Staff Medical Physicist

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As a Staff Medical Physicist, and you will elicit, elaborate, and integrate clinical requirements for molecular imaging devices. 

This position is located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.

Your role:

In this position you will work as part of a cross-functional organization with large and diverse teams, acting in a technical leadership role. A deep understanding of clinical and system level use cases and workflows is needed to develop high-value and novel customer solutions.  A strong background in medical imaging is required to translate new features into system functionality.  A passion for delivering products that improve the outcomes of patient healthcare is essential for membership on our team.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain ultimate ownership for the implementation of new system functionality over the course of a development project.
• Drive the definition, specification, technical risk management, integration, test strategy, and validation of a product feature in close cooperation with the project team.
• Elicit high quality system requirements from clinical, service, manufacturing, marketing, and other users/stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain system technical performance specifications.
• Develop novel algorithms and execute testing to assess image quality and performance.
• Generate clear and thorough written reports to document the technical performance of the system.
• Investigate and resolve customer issues related to system image quality or performance.
• Identify, quantify, and drive the mitigation of technical risks to our projects and products.
• Champion both the extrinsic quality (proven by functional verification) and the intrinsic quality (proven by clinical validation) of our products.
• Review and assess maturing technologies for incorporation into products.  Productize cutting-edge technologies to deliver breakthrough medical care to our customers and patients.
• Ensure seamless integration of complex hardware and software subsystems that are designed and manufactured at multiple locations across the globe.
• Provide clinical and technical guidance to associates and upper management.

Your expertise:

• PhD degree in Physics, Biomedical Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and experience relating to detectors and imaging, preferably with a medical imaging focus. 
• 6+ years of experience in a diagnostics or imaging field, preferably with medical focus (can be part of PhD program)
• Deep knowledge of imaging use cases and workflows
• Proven application of comprehensive knowledge of diagnostics or medical imaging 
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of system performance testing.  
• Understanding of key technologies for medical imaging, as they pertain to clinical scanners.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills to convey ideas and concepts to a wide range of international audiences (USA, Germany, China & India) including the clinical community, product management, and other engineers.
• A team player with a positive attitude, strong leadership skills, and the ability to also work autonomously.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
• Experience of both clinical and industry environments is a strong plus.
• Demonstrated skill in bridging gaps between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with developing and executing system level verification tests.
• Solid understanding of medical physics, as it relates to system performance.
• Experience with 510K medical devices or other highly regulated environments.
• Domestic/International travel required periodically (<5%) 

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