Staff Clinical Applications Engineer
Staff Clinical Applications Engineer
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Job Description
Primary Function of Position
The Staff Clinical Applications Engineer (CAE) will serve as a senior individual contributor focused on developing and delivering best-in-class training for Intuitives emerging robotic platforms. This role emphasizes enabling clinical users to transition from onboarding through independent proficiency by combining deep procedural understanding with advanced educational program design. The Staff CAE will act as a training architect and field expert ensuring early users have the knowledge confidence and support to integrate robotic technology safely and effectively into practice.
Essential Job Duties
Training Program Design & Delivery
- Develop and deliver comprehensive training curricula (workshops labs digital modules) tailored to physicians staff and internal stakeholders.
- Adapt training methods to multiple learning styles and procedural experience levels.
- Serve as lead faculty during live training simulation and case support.
Clinical & Procedural Expertise
- Provide advanced clinical and technical guidance during procedures ensuring safe and effective system use.
- Capture and synthesize training feedback from early users to refine curricula and drive adoption.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner with engineering marketing medical affairs and commercial teams to align training with evolving product capabilities and workflow needs.
- Contribute training insights to evidence generation and product development cycles.
Thought Leadership & Mentorship
- Act as a senior mentor for CAEs and trainers sharing expertise in adult learning methodologies curriculum development and clinical education best practices.
- Support train-the-trainer initiatives to scale global education efforts.
Qualifications :
Required Skills and Experience
Required:
- Bachelors degree in a clinical scientific or engineering discipline or completion of a physician assistant (PA) program or a nursing degree (BSN or higher). Equivalent allied health training will also be considered. Advanced degrees (MS PhD MD NP etc.) are a plus but not required.
- 10 years of experience in clinical training professional education or medical education within medical devices healthcare technology or related industries.
- Proven track record in designing and executing physician training programs including curriculum development lab-based training and digital education.
- Demonstrated ability to engage with KOLs and physician faculty driving procedure adoption through education.
- Strong procedural knowledge in minimally invasive techniques with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into practical training.
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally with R&D marketing sales and medical affairs to align training with product development and commercialization strategies.
- Exceptional presentation facilitation and adult learning skills; comfortable training audiences from novice to expert.
Preferred:
- Experience leading the design and implementation of global clinical or physician education programs including large-scale course deployment.
- Demonstrated success in building and scaling innovative training models such as simulation-based education mobile learning centers or digital learning platforms.
- History of engaging and developing physician faculty/KOLs to serve as trainers and advocates for new technologies.
- Recognition or awards from professional societies industry organizations or employers for excellence in education training or program innovation.
Working Conditions
- Must be available to work full-time and commute Sunnyvale CA as needed.
- Ability to travel up to 5060% including nights and weekends as needed; must be located near a major airline hub.
- Primary Location: Remote
Additional Information :
Due to the nature of our business and the role please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19. Details can vary by role.
Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.
Mandatory Notices
We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.
Preference will be given to qualified candidates who do not reside or plan to reside in Alabama Arkansas Delaware Florida Indiana Iowa Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina or Tennessee.
We provide market-competitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives benefits and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role as actual pay will be determined based on several factors including experience skills and qualifications. The target compensation ranges are listed.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Remote
Company Industry
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Python
- VMware
- C/C++
- Go
- System Architecture
- gRPC
- OS Kernels
- Perl
- Distributed Systems
