Senior Clinical Development Engineer

Neptune Medical is an innovative, venture capital funded medical device startup headquartered in Burlingame, CA. We have already commercialized novel medical devices using our technology. Now the team at Neptune is building something truly unique: a fully flexible medical robot that enables doctors to reach deep into human anatomy. Our robot will disrupt flexible endoscopy and set a new standard in outcomes for decades to come.

Senior Clinical Development Engineer

Senior Clinical Development Engineer will work closely with product development teams and clinicians to evaluate product designs from early feasibility to clinical trials to commercialization. The primary focus is to understand user needs, establish clinical requirements, consider clinical risks, and identify solutions to guide product development. The role is suited to a fast‑paced, collaborative medical device start‑up and offers a career‑defining opportunity to contribute to a genuinely new type of medical robotic platform.

• Collaborate with Product Development and Clinicians to define user needs for product
• Drive product discovery in collaboration with product management and product development teams by being the internal champion of clinical need
• Become the subject matter expert on GI anatomy, disease states, and clinical procedures and environments
• Utilize clinical knowledge to lead the development of bench models for evaluation of prototypes
• Remain current with the latest GI scientific publications relevant to the company’s products
• Develop clinical hazards analysis and documentation and suggest mitigations to inform product design
• Develop new test methods, models, and metrics for quantifying product performance.
• Own and manage pre-clinical testing facilities including regulatory compliance.
• Lead and execute evaluation of new product and service prototypes
• Write plans, protocols, conduct formal testing, and report results of preclinical, formative, summative, and validation studies throughout the design process
• Support developing customer training materials, user manuals, labeling, and other supporting materials
• Support initial product launch by developing customer training activities, supporting initial cases during customer site bring up, and conducting Physician Preference Testing
• Provide mentorship and support the professional development of junior team members

• B.S. in Biomedical Engineering or similar
• 5+ years of work experience in clinical development within the medical device industry
• Strong experience collaborating with physicians and collecting feedback on clinical use of the product
• Experience leading hands‑on product evaluation testing in a pre‑clinical lab
• Experience developing design validation strategy, protocol creation and testing
• Fluent in medical terminology and sound knowledge of anatomy
• Ability to effectively communicate concepts, ideas, and knowledge to other individuals and teams.
• Ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations based on technical inputs from multiple and varied sources
• Takes initiative and acts quickly to drive solutions with a driven outlook and with a strong desire to succeed as an engineer, as a team player, and as a key part of a company

• Experience in clinical development for medical robotics
• M.S. in Biomedical Engineering or similar
• Experience developing bench models of disease states
• Experience or knowledge of the GI/endoscopy space
• Experience in conducting risk assessments
• Experience and application of usability and human factors principles
• Familiar with robotics fundamentals

The starting base salary for this role is between $135,000 and $180,000 depending on experience. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: education, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for equity, benefits, and 401(k) with matching.

Neptune Medical provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.