Senior Medical Imaging Engineer

Company Description

At Intuitive, we stand shoulder to shoulder with our mission: We believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and smart technology, we extend the physicians' potential to heal without limitations.

As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we seek to nurture an inclusive and diversified team, committed to making a difference. For over 25 years, we have collaborated with hospitals and care teams around the globe to help address some of healthcare's toughest challenges and elevate what is achievable.

Intuitive has been shaped by the efforts of brilliant people from diverse backgrounds. We trust that great ideas can originate anywhere. We aim to foster an inclusive culture, built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to perform their best work as their most genuine selves.

Enthusiastic individuals who aspire to make a difference fuel our culture. Our team members, grounded in integrity, possess a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real-world experiences to facilitate new ways of thinking. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and reach their highest potential.

Join a team devoted to taking giant strides forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position:

The individual in this role will be expected to collaborate with a cross-functional team to develop surgical planning software for a minimally invasive robotics system, aimed at improving the early diagnosis of lung cancer diseases. Successful candidates will have experience in algorithm development, software design, and development.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Participating in the complete cycle of the development of surgical planning software
• Understanding clinical requirements and developing technical specifications.
• Designing, prototyping, and implementing customer-facing software and computer vision/medical image analysis algorithms.
• Iterating with user feedback and delivering production-ready code.
• Support system integration and testing.
• Generate formal design documentation.
• Prepare and review patent applications.

Qualifications

Skills, Experience, Education, & Training:

• Minimum MS or PhD degree in CS, EE, BME, radiology or related fields
• Deep understanding and hands-on experience in cutting-edge medical imaging analysis, and machine learning algorithms
• Knowledge and experience in one or several areas: image segmentation/registration.
• Proficiency in programming using C++ or Python, and experience with modern software design patterns.
• Familiarity with one or more tools and libraries: OpenCV, PyTorch / TensorFlow, ITK / VTK.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with point cloud-based/graph-based algorithms is a bonus.
• Experience with computer vision/camera pose estimation/SLAM/structure from motion/image reconstruction is a bonus.
• Experience with software development processes in a regulated medical device environment is a bonus.
• Knowledge in lung disease measurement and analysis based on CT and chest images is a huge plus.
• Minimum 4+ years of software development experience.
• Minimum 2+ years of experience in relevant algorithm development

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