International Surgical Application Specialist – Ophthalmic Surgery

Heidelberg Engineering GmbH • landesweit

Full-time

landesweit

from today

Your responsibilities

We are seeking an International Surgical Application Specialist to support the global rollout and surgical integration of our advanced ophthalmic visualization solutions — including a fully digital surgical microscope and an intraoperative OCT system. As a critical interface between headquarters and local field teams, you will coordinate the transfer of clinical and product knowledge, deliver training across markets, and support product demonstrations in live surgical settings. Your mission is to enable our partners and field teams to deliver outstanding clinical outcomes while actively supporting the sales process.

On-Site Support and Training (75%)

Provide on-site surgical support and hands-on training during intraoperative use of our surgical microscope and intraoperative OCT.
Develop and implement best-practice training methodologies to ensure effective user adoption of our advanced medical devices. You will transfer product and clinical knowledge to local application teams to support adoption and effective product positioning.
Represent the company at global ophthalmology conferences, surgical workshops, and product demonstrations, supporting both clinical education and commercial engagement with customers.
Train ophthalmic surgeons, nurses, and OR technicians on system setup, workflow integration, and optimal clinical use.
Gather and document user feedback on surgical image quality, usability, and clinical outcomes.
Support prototype evaluations and pre-commercial testing in the operating room in collaboration with key opinion leaders and early adopters.

Development of Training Materials and Remote Support (25%)

Develop training and sales enablement materials for global application and sales teams, ensuring consistency across use cases and user profiles.
Provide remote support to international application teams, customers and partners.
Collaborate with product management and application teams to relay clinical insights that inform roadmap priorities, usability improvements, and future feature development.
Develop and refine user documentation for our products.

Your qualifications

At least 5 years of experience in ophthalmic imaging and/or ophthalmic surgical solutions.
A technical and/or medical background that allows you to work well with surgeons and OR staff, and understand and explain the capabilities and limitations of our products.
The ability to train medical professionals and application teams and translate complex technologies into intuitive user guidance.
Hands-on experience supporting surgeons and operating room teams during live surgical procedures is desirable.
Knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the visual system is a plus.

Your profile

Confident navigating product topics, OR environments, and commercial/sales discussions.
Confident written and verbal communicator, including being able to deliver presentations face to face and virtually to key stakeholders is essential.
Strong interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills.
Highly organised, self-motivated, flexible, and a self-starter.
Willing to do a significant amount of traveling, including frequent nights away from home, occasional international travel, and varied working hours. Travel Requirement: Up to 80% (domestic and international)
Fluency in English is required; proficiency in German is preferred. Additional language skills are a plus.

We offer

Location: Europe (home base can be in Germany, UK, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, France)
Opportunities for mobile working to harmonise the work-life balance
Flexible working hours
Attractive, performance-related remuneration
Training and development opportunities and a digital learning platform

It's that easy to apply!

Step 1: Your online application
Simply click on “Apply” and fill out the short application from. This only takes less than three minutes and can also be done on your mobile phone.
Step 2: First Interview
We will get back to you as soon as possible. If there is a fit, we will invite you to a first online interview.
Step 3: In-person interview
If the first meeting went well, we will invite you to another meeting in the office.
Step 4: It's a match? Welcome to Heidelberg Engineering!
You get all documents and information you need for your start and onboarding. We look forward to having you in our Team soon!

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Our benefits

Employee jubilees:

To show our appreciation, we reward our longstanding employees for company anniversaries and retirements.

Bike leasing:

Whether e-bike or city bike – we offer a bike leasing opportunity to support the health of our employees and to contribute to CO2 neutrality.

Company pension scheme:

We support you in your retirement plans so that you can look forward to the future.

Employee events:

Summer and Winter events, team events or simple after-work get-togethers contribute to a supportive and collaborative culture.

Family business:

Our corporate culture can be described as international environment with a family-like working atmosphere in which you can contribute with your individual skills.

Feedback interviews:

We consider a constructive, reciprocal, and continuous feedback culture as essential for your further development and career planning.

Healthy snacks and hydration:

A weekly delivery of fresh fruits, as well as free water, tea and coffee on site provide you with a good start into the day and boost your energy.

Job ticket:

We support you with our subsidized job/Germany ticket and thereby promote an ecological alternative.

Mobile working:

We offer mobile working options for a better work-life integration and flexibility.

Modern work conditions:

We offer flexible working hours on a trust basis, 30 days of annual leave (based on a 5-day week) and additional leave days for special occasions.

Onboarding process:

Heidelberg Engineering provides you with an individual training plan for your successful onboarding.

Parking opportunities:

Whether by bike, scooter or car – we offer opportunities for parking spaces as well as a separate room to store your bike.

Stay fit:

You can join Pfitzenmeier, Venice Beach, FitBase and Urban Sports Club with our fitness subsidy. With a wide range of gyms, classes and locations, there are plenty of opportunities for you to enjoy.

Top location:

Our attractive location in Heidelberg with direct access to the freeway, public transport and Heidelberg's main railway station make your journey both faster and less complicated.

Training and development opportunities:

Lifelong learning and continuous professional development are among the success factors in the dynamic environment in which we operate. That's why we offer a digital learning platform to expand your professional, social, methodological, and personal skillset.

Corporate Benefits:

Via our free access to our own Corporate Benefits platform we provide several discount codes for our employees with over 800 different brands in various categories such as travelling, fashion, technology, food, mobility, finance, leisure activities and many more.

Do you have any questions?

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