Managing Principal - AI Product Integration

Managing Principal - AI Product Integration

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints. As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible. Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves. Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

The da Vinci system pushes the frontier of human-machine interaction by fusing robotic technologies into a core product experience – technologies such as 3D immersive vision, high-fidelity haptic interfaces, dexterous robotic manipulators, and high-performance computing. The AI Product Integration Lead cuts across multiple disciplines to facilitate scalable development of products that make the experience of using technically complex surgical devices safe, easy to use, and confidence inspiring.

The AI Product Integration Lead will work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to bring together the key components of AI/ML product solutions and their supporting infrastructure and processes—for both existing and future robotic systems in the da Vinci product line. The successful candidate has a proven track record of developing and leading high-performing teams to realize transformative new products that benefit clinical teams and their patients. They are capable of identifying and de-risking critical component technologies, infrastructure, and processes needed to support products that leverage AI/ML in mission-critical applications.

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Uncover unmet needs: Ensure a thorough understanding of the clinical, usability and technical problems to be solved by working with partners who bring expertise in product management, clinical applications, human factors and varied engineering disciplines. Identify and coordinate methods for rapid hands-on concept iteration to evaluate product experiences and to guide the development of clear design inputs. Engage cross-functionally to identify opportunities to leverage AI in support of product solutions; develop clear requirements for core technology building blocks; facilitate seamless integration with the da Vinci system architecture and overall user experience.
2. Facilitate translation of AI research to product solutions: Work closely with internal research and development teams and external partners to identify and translate state-of-the-art AI/ML technologies to address product needs. Work with subject matter experts to develop concrete metrics and methods for evaluating and de-risking technologies, within the context of product applications.
3. Coordinate AI product integration: Responsible for leading AI product integration between cross-functional partners that may include Design; Hardware and Software Engineering; Digital, Data & ML Platforms; Clinical Development; Human Factors; Test/QA; Quality and Regulatory teams.
4. Support foundational platforms for AI products: Facilitate the integration of critical platform infrastructure requirements and processes needed to advance AI-enabled medical products; including for data pipelines and platforms, edge and cloud compute, simulation, MLOps, regulatory compliance processes and documentation. Drive toward scalable platforms and processes as a foundation for enabling a longer-term product roadmap.

Skills/Job Requirements:

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics, AI/ML, Biomedical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related technical field; Ph.D. preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in AI/ML product development, integration, or technical lead roles, preferably in the medical device and robotics fields. A proven track record in leading complex, multidisciplinary integration projects from start to finish.
• Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) and data infrastructure. Hands-on experience with complex system integrations for mission critical applications.
• Experience developing or maintaining extensible and scalable platforms for supporting AI products (data platforms & pipelines, evaluation frameworks, MLOps, etc.).
• Familiarity with regulatory guidance, requirements and standards related to AI/ML in medical devices. Detailed working knowledge of risk management frameworks and testing/validation methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience building high-performing technical teams that have successfully developed and launched AI-enabled products.
• Demonstrated ability to leverage data to drive priorities and decision making.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks, manage timelines, and deliver results in fast-paced, innovative, and multi-disciplinary environments.
• A high-degree of design & technical creativity.
• Willingness to travel to support site visits, case observations, and field testing.