Job Title
Senior Clinical Scientist (Cambridge, MA)
Job Description
Senior Clinical Scientist (Cambridge, MA)
Help shape the future of robotic-assisted interventions by bringing clinical insights, physician perspectives, and scientific evidence together to accelerate breakthrough innovations that improve patient outcomes. You will be part of a Breakthrough Innovation Team (BRITE) in the Innovation & Design Department reporting to Director, Clinical Innovation.
Your role:
- Serve as a key clinical expert within Philips' Breakthrough Innovation Team (BRITE), partnering with physicians, engineers, product managers, and researchers to translate emerging clinical needs into innovative robotic solutions. Your work will directly influence product strategy, innovation roadmaps, and the development of next-generation image-guided therapy technologies.
- Lead and support clinical collaborations with Key Opinion Leaders, research institutions, and healthcare partners, helping to design and execute studies, including usability, phantom, animal, clinical and other evidence-generation activities. Through these interactions, you will gather critical clinical insights, evaluate new technologies, and help validate innovations that address unmet clinical needs.
- In this highly collaborative role, you will contribute to clinical research programs, scientific publications, and technology assessments while serving as the bridge between clinicians and technical teams. You will also support internal clinical education, physician engagement (including coordination & execution of physician visits), and conference demonstrations, while working onsite with a multidisciplinary innovation team in Cambridge, MA.
- Partner with cross-functional teams including R&D, Product Management, Systems Engineering, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, and Usability to ensure clinical workflow requirements, procedural considerations, and physician feedback are incorporated into product design and validation activities.
- Continuously monitor developments in clinical practice, emerging technologies, and scientific literature to ensure that product development activities remain aligned with evolving clinical needs and future market opportunities.
- Travel expected up to 20%.
You're the right fit if:
- You've acquired 7+ years of experience with a Bachelor's degree (or 5+ years with a Master's degree) in Clinical Research, Clinical Science, Medical Affairs, Nursing, Radiologic Technology, Biomedical Sciences, Medical Device Development, or a related healthcare field. Experience within neurovascular, image-guided therapy, interventional, or robotic medical technologies is strongly preferred. Cath lab experience is a plus.
- Your skills include clinical research, evidence generation, physician engagement, scientific communication, clinical workflow analysis, and the ability to translate clinical insights from clinicians and complex clinical workflows into
product development activities. Experience supporting clinical studies, pre-clinical studies, or innovation programs within regulated healthcare environments is highly desirable. - You have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Nursing, Radiologic Technology, Biomedical
Sciences, Biotechnology, Pharmacology, Clinical Research, or a related discipline. Advanced clinical/scientific education or PhD is a plus. - You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
- You're an excellent communicator and relationship builder who thrives in multidisciplinary and fast-paced environments. Experience working with Key Opinion Leaders, conducting clinical collaborations, being involved in training activities, and supporting innovation programs is highly valued. You are highly organized, self-motivated, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a dynamic innovation environment.
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
This is an office role.
About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.
Philips Transparency Details
The pay range for this position in Cambridge, MA is 149,000 to $237,000.
The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.
In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.
At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.
Additional Information
US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.
Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Cambridge, MA.
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This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.
Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.
