Regulatory Affairs Specialist - 1 year temporary contract

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.

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Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let’s advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Primary Function of Position:

The Regulatory Affairs Specialist supports the Regulatory Affairs Department on operational activities across EMEA, with a focus on registrations, EUDAMED/Swissdamed implementation, compliance support, and internal stakeholder support. The role helps maintain regulatory compliance through documentation, follow-up, and coordination of assigned RA activities. This role is based on-site in Aubonne, Switzerland.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Main activities

• Support registration activities across EMEA, including CE marking support, non-medical products, and local registrations, as assigned.
• Support EUDAMED and Swissdamed implementation activities, including data collection, data checks, tracker updates, and follow-up with relevant stakeholders.
• Support compliance activities, including CAPA, audit follow-up, inspection readiness, and maintenance of RA documentation.
• Support RA operational activities such as labeling and eIFU, procedures, trackers, dashboards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support internal stakeholders by providing timely regulatory input within the RA scope and coordinating assigned follow-up actions.

Additional activities

• Support the implementation and maintenance of Quality Management System activities related to Regulatory Affairs, including CAPA, audit readiness, and controlled documentation.
• Provide regulatory support to cross-functional teams within the RA scope.
• Execute other regulatory tasks and projects as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• 3–5 years' regulatory affairs experience in the medical device sector, focusing on EU regulations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Medical Technology, or related field preferred; relevant experience accepted.
• Solid knowledge of global medical device regulations (ISO 13485, Directive 93/42/EEC, Regulation 2017/745/EU).
• Experience with sustaining, remediation, registration, labeling, CAPA, audit readiness, and other regulatory activities.
• Familiarity with EU compliance directives (RED, ROHS, Waste Framework Directive).
• Strong organizational and planning abilities, proactive and results-driven.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for international and cross-department collaboration.
• High attention to detail for accuracy and completeness.
• Proficient in English (minimum C1 level).
• Skilled with Microsoft Office and Outlook.
• Able to work on-site in Aubonne, Switzerland.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• Familiarity with EUDAMED, Swissdamed, or similar structured regulatory systems, databases, or readiness activities.
• Experience with labeling or IFU remediation, language requirement assessments, or electronic IFU implementation support.
• Experience supporting registration lifecycle maintenance, distributor-facing documentation packages, or market-specific documentation readiness.
• Experience with Smartsheet, Power BI, Jira, or similar tools used for tracking, dashboards, reporting, or workload visibility.
• Exposure to clinical trial support activities in a medical device environment.

Intuitive is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, genetic information or any other status protected under federal, state, or local applicable laws.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with fair chance laws.

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This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on

business need and/or on the selected candidate’s experience, knowledge and skills.

Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the

candidate’s qualifications, consistent with applicable law.