V&V Engineer II

Vicarious Surgical is hiring a Verification & Validation Engineer II to join our team in Waltham, MA. The V&V group includes cross-functional team members that span an array of engineering disciplines. As a V&V Engineer II you will contribute to all aspects of verification and validation testing, and medical device design controls. 

Vicarious Surgical’s novel approach to surgery uses a combination of proprietary, human-like surgical robots and virtual reality to transport surgeons inside the patient when performing minimally invasive surgery. 

This is a terrific opportunity for a V&V professional to join our company at an exciting time and be a key member of a team that will bring our robotic solution to the market, offering a cost-effective path to improving patient outcomes and increasing the efficiency of surgical procedures for hospitals. This is a great opportunity to help lay the foundation for a function that will shape the development of Vicarious Surgical’s product for years to come. Additional specific responsibilities are listed below.

Responsibilities

• Support early testing and assist product teams in determining key findings and collaborate to enhance the overall system’s design.
• Work with Product Engineering teams to develop Test Cases and Protocols for Design Verification and Validation.
• Support developing formal Verification and Validation strategies, methods, and tests.
• Develop Test Methods and perform validation on all Test Methods (TMV) where required by process.
• Support the verification approach and test planning efforts for the system and co-ordinate with subsystem test leads.
• Develop verification and validation of test tools where required and in advance of formal DV schedules.
• Execute verification and validation tasks according to development lifecycle timelines.
• Write reports and log issues for executed verification tests.
• Support technical reviews and participate in system design reviews.

About You

• 2+ years of Verification and/or Validation experience in the medical device industry, preferably focusing on complex medical device capital equipment.
• Minimum of a B.S. in Systems, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering or comparable field.
• Good mechanical aptitude and ability to design Test Fixtures using Solid Works.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of test engineering principles and scientific methods.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Statistics and statistical methods.
• Experience using the following software packages: Minitab, Jira, Jama, Arena PLM.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience working on surgical/robotic systems including cadaver and/or porcine studies.
• Previous verification or validation experience in projects from early development through commercialization.
• Previous experience developing test automation systems and frameworks using tools such as National Instruments CVI or TestStand considered a plus.