Digital Design Engineer
Intuitive Surgical
Huntsville, AL · Posted October 16, 2026
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About the job
INTUITIVE® is a nationally recognized Best Place to Work that provides solutions from design through production to sustainment by delivering targeted results. Our approach couples the latest technology with engineering expertise and analytical proficiency while remaining true to genuine customer relationships and a culture that fosters growth and opportunity. Our diverse portfolio of capabilities and extensive customer base allows our employees countless opportunities to pursue their passions and support our nation’s Warfighters. Join our team that encourages creativity, welcomes initiative, and seeks excellence. Start Building Your Future today!
We are seeking an experienced Digital Design Engineer to work as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team throughout the life cycle of a program. In this role, you will execute on complex electrical development tasking and/or lead the technical execution of projects involving multi-disciplinary engineering teams. You will work with both customers and internal program managers to define expectations, schedule, and goals on various projects. You will design, analyze, simulate, test, evaluate, and report results as it relates to electronic products. This is an on-site position.
As a Digital Design Engineer, you will be exposed to the entire design/development process and have the ability to influence program execution strategy. You will have the opportunity to directly interface with customers on multiple fast paced programs in support of ARMY and other department of defense customers and directly contribute to the success of these programs. The daily responsibilities will evolve as the current needs of assigned programs evolve and include requirements definition, design, analysis, technical data package development, manufacturing support, integration, and testing.
Required:
• ABET accredited BS degree in electrical engineering or related engineering field
• 5 year minimum experience performing engineering-related duties
• Digital design (Memory, Processors, Logic, FPGAs, CPLDs) proficiency
• VHDL/Verilog development
• Approximately 10% travel
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoW security clearance
Desired:
• Aviation/Ground Vehicle Integration
• Experience using Altium Designer
• Experience writing test bench
• Experience using Spice Simulations
Disability Accommodation for Applicants - Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in its job application procedures. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability, you may use the following alternative email address or phone number to contact us about your interest in employment at INTUITIVE hr@irtc-hq.com or 256-922-9300. Our process is to respond and to work with the requestor to identify a workable accommodation to the application process.