Clinical Engineering & Human Factors Intern - Robotics R&D

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Non-LDP Intern/Co-Op

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Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we're developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of surgery? Ready to join a team that's reimagining how we heal? Our Surgery team will give you the chance to deliver surgical technologies and solutions to surgeons and healthcare professionals around the world. Your contributions will help effectively treat some of the world's most prevalent conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

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Purpose:

Join our Clinical Engineering team in Santa Clara, CA, and help advance healthcare technology through innovative engineering solutions. This internship offers hands‑on experience supporting the definition, development, and evaluation of medical technologies, including laboratory testing, system characterization, and engineering studies that inform product design and improve patient care.

As an intern on the Clinical Engineering & Human Factors Engineering team, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support the development of innovative medical devices and robotic surgical systems. You will contribute to understanding user needs, evaluating clinical workflows, assessing risks, and generating insights that guide product development. This role provides exposure to both the clinical and human‑centered aspects of medical device design, helping ensure products are safe, effective, and instinctive for healthcare professionals and patients.

• Research disease states, treatment options, patient pathways, surgical workflows, and competitive technologies to inform product development.
• Contribute to the identification and analysis of user needs, use scenarios, workflow requirements, and design inputs.
• Support planning and execution of user research, usability evaluations, and product assessments in simulated or clinical-use environments.
• Analyze qualitative and quantitative data from studies, observations, and evaluations to identify insights and communicate findings.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of human factors, clinical, and risk management documentation, including traceability activities and use‑related risk assessments.
• Develop and detail clinical workflows, task analyses, and product use scenarios to support product development and validation activities.
• Build reports, presentations, visualizations, and summaries to communicate project outcomes and recommendations.
• Collaborat…