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Clinical Research Engineer - Future Forward

Sunnyvale, CA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-08 → 2026-09-25

Core

Develop new product concepts and clinical strategies for early-stage medical device platforms by collaborating with engineers and physicians to define performance goals, assess risks, and execute feasibility studies.

Role type

Senior Clinical Research Engineer (Medical Device R&D)

Builds

New medical device platforms, instruments, and accessories for surgical applications

Domain

Medical device industry, surgical robotics, clinical research

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Clinical device development, experimental strategy design, pre-clinical and clinical feasibility study execution, regulatory submission support, intellectual property development, design controls, market segmentation, anatomical knowledge, medical procedure terminology, complex robotic system understanding, spatial reasoning, hypothesis testing, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Operating room or interventional suite experience, on-site clinical trial support, patent assessment

Technologies

Robotic systems, software algorithms, clinical evaluation tools

Responsibilities

Research disease states and medical technologies to identify new business opportunities; Collaborate with engineers and physicians to define clinical performance goals and potential risks; Work with key opinion leaders and stakeholders to translate clinical needs into user-centric design; Develop and execute clinical derisking pathways including pre-clinical and clinical feasibility studies; Design, develop, and execute clinical evaluations of prototypes; Lead and execute early-stage feasibility, pilot, and pivotal studies; Develop intellectual property for novel clinical applications

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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