Sr Medical Physicist

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

• Maintaining ultimate ownership for implementing new system functionality throughout the development project lifecycle.

• Driving definition, specification, technical risk management, integration, test strategy, and validation of product features in close collaboration with project teams.

• Eliciting high-quality system requirements from clinical, service, manufacturing, marketing, and other key stakeholders.

• Developing and maintaining system technical performance specifications to ensure alignment with product goals.

• Creating novel algorithms and executing tests to assess image quality and system performance.

• Generating clear and thorough written reports documenting system technical performance.

• Investigating and resolving customer issues related to system image quality or performance.

• Identifying, quantifying, and driving the mitigation of technical risks across projects and products.

• Championing both extrinsic quality (via functional verification) and intrinsic quality (via clinical validation) of products.

• Reviewing and assessing emerging technologies for potential integration into existing or new product lines.

• Productizing cutting-edge technologies to enable breakthrough medical care solutions.

• Ensuring seamless integration of complex hardware and software subsystems developed across multiple global locations.

• Providing clinical and technical guidance to team members and senior leadership.

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. 

• A minimum 3 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%) 

Who we are: We are a team of more than 73,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

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