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10 Intuitive Surgical engineering leaders
These ten Intuitive Surgical engineering leaders hold director-level or more senior roles in software, platform, design and hardware engineering at Intuitive. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Intuitive Surgical from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alexander Sang
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Engineering · Intuitive
Senior Director, Engineering at Intuitive since September 2026, in Blacksburg, Virginia, a role the profile places in the Engineering and Technical department. Other Intuitive roles include Director, Engineering (2021–2026), Sr Manager Engineering (2019–2021) and Sr. Software Engineer (2014–2019).
Arundhati Kabe
LinkedInExperience: Director, Hardware Engineering, Advanced Product Development · Intuitive
Director, Hardware Engineering, Advanced Product Development at Intuitive since January 2024, in the Engineering and Technical department according to the profile. Other Intuitive roles include Director of Engineering - R&D , Vision (2022–2024) and Senior Manager - R&D, Vision Engineering (2017–2022).
Brent Tokarchuk
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Software and Data Platform · Intuitive
Senior Director of Software and Data Platform at Intuitive since July 2023, in the Engineering and Technical department according to the profile. Other Intuitive roles include Director of Software, Core Technology Engineering (2018–2023), Senior Software Development Manager (2014–2015) and Software Development Lead and Manager (2011–2014).
C. Brady Knowles
LinkedInExperience: Director I&A Product Design Engineering · Intuitive
Director I&A Product Design Engineering at Intuitive since October 2025, in the San Francisco Bay Area. C. Brady Knowles was Director of Manufacturing Engineering at Intuitive (2024–2025), a role the profile places in the Engineering and Technical department, and Senior Manager Manufacturing Engineering there (2021–2024).
Daryl Oshatz
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Systems Design Engineering · Intuitive
Senior Director Systems Design Engineering at Intuitive since May 2026, in Sunnyvale, California. The profile also lists Senior Director Mechanical Engineering (from 2019) and Director of Mechanical Engineering (from 2010) at Intuitive with no end dates, and Director of Product Engineering at Parata Systems (2006–2009).
Joyce Ballard
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Clinical Development Engineering and Surgical Applications Engineering · Intuitive
Sr. Director, Clinical Development Engineering and Surgical Applications Engineering at Intuitive since March 2026, leading, according to the profile, a Clinical Development Engineering team that supports all new product development for the Multiport, Singleport and Digital Business Units. Other Intuitive roles include Sr. Director, Clinical Development Engineering (2024–2026) and Director, Clinical Development Engineering (2021–2024).
Lawton N. Verner
LinkedInExperience: Sr Director, Design Engineering · Intuitive
Sr Director, Design Engineering at Intuitive since September 2025, where the profile says Lawton N. Verner directs the Systems Analysis (Robotics/Controls/Algorithms) team responsible for the design of all Instruments and Accessories for the da Vinci MultiPort. Other Intuitive roles include Director, Design Engineering (2022–2025) and Director, Systems Analysis (2021–2022).
Probal Mitra
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Da Vinci SP Platform Engineering · Intuitive
Senior Director, Da Vinci SP Platform Engineering at Intuitive since April 2025, described on the profile as department lead for Da Vinci SP platform engineering. Other Intuitive roles include Director, Systems Analysis for Da Vinci SP (2022–2025) and Director, Systems Analysis for I&A (2018–2021).
Troy K. Adebar
LinkedInExperience: Director, Software Engineering · Intuitive
Director, Software Engineering at Intuitive since April 2024, leading, according to the profile, the teams who work on planning, navigation and medical imaging features for Intuitive's Ion endoluminal platform. Other Intuitive roles include Senior Manager, Navigation Engineering (2022–2024) and Manager, Navigation Engineering (2018–2022).
Vincent Duindam
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Software Engineering · Intuitive
Sr. Director, Software Engineering at Intuitive since September 2023. Vincent Duindam was Director, Software Engineering at Intuitive (2019–2023), and the profile summary describes leading a team of engineers working on the software for the Ion system, which it calls Intuitive's robotic endoluminal platform.
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- 01How do you split work between platform engineering and instrument design teams on a surgical robot?
- 02What does it take to move a new robotic system feature from prototype to a cleared product?
- 03How do you structure software teams that build navigation and imaging features for a medical device?
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