Principal Clinical Development Engineer

Company Description It started with a simple idea: what if surgery could be less invasive and recovery less painful? Nearly 30 years later, that question still fuels everything we do  a global leader in robotic-assisted surgery and minimally invasive care, our technologies—like the da Vinci surgical system and Ion—have transformed how care is delivered for millions of patients worldwide.

We’re a team of engineers, clinicians, and innovators united by one purpose: to make surgery smarter, safer, and more human. Every day, our work helps care teams perform with greater precision and patients recover faster, improving outcomes around the world.

The problems we solve demand creativity, rigor, and collaboration. The work is challenging, but deeply meaningful—because every improvement we make has the potential to change a life.

If you’re ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself and help transform the future of healthcare, you’ll find your purpose here.

Job Description Primary Function of the Position The Principal Clinical Development Engineer (CDE) uses their in-depth knowledge of translational research, clinical/surgical environments and medical technology to drive clinical development activities supporting advanced and new product development within Intuitive.  As a part of the Clinical Development Engineering (CDE) team, this role is responsible for initiating and leading the design, development, execution, and implementation of scientific/engineering research projects and working collaboratively with CDE, product teams, and clinicians to establish foundational knowledge that ultimately drives products that produce high-quality patient outcomes.

This position will primarily support Research and Development activities within the dV Cardiac business unit Essential

Job Duties Research Define  and drive key research projects with the goal of contributing to the development of new products or improvement of existing ones. With an understanding of complex product designs and component interactions, specify devices, materials selections, and design features to effectively implement new concepts and technologies

Support product development teams by providing technical expertise during problem solving and brainstorming exercises

Develop, drive and contribute to intellectual property filings for novel clinical applications and technologies

Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders and use knowledge to influence project strategy, foresee project risks and future-proof project deliverables

Development

Apply in-depth knowledge of the operating room environment and of the da Vinci Surgical Systems to become an expert within the company on the clinical application of Intuitive’s products​Work with key opinion leaders, subject matter experts, physicians, and other stakeholders to identify clinical goals and translate those needs for user-centric design and development of new platforms, procedures, instruments, and/or accessories

Support clinical risk documentation, pre-clinical test strategy and execution, and regulatory submissions for new products

Leadership

Work through difficult and unique problems. Achieve sound results within challenging constraints. Influence teams on high-impact project decision making

Drive complex projects by supporting key decisions across multiple areas of expertise with strategic stakeholders. Make clinical decisions, set priorities and assess validity of others' approaches.

Positively collaborate at all levels of the organization. Able to confidently provide responses when questioned on topics relevant to scope of work in ways that generate understanding and confidence.

Strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward /success with peers from all teams

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