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Director of AI - Applied Research

Sunnyvale, CA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-23 → 2026-07-31

Core

Lead technical teams to develop and commercialize AI solutions for medical robotics and surgical instrumentation, bridging research to product.

Role type

Director of AI – Applied Research (Strategy & Leadership)

Builds

Production-ready AI capabilities for surgical robots and medical instrumentation

Domain

MedTech, Robotics, Surgical AI

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Leadership of medical technology projects, commercialization of AI products, regulatory strategy, stakeholder communication, budget management, team building

Preferred skills

Deep Learning, Computer Vision, edge computing, quantitative analysis, intellectual property management

Technologies

Modern ML frameworks, edge computing, robotic actuators

Responsibilities

Define and maintain multi-year AI roadmap, lead early-stage AI product development and prototyping, establish surgical dataset pipelines, partner with regulatory teams, serve as AI subject matter expert

Seniority

Director, hands-on leadership & strategy

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