Lead Engineer - Instrumentation and Algorithms

6 Months ago • 6-10 Years

Job Summary

Job Description

The Lead Engineer - Instrumentation and Algorithms will contribute to the conceptualization, design, and development of high-quality medical diagnostic products. They will contribute to the research and development of proof-of-concept in vitro medical devices and instruments. The role involves hands-on work in engineering/biology labs to evaluate and optimize product concepts while adhering to established scientific practices and regulated design control policies. The engineer will also provide a complete system vision to tackle technical or business problems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and provide recommendations for improvements to integrate business criteria and assure quality assurance policies and scientific practices are respected.

Must have:

Develop and document image acquisition and analysis software.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Degree in related field

Good to have:

Experience with MATLAB Image Processing Toolbox, Microsoft Visual Studio, C#, and/or Python
Experience with Basler pylon library and/or Zaber motion library
Experience with GUI development
Experience working with complex medical instrumentation
Experience with image analysis algorithms
Experience with time series analysis and detection algorithms
Design, analysis, and/or modeling experience with optomechanical systems
Product development experience in a regulated environment
Knowledge of clinical microbiology
Experience with intellectual property

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Job Details

Lead Engineer – Instrumentation and Algorithms

Summary of Job Description

The Exploratory Microbiology team works and behaves with an entrepreneurial spirit to generate new product concepts for bioMérieux’s development pipeline. The responsibilities of the Lead Engineer – Instrumentation and Algorithms will be to contribute technical, scientific, and engineering expertise to the conceptualization, design, and development of high-quality medical diagnostic products.

Main Accountabilities:

Through his/her creativity and engineering expertise, contributes to the research and/or development of proof-of-concept in vitro medical devices and instruments.
Works hands-on in the engineering/biology labs to evaluate and optimize product concepts while adhering to established scientific practices and regulated design control policies.
Provides complete system vision of how to tackle technical or business problems within the scope of assigned projects.
Works within a cross-functional department of engineers, chemists, and biologists, to develop and improve procedures/methods that facilitates the research and development of quality products and mitigates product related risks
Provides recommendations of improvements which integrate business criteria and assure quality assurance policies and good scientific practices are respected.

Position Requirements:

Conceptualizes, analyzes, tests, and optimizes complex workflows, algorithms, and software.
Conceptualizes and builds rapid prototype instruments or fixtures using primarily off-the-shelf components.
Creates and executes test plans to evaluate complex designs.
Participates in early project phases to determine functional requirements and early design concepts.
Assists with data analysis for both engineering and biological testing.
Generates detailed code to interface with, operate, and/or evaluate output from instrumentation.
Ability to assess design choices with respect to functional requirements and business constraints.
Strong cross-functional collaborative design and project skills.

Required experience, skills, and qualifications:

Candidate must be well grounded in best practices for developing and documenting image acquisition and image analysis software and algorithms.
- Code samples should be provided upon request.
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
Education/Experience: Degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics, Data Science, or related field
- Ph.D. + 6 years of relevant experience
- M.S. + 8 years of relevant experience
- B.S. + 10 years of relevant experience

Training/proficiency in MATLAB or Octave.
Demonstrated knowledge and experience with software development using C, C++, and/or C#.
Training/proficiency with MATLAB Image Processing Toolbox or other similar image analysis library.
Demonstrated knowledge and experience with motion control systems.
Demonstrated knowledge and experience with building prototype hardware.
Demonstrated knowledge and experience writing code that directly interfaces with optical, electronic, and/or mechanical hardware.

Desired experience, skills and qualifications:

Experience with MATLAB Image Processing Toolbox, Microsoft Visual Studio, C#, and/or Python
Experience with Basler pylon library and/or Zaber motion library
Experience with GUI development
Experience working with complex medical instrumentation
Experience with image analysis algorithms
Experience with time series analysis and detection algorithms
Design, analysis, and/or modeling experience with optomechanical systems
Product development experience in a regulated environment
Knowledge of clinical microbiology
Experience with intellectual property