci surgical systems. The da Vinci is used in minimally-invasive surgical applications. Virtual reality (VR) simulation plays an important role in the improvement of surgeon technical skills of robot-assisted surgery. The Senior Simulation Software Engineer position offers an opportunity for a candidate with exceptional software and virtual reality/video games engineering skills to develop novel VR surgical simulation technologies to support the Simulator portfolio. A successful candidate will be equally comfortable developing simulation software interfaces to highly-complex robotic systems and instruments. In this role, you will work closely with various groups such as engineering, design, art, human factors, education, and clinical engineering teams to develop cutting-edge simulation technologies to advance our training products. Experience in developing custom physics engines, and generating realistic simulation of clinical environments in terms of rendering, physics, and interaction are highly desired.Essential Job Duties

• Work under the guidance of the Sr Manager - Simulation Product Development
• Extend and improve the simulation pipeline in terms of fidelity and realism
• Implement real-time simulation for robotic surgery, including utilizing commercial game engines as well as research and development of custom physics engines
• Research, prototype, and develop new simulation technologies and ideas to push the cutting edge of our simulation content
• Collaborate with other engineers and 3D technical artists
• Review videos and images of real clinical procedures to improve the simulation software
• Work in a shared code base, implementing proper development principles
• Find the sweet spots between performance optimization, robustness, and visual fidelity
• Understand the da Vinci Robotics Platform streaming APIs and be able to consume streaming data inside our rendering engines
• Develop software adhering to the ISI coding standards and good software development practices (unit testability, source code control, etc.)
• Simulation software engineers have a responsibility for ensuring that medical device designs meet product quality requirements and comply with the design control processes in the Quality Management System, as appropriate
• Execute systematic and dynamic evidence-based troubleshooting techniques
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