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. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential. 

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.

Primary Function of Position:

Joining Intuitive Surgical means joining a team dedicated to using technology to benefit patients by improving surgical efficacy and decreasing surgical invasiveness, with patient safety as our highest priority. 

The Data Privacy team is responsible for secure-by-design and privacy-by-design aspects of data related services including; software products, business applications, digital products, infrastructure and cloud services that collect, analyze, and process; system, medical device machine, and customer data from thousands of systems deployed world-wide.

The ideal candidate for the position of Data Privacy Engineer will have proven experience working in data privacy mapping compliance requirements to actionable controls and executing the actions through application of technology and security practices. In addition, the candidate will have demonstrated ability to translate elements of privacy legal frameworks into requirements and configurations for an automated data privacy platform. The candidate will also have experience ensuring compliance with privacy regulations through writing, maintaining, and monitoring the execution of data privacy related policies and procedures.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Conduct Data Privacy Impact Assessments (DPIA’s) for projects and products


• Recommend controls required to mitigate privacy risks found in assessments


• Lead the Data Privacy Operations team’s efforts to develop requirements and privacy platform configurations to support compliance with privacy regulations in all jurisdictions


• Provide subject matter expertise for the Onetrust privacy application


• Manage Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR’s)


• of defined GRC goals


• Automate internal review process and periodic assessments


• Establish continuous monitoring for effectively tracking and managing security and privacy controls


• Support and enable security and privacy awareness training program(s)


• Contribute to; privacy control governance, policy and procedure, and technical security controls supporting privacy objectives


• Identify and execute upon opportunities improve our ability to measure and report on risk management


• Effectively integrates compliance risk/context and technical knowledge to address complex problems.

Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline, or commensurate experience


• 3+ years assessing project and product privacy risks and recommending mitigating controls


• 3+ years of privacy framework experience (HIPAA, GDPR, etc.)


• 3+ years evaluating and processing Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR’S)


• 4+ years creating privacy assessment templates and administering privacy assessments with project and product teams


• 5+ years of experience as a “super user” of an automated privacy platform such as Onetrust or TrustArc


• 2+ years writing, maintaining, and monitoring compliance with data privacy policies and procedures


• Current CISA, CISSP, CIPP, CIPM, CIPT or other related certifications preferred


• Ability to develop relationships and work effectively with customers at all levels and across functions relative to technical, policy, and business concerns


• Experience responding to the business and/or regulatory environment by proactively recommending changes to technical controls


• Familiarity with security and privacy standards such as SOC, ISO 27001, ISO 27018, HIPAA, HITRUST, GDPR, CCPA, etc.


• Working knowledge of data protection - you can converse about the technical controls to achieve privacy compliance objectives

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.