Senior Integration Engineer

Vicarious Surgical is hiring a Senior Systems Integration Engineer to join our team in Waltham, MA. As a Senior systems integration engineer, you will work on all aspects of our surgical system including software, controls, and electrical and mechanical hardware. You’ll have working knowledge of how all the components, subsystems, and software work together to make Vicarious Surgical’s robot run. You will also become an expert in one or more subsystems, creating processes and tools for bringing up, calibrating and testing them.

Your work will have a critical impact at the center of our product development team. You will be involved in the definition of system and subsystem requirements; test planning; design reviews; and subsystem and system integration and testing.

This job requires a wide breadth of technical skills, spanning mechanical, electrical, software and controls engineering. You will be writing Python scripts, 3D printing prototypes and troubleshooting complex electronic circuits.

Vicarious Surgical is a next generation robotics company developing a disruptive technology with the goal of increasing the efficiency of surgical procedure, improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs.

Responsibilities

• Work cross-functionally with different engineering teams to make our surgical robotic system functional
• Plan and execute subsystem-level bring up plans
• Develop, run and document system level tests to measure the performance of the robotic platform
• Develop, run and document subsystem level tests to verify their adherence to subsystem requirements
• Identify and root-cause problems that prevent subsystems from working together
• Work with the relevant engineering team to resolve problems and provide feedback for future design improvements
• Lead system demonstrations and tests
• Provide technical mentorship to other team members

• Degree(s) in robotics, mechatronics, electrical, mechanical or computer engineering, or a related discipline
• BS+5 years, MS+3 years or PhD+0 years of experience designing, building and/or troubleshooting complex electromechanical systems
• Strong foundation in two or more of the following: software, mechanical, controls or electrical engineering
• Experience writing and debugging software using Python
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly build and debug electromechanical systems
• Strong understanding of linear control concepts and techniques
• Experience with mechanical CAD, part prototyping and fabrication
• Experience designing and building tools and processes for sensor calibration and testing
• Robotic systems and/or medical device work experience
• Experience working in a regulated industry
• Cross-disciplinary work experience
• Excellent verbal communication skills
• Love for robots, abdominal surgery and/or robots that perform abdominal surgery

Together, we share a love for learning and we are passionate teachers.  As a company, we set ambitious goals and individually, we share in that ambition. At the office, we enjoy each other’s company during monthly social, catered lunches and company celebrations.

Please note that at Vicarious Surgical, we follow COVID-19 safety protocol, which may include compliance with vaccination, testing and masking requirements.