Senior Clinical Development Engineer, Digital

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Apply in-depth knowledge of the operating room environment and of the da Vinci Surgical Systems to become an expert within the company on the clinical application of Intuitive’s products
• Serve as the clinical voice for digital, automated, and robotic surgery products, representing surgeon needs, workflow fit, usability, clinical performance, and patient impact.
• Identify unmet clinical needs through surgeon engagement, OR observation, workflow analysis, competitive assessment, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Partner with engineering, software, systems, data science, human factors, product, regulatory, and quality teams to define requirements, risks, mitigations, and validation strategies.
• Plan, execute, and document prototype, simulated-use, preclinical, workflow-based, and clinical performance evaluations.
• Analyze qualitative and quantitative data to develop clinical rationale and recommendations that guide product decisions and milestone readiness.
• Support design-control, risk management, regulatory, labeling, training, and customer-facing documentation as needed.
• Maintain expertise in robotic surgery, digital surgery, automated surgical tasks, AI/ML-enabled technology, clinical applications, and emerging standards.

Job requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in medical device industry with a Bachelor’s degree, 6 years experience with a Master’s degree, or 3 years with a PhD degree
• Proven experience in supporting a medical product from design to launch
• Experience in regulated medical device product discovery and/or new product development.
• Experience working with surgeons or clinical experts in OR, simulation, lab, or clinical evaluation settings.
• Strong knowledge of surgical terminology, anatomy, technique, and minimally invasive or robotic surgical workflows.
• Ability to translate clinical needs into user needs, use cases, requirements, clinical performance criteria, and validation plans.
• Ability to work in operating room, simulation, lab, and preclinical environments as required.