Simulation Education Specialist ; m​/f​/d

Simulation Education Specialist 100% (m/f/d)

Virta Med develops advanced surgical simulation solutions using hyper-realistic digital twins, AI, and customized hardware. We work with Med Tech and healthcare partners to accelerate innovation and enable hospitals, educators, and medical societies to train and assess healthcare professionals through high-fidelity simulation and performance-based education. Our vision is to make medical and surgical care safer, smarter, and more scalable – from the first prototype to the last patient treated.

We are changing the way surgery is taught, practiced, and improved. By combining technology, data, high-fidelity simulation, and outcome-driven education, we help healthcare professionals achieve measurable proficiency and ultimately contribute to better patient outcomes. At Virta Med, we believe the best solutions are created together. We work closely with our customers and partners, pursue innovation with purpose, and are committed to excellence, integrity, and continuous learning.

This is what makes up our company culture.

We are looking for a "Simulation Education Specialist 100% (m/f/d)" to define and advance Virta Med's approach to simulation-based education across our portfolio. You will translate surgical training needs and educational best practices into effective simulation exercises, proficiency-based curricula, assessments, performance metrics, and product-development requirements.

Virta Med's ambition is to advance simulation from optional practice to a recognized component of surgical training and assessment. The role will help develop the educational rigor, assessment capabilities, and supporting evidence needed for Virta Med content to be adopted by institutions and, over time, considered within formal pathways established by professional societies, boards, and governing bodies.

You will partner across Product Development, Clinical Content, Customer Success, and Commercial teams, contributing simulation-education expertise to jointly develop effective and scalable solutions. The role will connect educational strategy, product development, and customer needs to support adoption, customer value, and product differentiation without directly owning commercial accounts or sales targets.

Your responsibilities include:

• Define and maintain Virta Med's approach to simulation-based education, including standards for exercise design, curriculum structure, assessment, feedback, and proficiency-based progression.
• Translate surgical competencies and training needs into measurable learning objectives, intended learner behaviors, and actionable product requirements.
• Lead the educational design and review of simulation exercises, cases, assessments, performance metrics, and instructor guidance.
• Evaluate whether exercises reliably train or assess their intended skills, identify unintended strategies, and guide improvements through expert review, learner testing, and data analysis.
• Educate and influence product managers, developers, engineers, and other stakeholders so educational requirements inform development decisions.

• Establish a standardized proficiency-based training framework that can be applied across Virta Med's portfolio.
• Organize exercises into structured curricula with appropriate sequencing, practice, progression criteria, and completion rules.
• Distinguish between training and assessment use and ensure that guidance, feedback, metrics, and scoring are appropriate to the intended purpose.
• Define meaningful performance metrics and proficiency criteria that reflect intended learner behaviors and distinguish between performance quality, errors, and efficiency.
• Identify curriculum, exercise, assessment, and evidence gaps and translate them into a prioritized development roadmap.

• Analyze simulator performance and study data to evaluate exercises, metrics, curricula, and learner progression.
• Review evaluation and validation findings and translate relevant results into improvements to products, curricula, metrics, and development standards.
• Collaborate with surgeons, educators, training institutions, and selected customer sites to inform curriculum and product…