Technical Lead in Medical Computing

Key Skills

C Programming, C++, Cloud computing, Data science techniques, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, MATLAB Programming, Python Programming, PyTorch, R Programming, Scala Programming, SQL, TensorFlow

Job Description

Kitware is actively seeking talented individuals to lead the creation, development, and improvement of leading-edge medical computing software solutions for commercial customers and research collaborators.

Team Description:

Kitware's Medical Computing team solves complex healthcare challenges through customized software solutions. The team provides research, development, and technology integration services to research centers, universities, and companies in the medical and biomedical sectors. By joining our team you will participate in a dynamic multidisciplinary work environment with exceptionally talented computer scientists, software engineers, mechanical engineers, and biomedical engineers.

About the Projects:

We build powerful software solutions using our well-established open source platforms including VTK, ITK, 3D Slicer, Pulse, iMSTK, CMake, and ParaView. These platforms are mature, supported, documented, and thoroughly tested software systems that are in use by tens of thousands of developers and end-users worldwide. Our commercial projects involve generating solutions for medical device companies from ultrasound and preclinical imaging companies, to surgery device companies. Our research projects involve collaborations with top research institutions, including Harvard Medical School, MIT, Cleveland Clinic, Duke University, and others, and build on our open source platforms.

In This Position You Will:

• Lead a team of computer scientists, engineers, and developers in medical research applications.
• Initiate, build, and maintain business and research relationships with commercial customers and external academic, industry, and government research collaborators.
• Develop and write proposals to government funding agencies such as NIH, DOD, and NSF.
• Interface with commercial customers, prospects, and research partners.
• Grow a new research initiative at Kitware.

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in computer science, biomedical engineering, or a related field that has an emphasis on a medical research application Proven track record of identifying funding sources, leading successful proposals and SOWs, and securing government and/or commercial contracts.
• Concrete experience implementing biomedical solutions, such as computational modeling and digital twins, medical robotics, environmental health science, wearables, epidemiology, or data science.
• Demonstrated publication history in one of the areas above.
• Proven project management and leadership track record through proposal ideation, design, development, and release.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• Knowledge of software development methodologies and code versioning tools, such as Git, continuous integration, and software testing, is desirable.

Additional Information:

Our team members enjoy a small company environment, flexibility in work assignments, and high levels of independence and responsibility. Besides a great work environment, our comprehensive benefits package includes a competitive compensation plan, tuition reimbursement program, flexible working hours, six weeks paid time off, 401(k), health insurance, life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, bonus plan, and free coffee, drinks, and snacks.