AI maturity
advanced
Director of AI
Director of AI, Applied Research
intuitive · 📍 Sunnyvale, CA, us
Lead applied AI research teams at Intuitive to bridge early-stage surgical AI from research prototypes to production-ready medical robotics products.
Reports to
CTO
Company stage
public
Source
freehire
Signals
- ⚠ Director-level title may undervalue scope of a multi-year AI roadmap with cross-functional P&L-adjacent authority
- ✓ Clear reporting line to VP Research in dedicated Future Forward org
- ✓ Explicit research-to-product mandate in high-growth surgical robotics domain
Company history
Intuitive has been actively building senior AI leadership, with a Head of Enterprise AI role posted recently, signaling broad AI org expansion across both product and governance tracks.