Robotic Clinical Specialist (Orange County CA)

Medtronic; Irvine (CA); Remote; USD 115,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Medtronic in Irvine, CA, seeks a remote-based Surgical Robotics Utilization Specialist to deploy the HUGO RAS system across hospitals. You will partner with surgical teams, plan training, and support cases, with >75% travel nationwide.

This role requires a Bachelor’s degree with clinical or sales experience or an advanced degree, relocation willingness, and strong project/change management skills to drive adoption in complex healthcare settings.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of clinical, sales or related experience or Advanced Degree with 0 years of related experience
• Ability to relocate to a major implementation site
• Willingness to travel throughout the country (>75%).
• 12-18+ months clinical selling experience in an operating room environment
• Knowledge and experience of operating rooms and surgery procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to operate from idea generation and strategy development through detailed implementation and results in delivery.
• Understanding the impact of quality and regulatory requirements.
• Strong and demonstrable project management skills.
• Ability to integrate a customer team and coach it to continuously improve its performance.
• Experience in change management with the ability to standardize process optimization and change management activities into a reproducible package that could be deployed in different places by different people.
• Strong analytical, excellent interpersonal and research skills.
• Familiarity with hospital workflows and the ability to navigate complex healthcare environments.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven track record of successfully managing multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Meet with robotic program stakeholders and develop program goals and metrics for HUGO RAS-system; conduct regular program reviews.
• Develop a surgeon training plan, coordinate attendance at off-site training, and arrange proctored cases post-training.
• Develop a training plan to support staff including attendance at off-site training and staff learning support.
• Support technology adoption by attending to cases during learning sessions.
• Utilize change management techniques to engage clinical stakeholders and attain buy-in.
• Coach hospitals’ staff to promote skill transfer and achieve self-sufficiency in operations.
• Cooperate with Medtronic field service engineer and hospital staff to prep the operating room for HUGO RAS-system.
• Track milestones to demonstrate value delivered for the pilot site.
• This is a fully remote role; travel throughout the country >75%.

Skills

Clinical selling

Operating room knowledge

Healthcare environments understanding

Project management

Change management

Communication skills

Multi-project management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of clinical, sales or related experience

Advanced Degree with 0 years of related experience

Job description

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on - 2 Oct 2026

Careers that change lives start here. Medtronic is a global leader in healthcare technology with a Mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life. Our 95,000 employees work across more than 150 countries to put patients first - developing innovative medical technologies that improve the lives of 72+ million patients each year. Your unique talents will help shape the future of healthcare while building a career grounded in purpose, growth, and impact.

A Day in the Life

We are seeking a committed professional to join our team. While this is a remote position not located at a physical Medtronic site, the candidate hired will be required to reside within the territory and drive to multiple accounts throughout the region. A valid driver's license is essential for this role.

The Surgical Robotics Utilization Team manages all aspects of system installation, start-up, customer training, account analysis, drive and optimize the robotic program. Placement of a HUGO surgical robot in the hospital requires full-time support for an account specific period to ensure successful integration into the hospital’s service lines. The utilization team members are seasoned professionals with in-depth knowledge of the healthcare value chain as well as a broad experience across multiple disciplines. They partner with all relevant hospital stakeholders to drive complex transformational changes, implement innovative growth strategies, streamline patient-focused care pathways and optimize operations.

Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), the largest and most successful medical technology company in the world is entering the market of Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS). We are seeking talented individuals that are eager to use all their skills and competencies to quickly deploy our ground-breaking robotic assisted surgical therapies to patients, surgeons and hospitals in several countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Territory

Position is located in Orange County, CA. Willingness to travel throughout the country (>75%) is required.

Primary Responsibilities

• Meet with the robotic program stakeholders and develop program goals and metrics for HUGO™ RAS-system. Conduct regular program review meetings to remain on-track
• Develop a surgeon training plan, coordinate attendance at Medtronic’s off-site training and arrange for proctored cases post-training as needed
• Develop a training plan to support staff to include attendance at a Medtronic off-site training class and support staff through their learning curve
• Support the technology adoption by attending to cases during a surgeon and staff member’s learning sessions
• Utilize change management techniques to engage clinical stakeholders and attain buy-in
• Coach hospitals’ staff to promote skill transfer and achieve self-sufficiency in operational excellence
• Cooperate with Medtronic field service engineer (FSE) and the hospital staff to prepare the operating room to host the HUGO™ RAS-system.
• Track milestones to demonstrate the value delivered for the pilot site
• This is a fully remote role. It will be required to travel throughout the country >75%.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 2 years of clinical, sales or related experience OR Advanced Degree with 0 years of related experience
• Ability to relocate to a major implementation site is required
• Willingness to travel throughout your country (>75%).

Preferred Qualifications

• 12-18+ months clinical selling experience in an operating room environment
• Knowledge and experience of operating rooms and surgery procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to operate from idea generation and strategy development through detailed implementation and results in delivery.
• Understanding the impact of quality and regulatory requirements.
• Strong and demonstrable project management skills.
• Ability to integrate a customer team and coach it to continuously improve its performance.
• Experience in change management with the ability to standardize process optimization and change management activities into a reproducible package that could be deployed in different places by different people.
• Strong analytical, excellent interpersonal and research skills.
• Familiarity with hospital workflows and the ability to navigate complex healthcare environments.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven track record of successfully managing multiple projects simultaneously.

For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R.

• 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

U.S. Work Authorization & Sponsorship

At Medtronic, we are committed to fostering an environment where employees can thrive and make a meaningful impact. In alignment with our enterprise-wide workforce planning approach, U.S. work authorization sponsorship (H-1B, TN, J, etc.) is offered exclusively for Principal-level roles and above, where specialized expertise aligns with long‑term business needs. Roles below the Principal level require candidates to possess unrestricted U.S. work authorization at the time of hire and for the duration of employment.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package

A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$128,000 - $128,000

The base salary range is applicable across the United States, excluding Puerto Rico and specific locations in California. The offered rate complies with federal and local regulations and may vary based on factors such as experience, certification/education, market conditions, and location. Compensation and benefits information pertain solely to candidates hired within the United States (local market compensation and benefits will apply for others).

In addition to Base Salary, this position is eligible for a Sales Incentive Plan (SIP), which provides the opportunity to earn significant incentive compensation for achieving or exceeding your goals.

• Health, Dental and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability leave
• Dependent daycare spending account
• Tuition assistance/reimbursement
• Simple Steps (global well‑being program)

• Incentive plans
• 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
• Short-term disability
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
• Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)

Regular employees are those who are not temporary, such as interns. Temporary employees are eligible for paid sick time, as required under applicable state law, and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Please note some of the above benefits may not apply to workers in Puerto Rico.

Further details are available at the link below:

Medtronic Benefits And Compensation Plans

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