Senior Clinical Development Engineer - Advanced Energy
About The Position
The Senior Clinical Development Engineer (CDE) applies in-depth knowledge of the surgical environment and medical technology to work with engineers, clinicians, and other internal and external stakeholders. The role defines, develops, and validates the clinical function of new products for Intuitive’s multi-port robotic platforms, with a primary focus on establishing and validating data-driven clinical requirements to support high-quality patient outcomes. The CDE participates actively in concept design, assessing and communicating clinical risks, providing design guidance, inventing concepts, and executing clinical strategy. The position also supports product development through clinical studies and pre-clinical testing, regulatory documentation, user manual and training content, and clinical evaluation at customer sites. The role is part of Intuitive’s Future Forward advanced concepts organization, which explores emerging technologies and prototypes next-generation solutions for robotic-assisted surgery.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a similar field.
- At least 8 years of medical device industry experience with a Bachelor’s degree, 6 years with a Master’s degree, or 3 years with a PhD.
- Proven experience supporting a medical product from design through launch.
- Excellent mechanical aptitude and spatial intuition, including the ability to understand complex mechanical products.
- Interest in hands-on, laboratory-based work, including ex-vivo, in-vivo, and in-vitro modes.
- Experience working with surgeons in an operating room environment.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 50% of the time.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree.
- Experience providing on-site clinical trial support.
- Excellent analytical capability and practical skills for developing test methods and drawing conclusions.
- Excellent teamwork skills and demonstrated ability to foster collaboration across disciplines.
- Effective verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
- Demonstrated success recognizing critical issues and driving them to closure through coordinated action.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Composure and ability to react quickly under pressure.
- Fluency in surgical terminology and sound knowledge of anatomy and surgical technique.
Responsibilities
- Apply in-depth knowledge of the operating room environment and da Vinci Surgical Systems, becoming an internal expert on the clinical application of Intuitive products.
- Provide a clinical perspective in product development by defining and assessing the clinical performance of new products.
- Collaborate with marketing partners and clinicians to identify and understand clinical needs.
- Use an analytical approach to identify potential product enhancements and new product ideas.
- Participate in new product development teams, contribute to design reviews, and provide design guidance to engineering teams.
- Assess and document clinical risks and identify appropriate mitigations.
- Execute clinical studies supporting technology development for regulatory and reimbursement strategies.
- Conduct pre-clinical testing to validate the safety and efficacy of new products.
- Support regulatory documentation and submissions.
- Provide subject matter expertise for user manual and training documentation development.
- Support clinical evaluation of new products at key customer sites.
- Maintain current knowledge of clinical applications of Intuitive products.
- Keep Intuitive’s vision and values at the forefront of decision-making.
- Perform other duties as required to support the company’s overall strategy and goals.
Benefits
- Market-competitive compensation packages including base pay, incentives, benefits, and equity.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
