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Intuitive laying off 331 workers in California
Intuitive Surgical has announced a permanent layoff of 331 employees at its Sunnyvale, California headquarters, effective October 27, 2025. The company filed a WARN notice with California officials on August 21, citing the cessation of graveyard and weekend shifts for the production of its Ion instruments and accessories, along with related logistics and quality operations. These shifts will end on October 23 and 24, 2025, respectively, and the company will transition from a 4×10 to a 5×8 shift schedule for all production teams in Sunnyvale. The layoffs represent just over 2% of Intuitive’s total workforce of 15,638 employees. The majority of affected roles include assembly technicians, manufacturing leads, material handlers, and trainers. The affected positions are tied to the production of the Ion robotic bronchoscopy system, a minimally invasive, catheter-based platform cleared by the FDA in 2019 that enables precise lung biopsies using fiber optic shape sensor technology.
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Intuitive Surgical, a leader in surgical robotics for over two decades, continues to innovate beyond iterative improvements with its next-generation da Vinci 5 system. Recently achieving a 4,000-mile telesurgery demonstration and obtaining the CE mark for the robot, the company has redesigned the da Vinci platform to incorporate foundational computing power that enables advanced features such as force feedback, enhanced instruments, and machine vision. These capabilities aim to deepen surgical insights and improve the surgeon’s interface, positioning Intuitive to maintain leadership in a competitive and maturing surgical robotics market. Iman Jeddi, Ph.D., senior vice president and general manager of Intuitive’s multiport platform, will share insights on this innovation journey and the strategic thinking behind designing for the future of digital surgery during her keynote at RoboBusiness 2025. Dr. Jeddi brings over 20 years of medical device experience, including leadership roles at Intuitive Surgical since 2013 and prior work at Abbott Laboratories contributing to FDA-approved medical devices. At Int
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