Staff Clinical Applications Engineer

Intuitive; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Staff Clinical Applications Engineer will serve as a senior individual contributor focused on developing and delivering best-in-class training for Intuitive’s emerging robotic platforms, enabling clinical users to transition from onboarding through independent proficiency.

The Staff CAE will act as a training architect and field expert, ensuring early users have the knowledge, confidence, and support to integrate robotic technology safely and effectively into practice.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver comprehensive training curricula (workshops, labs, digital modules) tailored to physicians, staff, and internal stakeholders.
• Adapt training methods to multiple learning styles and procedural experience levels.
• Serve as lead faculty during live training, simulation, and case support.
• Provide advanced clinical and technical guidance during procedures, ensuring safe and effective system use.
• Capture and synthesize training feedback from early users to refine curricula and drive adoption.
• Partner with engineering, marketing, medical affairs, and commercial teams to align training with evolving product capabilities and workflow needs.
• Contribute training insights to evidence generation and product development cycles.
• Act as a senior mentor for CAEs and trainers, sharing expertise in adult learning methodologies, curriculum development, and clinical education best practices.
• Support train-the-trainer initiatives to scale global education efforts.

Job description

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

TheStaff Clinical Applications Engineer (CAE)will serve as a senior individual contributor focused on developing and delivering best-in-class training for Intuitive’s emerging robotic platforms. This role emphasizes enabling clinical users to transition from onboarding through independent proficiency by combining deep procedural understanding with advanced educational program design. The Staff CAE will act as a training architect and field expert, ensuring early users have the knowledge, confidence, and support to integrate robotic technology safely and effectively into practice.

Essential Job Duties

Training Program Design & Delivery

• Develop and deliver comprehensive training curricula (workshops, labs, digital modules) tailored to physicians, staff, and internal stakeholders.
• Adapt training methods to multiple learning styles and procedural experience levels.
• Serve as lead faculty during live training, simulation, and case support.

Clinical & Procedural Expertise

• Provide advanced clinical and technical guidance during procedures, ensuring safe and effective system use.
• Capture and synthesize training feedback from early users to refine curricula and drive adoption.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with engineering, marketing, medical affairs, and commercial teams to align training with evolving product capabilities and workflow needs.
• Contribute training insights to evidence generation and product development cycles.

Thought Leadership & Mentorship

• Act as a senior mentor for CAEs and trainers, sharing expertise in adult learning methodologies, curriculum development, and clinical education best practices.
• Support train-the-trainer initiatives to scale global education efforts.