Sr. Clinical Development Engineer

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Sr. Clinical Development Engineer to join the Ion Endoluminal platform.

You will apply clinical and technical expertise to define, develop, and validate product solutions for flexible robotic catheter platforms, focusing on aligning user needs with engineering requirements. You will collaborate with physicians and cross-functional teams to guide product development, manage clinical risks, and support design validation, clinical trials, and early field

Responsibilities

• 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
• Drive design validation testing strategy for new products and get alignment on the strategy with key regulatory and engineering stakeholders

Job description

Job Description

Primary Function of Position:

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.

Roles and Responsibilities:

The responsibilities for this position include:

• 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.
  • Drive frequent stakeholder alignment and solicit appropriate user feedback
  • Drive decision making and expedite key issues quickly
  • Keep the organization’s vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action
  • Educate cross functional team on clinical workflow
  • Support product launches and/or clinical trials and collect early field feedback
• Design Control
  • Conduct clinical risk analysis for new products or updates
  • Lead testing and clinical evaluations of new product features
  • Collaborate with cross functional team members including regulatory, human factors, training, engineering and product management to determine design and development key inputs
  • Drive design validation testing strategy for new products and get alignment on the strategy with key regulatory and engineering stakeholders