Fluorescence Imaging CAE — Field Clinical Expert

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is seeking a Clinical Applications Engineer for Fluorescence Imaging to support site training, procedures, and workflow optimization. The role collaborates with surgeons, pathologists, study coordinators, and clinical trial sites to ensure high-quality data and protocol adherence.

The CAE will travel to sites, train teams, and troubleshoot imaging workflows, with a focus on real-time imaging integration and end-to-end data integrity across projects.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Science, Nursing, Life Sciences, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years supporting clinical trials, imaging products, or surgical technologies.
• Experience working directly with physicians and clinical trial sites.
• Strong understanding of pathology workflows and clinical data collection.
• Ability to travel up to 80% during study startup and enrollment ramp-up.
• Highly collaborative and works well in a remote team environment.
• Good level of English, spoken and written; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Train surgeons, pathologists, research coordinators, and site personnel on protocol-defined imaging procedures.
• Provide on-site technical support during fluorescence imaging procedures and early site adoption.
• Serve as the primary field resource for imaging workflow implementation and troubleshooting.
• Support investigator meetings, site initiation visits, and training/retraining activities.
• Develop expertise in surgical, pathology, and specimen-processing workflows.
• Identify workflow challenges affecting endpoint assessment or data quality and integrity.
• Partner with sites to optimize specimen handling, imaging acquisition, pathology correlation, and documentation procedures.
• Ensure protocol-defined imaging assessments are executed consistently.
• Review imaging, pathology, and procedural data for completeness and quality.
• Identify protocol deviations and data quality issues.
• Support implementation of monitoring and quality review procedures.
• Support specimen mapping and pathology correlation workflows.
• Facilitate communication between surgical and pathology teams.
• Ensure consistent application of pathology-related study procedures.
• Support review of imaging performance and endpoint data.
• Collaborate with Clinical Development, Biostatistics, and Data Science teams.
• Provide field-based insights into workflow optimization to ensure high data quality.

Skills

Travel readiness up to 80%

Remote teamwork

Strong communication

Clinical site collaboration

Data interpretation

Education

BS or MS in Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Science, Nursing, Life Sciences, or related field

Job description

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is seeking a Clinical Applications Engineer for Fluorescence Imaging to support site training, procedures, and workflow optimization. The role collaborates with surgeons, pathologists, study coordinators, and clinical trial sites to ensure high-quality data and protocol adherence.

The CAE will travel to sites, train teams, and troubleshoot imaging workflows, with a focus on real-time imaging integration and end-to-end data integrity across projects.