Clinical Development Engineering Intern

Intuitive • Sunnyvale, CA

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About The Position

This Clinical Development Engineering intern position reports to the Clinical Development Engineering Management. In this position, the Clinical Development Engineer utilizes their in-depth clinical, technical knowledge to collaborate with physicians and design engineering to discover, define, develop, and validate new product solutions for flexible robotic catheter platforms. Their primary focus is to understand user needs, establish clinical and engineering requirements, consider clinical risks and identify solutions to guide product development.

Requirements

• University Hiring Program Eligibility Requirements:
• University Enrollment: Must be currently enrolled in and returning to an accredited degree-seeking academic program after the internship.
• Internship Work Period: Must be available to work full-time (approximately 40 hours per week) during a 10-12 week period starting May or June. Specific start dates are shared during the recruiting process.
• Required Education and Training
• Current enrollment in a Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related degree-seeking program at the Master’s level.
• Bachelor’s level students would also be considered based on specific relevant experience.
• Ability to work in a lab based environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with medical device design concepts including user needs discovery, concept development, requirements, prototyping and testing.
• Experience developing test models and/or performing user or preclinical testing
• Knowledgable in medical terminology, anatomy, and procedures
• Ability to adapt priorities in a fast paced, dynamic, product development team
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills

Responsibilities

• Apply in-depth clinical knowledge and technical system understanding in defining and developing products based on clinical needs
• Collaborate with physicians and key clinical users on clinical procedure development and understanding product feedback
• Clearly define clinical need and requirements for product
• Develop test models and test methods for clinically relevant product evaluations.
• Assess potential clinical risks and propose mitigations as an input to product design
• Evaluate and assess clinical impact resulting from SW algorithm updates
• Support post market investigation by driving clinical risk assessment, clinical workflow investigation and pre-clinical testing for critical field issues.
• Lead testing and clinical evaluations of new product features

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees