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We are the makers of possible

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us.

The Staff Scientist, Algorithms will be part of a multi-disciplinary Innovation team supporting a variety of medical and life sciences technologies and solutions with a focus on modelling and algorithm development. Interfacing closely with the experimental team, the Staff Scientist will apply a deep understanding of principles of physics, imaging, and data analysis to model and interpret data, develop image recognition and prediction algorithms, and recommend future experimental directions. This role requires the ability to understand and drive physics and engineering-based innovation projects. Because of this, the successful candidate will have a deep grounding in the fundamentals of physics and engineering along with subject matter expertise in machine learning, mathematical modelling, and algorithm development.

The Staff Scientist must be able to effectively collaborate with team members from varying backgrounds and should have strong oral and written communication skills. The successful candidate will have an interest in technically contributing to a broad range of areas in Medical Device development, Diagnostic development, and Life Science research tools. Reporting to a Senior Manager of Innovation, this is a technical position where the Staff Scientist will contribute significantly to exciting, high visibility projects and collaborations across the R&D portfolio.

Job Description

We are the makers of possible 

 

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. 

 

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Work with front-end innovation team to understand critical problems in Life Sciences and Medical Devices and recommend, develop, and test and implement mathematical models, simulations, and algorithms for interpreting and predicting results related to diagnostics, medical imaging / image identification, and other biomedical applications.

• Executes all phases of algorithm and ML model development and testing appropriate to early-stage innovation projects, including model research, data preparation and processing, model training and fine-tuning, model experimenting and evaluation, and model distribution to other members of the research team.

• Collaborate with R&D team and Data Scientists to engineer features for machine learning models.

• Use appropriate software tools, frameworks, and platforms to program and test algorithmic approaches.

• Interact closely with the experimental team and business partners to understand and reduce technical risk, identify potential failure modes, propose new algorithmic and experimental approaches, and prototype and test potential solutions.

• Investigate and resolve technical problems in collaboration with the experimental team to meet program objectives and timelines.

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge in the field of Machine Learning and AI and ensure best practices in algorithm implementation.

• Provide subject matter expertise in mathematical modeling to project team members. 

• Prioritize work and independently executes it in support of timely completion of project goals.

• Ability to address large and complex problems as an individual contributor or as part of a larger team.

• Deal well with ambiguity and changing priorities.

• Interact with senior internal and external stakeholders to accurately communicate project status and help ensure a smooth transit