Lead Engineer Instrumentation and Algorithms

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 Engineer Instrumentation and Algorithims experience
  • M.S. + 8 years of Engineer Instrumentation and Algorithims experience
  • B.S. + 10 years of Engineer Instrumentation and Algorithims experience 

• • 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

Desired 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.
• 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.