Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2024
Overview
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 442 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2024. That places it #143 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 287 were certified (64.9% approval rate), taking about 335 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $132,600.
442
PERM filings
64.9%
approval
2
denied
$132,600
median wage
335d
avg processing
Worker background
Across 247 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (74%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)
Top countries of origin
- India184
- China27
- Canada9
- Mexico6
- Jordan2
- Iran2
- Spain2
- Burma (myanmar)1
- United Kingdom1
- Germany1
Prior visa status
- H-1B219
- TN9
- O-14
- F-14
- H-43
- L-13
- A1/A21
- O-31
Education
- Master's159
- Bachelor's66
- Doctorate20
- Other2
PERM filings by year
Occupations & job titles
The occupations Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.
| Occupation | Filings | Avg wage |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 37 | $163,898 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 31 | $137,514 |
| Manufacturing Engineers | 30 | $121,483 |
| Industrial Engineers | 28 | $120,683 |
| Software Developers, Applications | 23 | $131,834 |
| Software Developers, Systems Software | 21 | $145,966 |
| Information Security Analysts | 16 | $143,002 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 14 | $128,268 |
| Regulatory Affairs Specialists | 14 | $100,249 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | 12 | $129,309 |
Common job titles
Recent filings
| Case | Job title | Status | Worksite | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-23129-39501 | Manufacturing Engineer - Instruments | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | May 29, 2024 |
| A-23093-22088 | Mechanical Engineer, Surgical Carts | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | May 28, 2024 |
| A-23115-32901 | Manufacturing Engineer | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | May 28, 2024 |
| A-23115-32648 | Manager, Vision R&D Engineering | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | May 22, 2024 |
| A-23081-16403 | Interaction Designer | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | May 22, 2024 |
| A-23115-33047 | Sr. Manufacturing Engineer | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | May 22, 2024 |
| A-23121-35502 | Quality Engineer | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | May 22, 2024 |
| A-23083-17727 | Quality Engineer | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | May 22, 2024 |
| A-23093-22274 | Insights Technical Architect | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | May 22, 2024 |
| A-23114-32123 | Software/Data Engineer | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | May 21, 2024 |
| A-23053-04931 | Production Supervisor | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | May 21, 2024 |
| G-100-23320-507268 | Machine Learning Engineer | Withdrawn | Sunnyvale, CA | May 21, 2024 |
| A-23107-28657 | Equipment Controls Engineer | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | Apr 26, 2024 |
| A-23069-11729 | Quality Engineer 3 | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | Apr 26, 2024 |
| A-23059-06795 | Supplier Engineer | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | Apr 26, 2024 |
| A-23094-22779 | Data Operations Engineer | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | Apr 26, 2024 |
| A-23096-23768 | Test Automation Engineer | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | Apr 26, 2024 |
| A-23104-27911 | Software Engineer - Networking Cloud Applications | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | Apr 26, 2024 |
| A-23068-11079 | EA BI Engineer RAQA | Certified - Expired | Raleigh, NC | Apr 26, 2024 |
| A-23045-01284 | Senior Apttus CPQ Business Systems Analyst | Certified - Expired | Sunnyvale, CA | Apr 26, 2024 |
Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.