About Biobot Surgical

Biobot Surgical is the first surgical robotics venture to emerge from Singapore’s dynamic academic and clinical ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

As a Medical Device Development Associate, you will gain hands-on experience across engineering, quality, regulatory, and product functions in a MedTech startup. You will rotate through     Product / Engineering, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance & Quality Control, Clinical / Voice-of-Customer (VoC) & Trial Support. You will be empowered to own tasks across the product lifecycle and shadow senior staff (CTO, Engineering & Product Managers).

Rotation Tracks & Key Responsibilities

1. Product / Engineering

• Translate user (clinical) feedback into engineering & usability requirements
• Participate in design reviews, prototyping and verification & validation testing, troubleshooting variance and deep dive into solution
• Work with mechanical/electrical/firmware teams to understand system integration
• Contribute to technical documentation
• Ensure traceability under design control standards

2. Regulatory Affairs

• Learn how regulatory requirements relate to product documentation
• Assist in preparing regulatory submissions
• Support in bridging engineering and regulatory perspectives for compliance

3. Clinical / User-Voice & Trial Support

• Lead Voice-of-Customer (VoC) interviews/surveys with clinicians, nurses and users
• Assist trial planning (protocol input, site engagement) — lighter execution support
• Observe clinical workflows, collect user feedback to feed into product design

4. Shadowing & Strategic Exposure

• Shadow the CTO, Engineering Leads, Product Manager in decision-making, planning, project reviews
• Attend cross-functional meetings to see how engineering, clinical, regulatory, and business functions integrate
• Contribute to special projects (e.g. technology reviews, product roadmap alignment, risk assessments)

Qualifications and Competencies

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Engineering (Biomedical, Mechanical, Electrical, or related) or equivalent technical discipline
• Strong aptitude for testing, analysis, problem-solving and system thinking
• Experience (academic or lab) in device design, prototyping, testing or instrumentation
• Good communication skills and ability to engage with users/clinicians
• Excellent technical writing skills.
• Flexible, curious, and able to adapt across domains
• Some exposure to regulated environments is a plus