About this role
**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 own the regulatory and coordination side of our surgical data program: getting studies approved, keeping them compliant, and making hospital partnerships run smoothly so our field team can focus on collecting great data.
**What you'll do**
- Prepare and manage IRB submissions, amendments, and renewals
- Own informed consent processes and participant documentation
- Ensure HIPAA compliance and secure handling of clinical data
- Coordinate with hospital sites, surgeons, and research staff on approvals, scheduling, and logistics
- Build study protocols and processes that scale to new partner sites
**What we're looking for**
- 2+ years as a clinical research coordinator or in a similar clinical research role
- Hands-on experience with IRB processes, informed consent, and HIPAA
- Experience working with hospitals, surgeons, or academic medical centers
- Highly organized and comfortable managing many stakeholders
- Experience with medical device studies or surgical research is a plus; CCRC/CCRP certification is a plus
**Flexibility**
We're open to part-time or contract arrangements to start for the right person.
**Why join**
Early, in-person team in San Francisco, with travel to partner sites. You'll build the foundation of our surgical data program.