Senior Systems Engineer

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Job Responsibilities:

Overall technical leadership and responsible for realization of full systems product release to ensure quality and compliance.

Define the system imaging performance targets (spatial resolution lowcontrast detectability noise texture CT number accuracy temporal resolution) based on clinical use cases and regulatory benchmarks.

Define the systemlevel software architecture for CT scanners including realtime control data acquisition image reconstruction postprocessing and hospital integration (DICOM).

Define failure handling and recovery strategies for softwaredetectable faults (e.g. lost sync DAS buffer overrun communication timeouts).
Translate clinical and product requirements into detailed software system specifications interface contracts and performance budgets (latency throughput uptime).
Lead tradeoff analyses for software partitioning: onscanner vs. offline processing CPU vs. GPU vs. FPGA realtime OS vs. generalpurpose OS.
Develop and maintain physicsbased models of the imaging chain: Xray spectrum detector response (including photoncounting or integrating modes) scatter beam hardening and electronic noise.

Establish objective and subjective image quality metrics (MTF NPS contrasttonoise ratio artifact severity scales) and standard operating procedures for system evaluation. Design and execute phantombased and cadaver/clinical studies to validate algorithm performance across patient sizes anatomical regions and scan protocols.
Collaborate with clinical partners and radiologists to collect feedback and iteratively improve image appearance and diagnostic value.
Perform system tradeoff analyses (dose vs. resolution scan speed vs. image noise slice thickness vs. artifacts) and document design rationales.

Translation of user and business needs into product requirements.

System decomposition and allocation of derived IQ related requirements to component level and related traceability.

Trade-off of system design specifications and interfaces determine feasibility of potential solutions and leading technical & design reviews.

Managing complexity of products or systems in multi-disciplinary setting within scope of a single business.

Leads and influences others and drives design for quality and is closely involved in the program of the applicable business.

Makes a fundamental contribution to the innovation of products or processes.

Solves fundamental problems on the basis of thorough (unique) knowledge in the professional field.

Generates initiatives with regard to technological improvements and performs future-oriented studies in dialogue with other specialists.

Makes substantial contribution to the innovation process and communicates new insights to own business.

Specialist in business and solves complex problems where responsible for the overall concept at systems level.

Closely involved in policy preparation.

SW/IQ defect management

Minimum Education:

PhD or Masters in Medical Physics Biomedical Engineering Electrical Engineering Physics SW engineering computer science and technology or a related field.

Minimum Experience:

Minimum 610 years of industry experience in CT SW design or imaging system development with a proven track record of delivering clinically successful image quality.

Deep understanding of the complete CT SW design or imaging chain: Xray generation beam shaping signal detection data acquisition reconstruction and postprocessing.

Preferred Experience:

Proven track record of bringing at least one CT product from concept to regulatory clearance/market launch.

Preferred Skills:

Proven experience leading technical reviews and guiding multidisciplinary teams.
Strong written and verbal communication; ability to present complex data to senior management.
Fluent in English (technical documentation and global collaboration).
Familiarity with system modeling languages (SysML) or requirements management tools (DOORS Jama).

How we work together
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Onsite roles require full-time presence in the companys facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the companys main facilities generally at the customers or suppliers locations.
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