Sr Manager, Immersive Content

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 Position

The Sr Manager, Immersive Content, is responsible for leading a product development team creating cutting-edge immersive training applications for surgical robotic systems. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with team management, driving the development of interactive Unity-based experiences across  a variety of delivery platforms that will revolutionize user training for robotic surgical systems.

This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of training technology while leading a talented development team to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions on a variety of platforms. Success in this role will be measured by the team's ability to consistently deliver reliable, high-performance training applications on schedule, user adoption and effectiveness metrics of the training solutions, and the development of a cohesive, high-performing technical team.

The ideal candidate has strong experience delivering products for end users, skill for integrating disparate inputs into a technical plan, ease working with business stakeholders, passion for architecting and coding complex technical solutions, and experience implementing cutting edge tools for immersive content development.

Essential Job Duties

Lead technical architecture and hands-on development of Unity-based immersive applications targeting multiple delivery platforms for product training scenarios

Design and implement scalable, high-performance solutions that provide effective training experiences

Write clean, maintainable code and establish technical standards and best practices for the development team

Manage and mentor a product software development team, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture focused on rapid iteration and quality delivery

Manage or collaborate with 3D artists and designers

Pursue and critically evaluate opportunities for AI implementation to improve development processes and user experience

Drive project planning, sprint management, and delivery timelines to ensure consistent on-time delivery of milestones

Interface with product managers to translate training requirements into technical solutions and user experiences

Present technical concepts, project status, and strategic recommendations to managers and stakeholders

Coordinate with other engineering and training teams to ensure comprehensive solution development

Conduct performance reviews, provide coaching, and create opportunities for professional development within the team

Stay current with XR and AI technologies, Unity platform updates, development best practices for HMD and mobile platforms, and emerging trends in serious games and medical simulation

Ensure software reliability, performance optimization, and seamless user experiences across all training applications

Qualifications

Core Competencies and Skill Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, related technical discipline or equivalent experience

5+ years of Unity development experience with demonstrated expertise in XR applications, preferably on Meta Quest platforms

3+ years of technical leadership or management experience with a proven track record of successfully delivered projects in fast-paced environments

Strong architectural skills with experience building scalable, reliable software systems that perform well under demanding conditions

Proven ability to lead technical teams to consistently deliver complex products to end users on time, aligned to business requirements, and within budget

Excellent communication skills with demonstrated ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences including executives, product managers, and clinical professionals

Experience with C#, Unity'