Senior Algorithm Engineer - Tucson, United States - Planet Pharma

Description

Works with a highly collaborative team of imaging scientists and software developers to solve image and data analysis problems in the field of Digital Pathology. Contributes to algorithm development activities for technology assessment, internal project collaborations, and commercial medical devices. Implements technology in the fields of image processing, machine learning, pattern recognition and data mining. Organizes and tracks own deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Implements or modifies existing algorithms to analyze histopathology images and data.

• Leads algorithm development/experiments to analyze histopathology images.

• Implements software in prototyping and commercial product development environments.

• Collaborates with other members of a project team to meet defined scientific and technical

goals/requirements.

• Interacts in a multidisciplinary environment with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., pathologists,

biochemists, instrumentation engineers, software engineers, and marketing representatives).

• Keeps up-to-date with technology advances and job training requirements in the medical device industry.

• Identifies and documents Intellectual Property opportunities for technology and applications.

• Presents results to project partners, collaboration partners within the Roche group, customers, and at

scientific conferences.

• Other duties as assigned by management.

Education:

Master's Degree Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical

Engineering, or a related field. OR Ph.D. Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Years of Experience

2 years experience in a related field with a Master's degree or 1 year experience in a related field with a PhD REQUIRED

Experience in the design and development of analysis algorithms for biomedical image data. REQUIRED

Hands-on experience with algorithm development for image or data analysis algorithms. REQUIRED

Extensive experience with commonly used Deep Learning models and frameworks (e.g., Pytorch, Fastai, TensorFlow). REQUIRED

Product development experience with a focus on

data analysis. PREFERED

Experience working with Digital Pathology tools or

Software. PREFERRED

Experience working with Medical devices PREFERRED

Knowledge, Skill or Ability Req Pref Proficiency

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. REQUIERED

• Excellent skill sets in Matlab, C++ or Python. REQUIRED

• Good understanding of scientific principles; good analytical and mathematical skills. REQUIRED

Working knowledge and theoretical understanding of image analysis, pattern recognition, machine learning, computer vision, and data mining methods. REQUIRED

•Understanding and following of software engineering practices for prototyping and commercial product development languages. REQUIRED

• Basic understanding of biomedical image data, preferably in digital pathology. REQUIRED

Travel requirements:

As needed Based on business needs

Pay Rate Range: $42-52/Hr *Salary will be commensurate with experience