# Field Engineer, Surgical Data Collection

**Company:** [Preload](https://zerogtalent.com/robotics-companies/preload)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Work mode:** On-site
**Employment type:** Full Time
**Salary:** USD 100K–150K/yr
**Category:** Engineering
**Department:** Operations
**Listed:** 2026-11-10

[View and apply on Zero G Talent](https://zerogtalent.com/robotics-jobs/preload/field-engineer-surgical-data-collection-121722)

## What you'll do

- Plan and run data collection sessions with surgeons
- Set up, calibrate, and troubleshoot sensors
- Ensure data quality, protocol compliance, and documentation
- Coordinate with partner sites on scheduling and logistics
- Feed field insights back to hardware and software teams

## What you need

- 1+ yrs in clinical, surgical, or medical device setting
- Comfortable in ORs or surgical training environments
- Hands-on technical equipment troubleshooting on the fly
- Familiarity with IRB processes and research protocols
- Background in BME, clinical engineering, or surgical tech

## Job description

**About Preload**

Preload builds the data layer for physical AI. Robots learn mostly from video, but human interaction is much richer: touch, force, and muscle activity. We build a wearable multimodal stack (egocentric video, tactile gloves, EMG) to capture how people actually interact with the physical world, and turn it into datasets robotics teams can train on. We're a YC (F26) team of PhD founders from Johns Hopkins and Caltech with backgrounds at Neuralink, Paradromics, and other neurotech companies.

**The role**

You'll run our surgical data collection: working with surgeons and clinical partners to capture expert surgical skill with our sensor stack.

**What you'll do**

-   Plan and run data collection sessions with surgeons and clinical partners
-   Set up, calibrate, and troubleshoot sensors in surgical and simulation environments
-   Ensure data quality, protocol compliance, and proper documentation
-   Coordinate with partner sites on scheduling, approvals, and logistics
-   Feed field insights back to hardware and software teams

**What we're looking for**

-   1+ years in a clinical, surgical, medical device, or clinical research setting
-   Comfortable in ORs or surgical training environments
-   Hands-on with technical equipment and troubleshooting on the fly
-   Familiarity with IRB processes and research protocols is a plus
-   Background in BME, clinical engineering, or as a surgical tech or clinical specialist is a plus

**Why join**

Early, in-person team in San Francisco, with travel to partner sites. You'll build our surgical data program from the ground up.

## Other open roles at Preload

- [Summer 2027 Intern (Any Team)](https://zerogtalent.com/robotics-jobs/preload/summer-2027-intern-any-team-121727) — San Francisco, CA
- [Mechanical / Soft-Goods Designer (Wearables)](https://zerogtalent.com/robotics-jobs/preload/mechanical-soft-goods-designer-wearables-121725) — San Francisco, CA
- [Pitch Your Own Role](https://zerogtalent.com/robotics-jobs/preload/pitch-your-own-role-121724) — San Francisco, CA
- [Software Engineer, Data Platform](https://zerogtalent.com/robotics-jobs/preload/software-engineer-data-platform-121721) — San Francisco, CA
- [Sensor Engineer (Wearables)](https://zerogtalent.com/robotics-jobs/preload/sensor-engineer-wearables-121720) — San Francisco, CA

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