- Robot type
- Surgical and Medical
- Location
- SunnyvaleCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Aug 11, 2026
Full-time
Sr. Clinical Development Engineer
Job description
This Sr. Clinical Development Engineer (CDE) position reports to the Clinical Development Engineering Manager on the Ion Endoluminal platform. In this position, Sr. CDE utilizes their in-depth clinical, technical and design control 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. This position will also allow exploration of future robotic clinical applications and solutions.
Job responsibilities
- Clinical and Technical knowledge 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
- Observe cases and communicate assessment of robotic value and/or opportunities
- Contribute expertise into clinical protocol design and strategy
- Product Leadership Participate in early design investigation teams that are lean and efficient with a focus on product enhancements & new product ideas.
Job requirements
- Masters or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Controls Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or similar
- Minimum of 4 years of clinical development and design control experience including the MS
- Experienced in driving medical device products and features from concept to market
- Experience collaborating with physicians and collecting feedback on clinical use of the products
- Experience understanding clinical harms and performing clinical risk analysis
- Fluent in medical terminology and sound knowledge of anatomy