Senior Surgical Applications Engineer
| Company | Intuitive Surgical |
|---|---|
| Location | Sunnyvale, CA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Experience working with surgeons in an operating room environment
- Fluent in surgical terminology and sound knowledge of anatomy and surgical technique
- Excellent mechanical aptitude and intuition for spatial relations, including the ability to understand complex mechanical products
- Excellent analytical capability and practical skills to develop test methods and draw conclusions
- Excellent teamwork skills with proven ability to cultivate collaboration across multiple disciplines
- Effective communication skills (verbal, written, presentation)
- Proven success recognizing critical issues and driving them to closure by taking coordinated action
- Self-starter needing minimal supervision
- Self-confident and able to react quickly under pressure
- Minimum of B.S in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or similar, advanced degree or MD preferred
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in medical device industry with a B.S, 6 years experience with an M.S, or 3 years with a PhD
Responsibilities
- 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
- Provide a clinical voice to product development by defining and assessing clinical performance of new and existing products
- Collaborate with marketing partners and clinicians to identify and understand clinical needs
- Use an analytical approach to identify potential product enhancements, new product ideas, and novel surgical approaches
- Take an active role in new product development teams, including contributing to design reviews, and providing design guidance to engineering design teams
- Assess and document clinical risks, and identify appropriate mitigations
- Conduct pre-clinical testing to validate the safety and efficacy of new products
- Support regulatory documentation and submissions
- Provide subject matter expertise to user manual and training documentation development
- Support clinical evaluation of new products at key customer sites
- Maintain current knowledge of clinical applications of Intuitive’s products
- Keep Intuitive’s vision and values at the forefront of decision making
- Perform other duties as required to support the company’s overall strategy and goals
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree or MD preferred