Software Engineering Manager

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 the Position

Intuitive Surgical (ISI) has established the preeminent position in surgical robotics with a presence in more than 60 countries around the world. China represents a key market to Intuitive that has unprecedented growth opportunities driven largely by unmet patient and disease needs.

A Joint Venture (JV) between ISI and Fosun Pharma – a subsidiary of Fosun International, a leading Pharma and Medical Device Company in China – has been established to accelerate the opportunities within this key market. The intent of the JV is to research, develop, and manufacture innovative, robotic-assisted medical devices.

This role is to support Intuitive Surgical and JV’s New Product Development (NPD) team focused on the development, localization, and launch of various robotic-assisted platforms and digital solutions in China.

Essential Job Duties

• Become intimately familiar with and take on projects with broad technical scopes across multiple robotic platform product lines, including systems and instruments.
• Be a direct technical contributor for development activities related to product launch in China, including creating design input documents, developing test methods, executing design verification testing, and preparing technical submission dossiers
• Own the complete medical device software lifecycle, covering requirement definition, systematic risk assessment, prototyping, development, testing, and release per relevant internal procedures & external regulations
• Work as a team builder to manage, coach, and develop staff in a fast-paced environment
• Develop and manage effective interfaces across the organization, with other software engineering teams, clinical engineering, design, human factors, and regulatory affairs
• Facilitate and ensure that complex, high-value projects are properly scoped, resourced, and communicated to minimize risk, deliver on-time and on-budget
• Function as the point-of-contact for leaders and stakeholders across the organization between ISI and JV