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Lead Engineer – Instrumentation and Algorithms Summary of Job DescriptionThe Exploratory Microbiology team works and behaves with an entrepreneurial spirit to generate new product concepts for bioMérieux’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 risksProvides 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 fieldPh.D. + 6 years of relevant experienceM.S. + 8 years of relevant experienceB.S. + 10 years of relevant experienceTraining/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 PythonExperience with Basler pylon library and/or Zaber motion libraryExperience with GUI developmentExperience working with complex medical instrumentationExperience with image analysis algorithmsExperience with time series analysis and detection algorithmsDesign, analysis, and/or modeling experience with optomechanical systemsProduct development experience in a regulated environmentKnowledge of clinical microbiology Experience with intellectual property 

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