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Horizon Surgical Systems Inc. aims to expand access to care, provide superior capabilities to the human surgeon, and enhance patient outcomes. Microsurgery in general and Ophthalmology are subfields of surgery for which the surgical outcomes can be significantly improved by robotic systems to allow superior dexterity, precision, accuracy, and visualization beyond the human surgeon’s own capabilities.\nWe are seeking highly motivated, and intellectually inquisitive individuals looking to make a positive impact on healthcare via the development of robotic technology. The core values of Horizon Surgical Systems Inc. are:\nCommitment to Excellence: We aim to deliver superior patient outcomes and surgeon experiences\nPassion for Creativity and Innovation: We are driven by new ideas and aim to push the boundaries of what's possible\nTeamwork and Camaraderie: We achieve our best when we collaborate and work together\nWelcoming of Critical Opinion: We are enriched by constructive criticism and support the best ideas\nPersonal Accountability: We honor our commitments and take responsibility for our actions\nHorizon Surgical Systems Inc. offers:\nAn opportunity to build autonomous surgical robotic systems driven by image guidance and AI technology for the future of affordable, high-quality healthcare.\nThe opportunity to work alongside clinicians, engineers, and global leaders in cutting-edge AI, imaging, and robotics technology.\nCompetitive compensation and an excellent company-paid benefits package.\nRole Description\nIn your role as a Robotics Software Engineer at Horizon Surgical Systems, you will contribute to the architecture and design of a cutting-edge surgical robotics system, implementing and verifying mission-critical software modules. The ability to enforce deterministic timing, and fail-safe behaviors, in the controls software is paramount to its clinical efficacy and regulatory approval. You will be responsible for optimizing the end-to-end latency and throughput of control software by designing a high-performance controls platform. \nRequired Qualifications & Abilities:\nEducational Background:\nBachelor's, Master’s or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.\nTechnical Skills:\nStrong proficiency in modern C++ (at least C++11) is a must.\nKnowledge of DDS, or an alternative asynchronous structured IPC mechanism (e.g., gRPC).\nProficiency with implementing and evaluating software architecture in the context of latency-minimization, determinism, and reliability.\nExperience:\n5+(Senior)/8+(Staff) years of C++ robot controls software development.\n5+(Senior)/8+(Staff) years deploying and testing software in a Linux environment.\nPrior experience working on mission-critical software.\nPrior experience with medical device development is a plus.\nPrior experience with embedded C/C++ is useful.\nKnowledge:\nAbility to independently implement high-performance Linux systems software.\nQuantitative profiling and performance optimization experience (either using a tool like gprof or instrumenting software with your own tooling).\nExperience with an observability framework is helpful, particularly one tailored to robotics telemetry data.\nAbility to analyze latency and jitter of high-frequency data in a distributed system.\nExperience with software deployment procedures (configuration management, containerized builds, etc.) is preferred.\nExperience with motor control for serial robotic manipulators is preferred.\nExperience with kinematics and rigid-body dynamics is helpful for collaborating on control algorithms which use the servo drives that you integrate.\nSoft Skills:\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational abilities.\nGood communication skills to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including software engineers, electrical/mechanical engineers, and product managers.\nAbility to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment and adapt to new challenges.\nOther Requirements:\nComfortable working in a lab or workshop environment alongside surgical robotic systems.\nAbility to work on-site for hands-on software integration.\nResponsibilities: \nSoftware Implementation:\nDesigning, implementing, and maintaining robot controls software that provides real-time-safe data transfer and observability mechanisms.\nOptimizing the controls data pipeline across PCs with network and DDS QoS configuration.\nBridging the timing gap between non-deterministic IPC mechanisms and deterministic event-loops.\nCollaborating with control algorithm engineers on optimizing the performance of their control loops.\nIntegration & Collaboration:\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high performance of software modules.\nEngage in pair programming, code reviews, and design discussions to maintain high coding standards.\n Testing & 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