Lead Engineer - Instrumentation and Algorithms

bioMerieux Inc.
United States, North Carolina, Durham
100 Rodolphe Street (Show on map)
Dec 12, 2024
Lead Engineer - Instrumentation and Algorithms Location: Durham, NC, United States Position Type: Unfixed Term Job Function: Engineering Share: share to e-mail Share on Facebookshare to facebook Tweetshare to twitter Share on LinkedInshare to linkedin Apply Now > A world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics for more than 60 years, bioMerieux provides diagnostic solutions which determine the source of disease and contamination to improve patient health and ensure consumer safety. In North America we have more than 6,200 team members across 11 sites or subsidiaries, including Salt Lake City-based BioFire Diagnostics and one subsidiary in Montreal, Canada. Come and join a family-owned global company with a long-term vision, and a human-centered culture. Description 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 bioMerieux'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 Please be aware that recruitment related scams are on the rise. Fraudulent job postings are being placed on other websites, and individuals posing as bioMerieux Talent Acquisition team members are reaching out via email or text message in an attempt to collect your personal and confidential information. In some cases, these scammers are also conducting bogus interviews prior to extending fraudulent offers of employment. Beware of individuals reaching out using general phone numbers and non-bioMerieux email domains (i.e. Hotmail.com, Gmail.com, Yahoo.com, etc.). If you are concerned that an interview experience or offer of employment might be a scam, please make sure you are searching for the posting on our careers site https://careers.biomerieux.com/ or contact us at recruitment@biomerieux.com. BioMerieux Inc. and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. Please be advised that the receipt of satisfactory responses to reference requests and the provision of satisfactory proof of an applicant's identity and legal authorization to work in the United States are required of all new hires. Any misrepresentation, falsification, or material omission may result in the failure to receive an offer, the retraction of an offer, or if already hired, dismissal. If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you may request a reasonable accommodation in BioMerieux's or its affiliates' application process by contacting us via telephone at (385) 770-1132, by email at recruitment@biomerieux.com, or by dialing 711 for access to Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS). Share: share to e-mail Share on Facebookshare to facebook Tweetshare to twitter Share on LinkedInshare to linkedin Apply Now >