Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2024

#143 top sponsor

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.

OccupationFilingsAvg 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

Software Engineer 20 Quality Engineer 18 Senior Software Engineer 14 Manufacturing Engineer 13 Supplier Engineer 9 Mechanical Engineer 7 Systems Analyst 7 Electrical Engineer 5 Regulatory Affairs Specialist 5 Machine Learning Engineer 5 Clinical Development Engineer 5 Data Engineer 5

Worksite states

CA 403 GA 20 NC 12 VA 4 AZ 1 CT 1 MA 1

Wage range

$112,300

25th

$132,600

median

$153,900

75th

$178,838

90th

Law firms used

  • Graham Adair, Inc.442

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-22193-87211 Quality EngineeringCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Apr 19, 2023
A-22131-53704 Indirect Purchasing Systems AnalystCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Apr 7, 2023
A-22189-85312 Sr. Project ManagerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Apr 4, 2023
A-22154-65914 Senior Software EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Mar 27, 2023
A-22154-65824 Manager, MP Instruments & Accessories Test EngineeringCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Mar 27, 2023
A-22166-72777 Senior Design Control Systems EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Mar 22, 2023
A-22172-75971 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Mar 16, 2023
A-22145-61188 Systems AnalystCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Mar 6, 2023
A-22145-61019 IT AnalystCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Mar 6, 2023
A-22139-57917 Regulatory Post Market Surveillance SpecialistCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Feb 22, 2023
A-22131-53905 Supply Demand PlannerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Feb 21, 2023
A-22124-50537 Project Design ManagerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Feb 21, 2023
A-22143-59730 Senior Regulatory Affairs SpecialistCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Feb 2, 2023
A-22131-53807 Navigation EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Jan 30, 2023
A-22116-46471 Software Engineer, Machine LearningCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Jan 19, 2023
A-22109-43069 Senior Product Security EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Jan 18, 2023
A-22103-40246 Medical Imaging EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Dec 30, 2022
A-22102-39606 Insights AnalystCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Dec 27, 2022
A-22082-29659 Senior Project ManagerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Dec 27, 2022
A-22101-39135 Sr. Quality EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Dec 27, 2022

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.