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-22096-36832 Manufacturing Engineer, ElectricalCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Dec 23, 2022
A-22081-29094 Supplier EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Dec 20, 2022
A-22025-02654 Manufacturing EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Dec 1, 2022
A-22061-18104 Industrial DesignerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Nov 15, 2022
A-22075-26344 Mechanical EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Nov 15, 2022
A-22060-17807 Manager Software EngineeringCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Nov 14, 2022
A-21365-92423 Manager, Manufacturing Software EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Oct 24, 2022
A-22025-02741 Medical Device Development EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Oct 12, 2022
A-22024-01912 ServiceNow Business AnalystCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Oct 7, 2022
A-22034-07125 Supply Chain Buyer AnalystCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Oct 7, 2022
A-22020-00560 Data EngineerCertified - Expired Norcross, GA Sep 21, 2022
A-22011-96604 Senior Machine Learning Pipeline EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Sep 12, 2022
A-22006-94781 Sr. Interaction DesignerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Sep 2, 2022
A-21365-92428 Sr Manufacturing Software EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Aug 30, 2022
A-21363-91899 Senior Software EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Aug 30, 2022
A-21361-90954 Senior Embedded Linux EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Aug 30, 2022
A-21347-85727 Manager, Data EngineeringCertified - Expired Norcross, GA Jul 29, 2022
A-21315-72017 Senior Data EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Jun 9, 2022
A-21326-76810 Software Engineer, Voice & Video Client ApplicationCertified - Expired Goleta, CA Jun 8, 2022
A-21307-67247 Data Engineer – Data and ML PipelineCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Jun 1, 2022

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