Job Title:   R&D Intern, Technology Development

　　Location: This position is based in our Campbell, California offices, on-site & full-time.  Imperative Care does not provide relocation or additional housing compensation for the summer internship.

　　Why Imperative Care?

　　Do you want to make a real impact on patients? Imperative Care is changing the way stroke is treated. As part of our team, you’d be developing breakthroughs that will revolutionize the future of stroke care. Every day, the technologies that we develop at Imperative Care directly impact human lives. Our focus is on the needs of the patient, and they come first in everything we do.

　　What You’ll Do

　　Our passion is to improve the quality of care and life of our patients.  The Technology Development  team works directly for the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Imperative Care family of companies.  Our work centers around the generation of available technology for Peripheral and Neurovascular disease states.  We develop inventions that feed the company pipeline and drive the direction of the standard of care in the industry.  Our Team works like a start-up within a start-up; Failure is a central part of our work, working with us you will learn how to move through development hurdles and progress your ideas into reality. 

　　Participate in the design, development and prototyping of new concepts, devices and test procedures

　　Design, plan, and execute laboratory experiments to evaluate feasibility of concepts

　　Solve technical issues by troubleshooting, analyzing data, determining root cause and proposing alternative solutions

　　What You’ll Bring

　　We are looking for curious, inventive, and hands-on humans wanting to join us for a summer opportunity working in Technology Development (Pre-R&D).  The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, who enjoys tinkering and wants to learn how to develop ideas through “back of a napkin” to commercial launch phases.  

　　Minimum of 2 years of college-level coursework in an engineering discipline ( Mechanical focused engineering majors (preferred)

　　Theoretical Design tools including technical drawings, CAD modelling (Solidworks preferred), FEA (ANSYS preferred) and strong technical communication

　　Physical prototyping skills including machine shop & hand tools, and 3D printers. Electromechanical programming tools (microcontrollers/motion control systems) are nice to have but not required

　　Critical thinking – ability to develop challenging test sequences and procedures to characterize materials and prototypes

　　What You’ll Gain

　　Imperative Care provides an opportunity for students to work in the dynamic medical device industry and gain valuable hands-on experience with state-of-the-art equipment, instruments, and facilities. Our internship program is designed to give interns foundational experience and exposure to a variety of roles and areas of focus to help prepare them for a career in medtech. This program also offers ongoing networking, learning and professional development opportunities, mentorship from executive leadership, social activities and peer-to-peer interaction.

　　Join Us! Apply Today (https://imperativecare.com/careers/) .

　　Salary: $27/hourly for 10 week summer internship

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