Clinical Engineer

The successful candidate must excel in an energetic, collaborative small-team environment and be able to move seamlessly between medical and engineering cultures. A commitment to high product quality and scientific integrity is essential, along with a strong sense of shared responsibility and shared reward and the ability to make the work fun and interesting.

The Clinical Engineer bridges clinical end users and R&D, translating clinical needs and user insights into actionable inputs for the development of Robeauté’s robotic platform. Working closely with the clinical, product and engineering teams, they formulate and refine system requirements based on Voice of Customer (VoC), clinical user feedback, usability studies and preclinical findings.

The role also includes planning, coordinating and executing preclinical and clinical testing with surgeon collaborators, as well as designing and conducting usability studies.

This role reports to the Chief Clinical Officer.

Key Responsibilities

•   Collect and structure Voice of Customer (VoC) insights through discussions with surgeons and other clinical end users, workflow observations and user feedback.

•   Translate clinical needs, user feedback, usability findings and preclinical study results into clear system requirements in collaboration with R&D.

•   Refine system requirements as new evidence emerges, documenting the underlying user needs and rationale in collaboration with the clinical, product and engineering teams.

•   Define device test protocols with surgeon collaborators and oversee their execution

•   Design and run formative and summative usability studies

•   Train surgeons to full proficiency on the robot ahead of clinical implementation

•   Validate the platform's readiness ahead of each clinical or preclinical use, and document any technical issues

•   Oversee installation of the robot in the OR or preclinical test space

•   Collect, manage and structure data following each test session

•   Author detailed reports based on the data collected from preclinical or clinical use

•   Lead surgical procedure training and provide OR oversight for first-in-human and clinical studies

•   Productize the surgical procedure and training, creating dedicated documentation, procedures and workflows.

Building the Surgeon Community

In parallel, the Clinical Engineer will build a detailed understanding of the clinical applications of Robeauté’s robotic platform. They will connect with surgeon collaborators and nurture those relationships over time, growing the surgeon community on a foundation of mutual respect.

Cross-functional Collaboration

The Clinical Engineer will work closely with the hardware, software and systems engineering teams to translate clinical and user insights into system requirements and communicate the rationale behind them. They will feed back findings from dry lab, usability, preclinical and clinical studies to support the ongoing refinement of requirements and the development of the platform.

The Clinical Engineer will also participate in the preparation and submission of research grant applications, and will represent Robeauté and its robotic platform at conferences and within the surgeon community as needed.