Our offer to youWe offer a master thesis on the topic "Knowledge Extraction for Navigated Spinal Surgery". You will have the opportunity to develop prototypes for our surgical navigation system and support our team with your proof-of-concept application. You are an active member of our international and interdisciplinary Research & Development team. You will contribute to our state-of-the-art navigation and imaging system by using C++, Python and/or Matlab and implementing your solutions. Further, you will get to know and apply the latest technologies from the fields of machine learning, geometric algorithms, knowledge representation, and information retrieval. You will independently conduct research in the field of surgery and find out how innovative ideas can be applied in a value-adding way. What makes you stand outYou are studying computer science, medical technology or a comparable course in your master's degree.You have gained experience with object-oriented programming languages and libraries/frameworks such as Qt, OpenCV, or VTK.You have a good understanding of mathematics.You want to deal with challenging tasks in the field of medical technology.You are known among friends and fellow students for being proactive and flexible.You have a good command of English.An independent way of working, a high level of motivation and commitment as well as the willingness to quickly take on responsibility characterize you.The work deals with current development topics, so a confidentiality note is necessary. Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.