Applied Data Scientist

Let’s transform healthcare 

At Vitestro, we will be the first to introduce autonomous blood drawing technology to European hospitals. Our team is growing rapidly. Do you have the pioneering mindset required to introduce this breakthrough innovation to patients? This is your opportunity to join us as 

APPLIED DATA SCIENTIST  

Who we are 

Staffing shortages in healthcare, aging population and rise in chronic diseases are huge problems that the health sector is currently facing. At Vitestro, it's our mission to improve patient care with our unique technology. And we're bloody serious about that! 

By combining 3D ultrasound based on AI and precision robotics, our team created an autonomous blood drawing device. We are the first company in the world to introduce this innovation, that will revolutionize the healthcare industry. 

Improving the lives of millions of patients runs through the veins of our business. Our extraordinary team of over 50 people loves to work on the toughest challenges to find cutting-edge solutions. We realize breakthroughs and change the future of health care. What's not to love about that? 

Our can-do mentality and passion to work on the toughest challenges to find cutting-edge solutions leads us to a huge success: the product launch at the end of 2024. And for that, we need your help. 

APPLIED DATA SCIENTIST at Vitestro 

As an Applied Data Scientist, you will report to the pilot team lead Pascal Wolkotte. As part of the software team you will be surrounded by smart, passionate, loyal, goal driven and highly skilled people – working together towards cutting edge solutions. 

You will need to be creative as you have to understand how to find information in a large amount of gathered data. You stay informed of the advancements in the field of data science and understand the overall behavior of our device and its constraints. You will be presenting the results to the stakeholders inside and outside the software team in an understandable manner. These results are based on information that is known by the different peers in the hardware and software team. Your task will be to generate meaningful insights to help improve the overall performance of the device.  

Your key responsibilities 

• Improve our understanding of device performance with a focus on blood draw success and procedure time reduction. 
• Transform data from our data lake into useful information that can be used by your peer software engineers to be used in real-time action planning on the device 
• Support software and system engineers in providing meaningful insights in information collected by devices during clinical trials and at our customers 
• Contribute to clinical trials by define relevant study metrics and cooperate with other software team members to collect the relevant data 
• Improve our data analysis platform in cooperation with our data engineer 
• Stay in touch with recent developments in the (medical / robotic) data analysis 

How you will do it 

• You have a ‘can do it’ mentality 
• You’re a team player 
• You love to work on the toughest challenges 
• You’ll find cutting-edge solutions 
• You strive for excellence in all domains 

Requirements

What you will bring

• At least 5 years of experience in data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
• Strong knowledge of the python programming language
• It would be great if you brought some experience of data science at a medical device company to the table
• MSc or PhD in the computer science, applied physics, or related field
• Proficiency in English is essential

What we offer

• Competitive salary including pension plan
• Stock options, to become ‘co-owner’ of a fast-growing company
• We’re open to hybrid work models
• Working together in a high-skilled team with our home base in Utrecht
• Frequent out-of-work activities with our team (such as our Skitestro ski-trip)
• Annual training budget
• Opportunity to be key shaper of a new global industry niche: autonomous medical robotics

We offer an environment where you can make a lot of impact, as you are joining a growing scale-up in MedTech. Our team of driven and talented colleagues enjoys solving the challenges in developing, manufacturing, and completing our breakthrough medical device. While working in an open culture, we strive for excellence in all domains. We believe in taking courage and l