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Senior Clinical Development Engineer, Digital

Sunnyvale, CA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-31 → 2026-09-25

Core

Translating surgeon needs and clinical workflow insights into requirements, risk assessments, validation strategies, and product recommendations for digital, automated, and software-enabled robotic surgery products.

Role type

Senior Clinical Development Engineer (Digital)

Builds

Digital, automated, and software-enabled robotic surgery products (da Vinci Surgical Systems, Ion)

Domain

Medical Devices / Robotic Surgery / Digital Health

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Clinical workflow analysis, OR environment expertise, regulatory product development, surgeon engagement, risk assessment, validation planning, data analysis, design control, robotic surgery knowledge, AI/ML technology familiarity

Preferred skills

Digital surgery experience, computer vision, navigation, image guidance, software as a medical device, usability engineering, human factors, evidence strategies, systems thinking

Technologies

da Vinci Surgical Systems, Ion, AI/ML-enabled tools, computer vision, navigation, image guidance

Responsibilities

Identify unmet clinical needs through surgeon engagement and OR observation; Partner with cross-functional teams to define requirements and validation strategies; Plan and execute prototype and clinical performance evaluations; Analyze data to develop clinical rationale for product decisions; Lead complex clinical development workstreams and mentor others.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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