Algorithm Developer (PHD Student)

The expanding Israel R&D center of a multinational company in the field of surgical robotics and digitization of the operating room seeks an MSC/PHD student level algorithm developer to join its R&D team developing the next generation of vision-assisted robotics in the operating room.
This role will develop efficient computer vision algorithms to incorporate into the Senhance robotic system software platform.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of computer vision and image processing algorithms
• Understand the system requirements and convert these into usable algorithmic solutions
• Utilize existing research, literature and study of existing state of the art tools to develop best in-class solutions
• Interact with other departments including software engineers  locally and remotely in order to incorporate solutions in the Senhance robotic system

Qualifications:

• Msc/PhD student in computer science or electrical/biomedical engineering
• Ability to work at least 20 hours per week at a flexible schedule.
• Proven experience in implementing modern computer vision and image processing algorithms and methods.
• Proficient in machine-learning and  deep-learning based methods for computer vision
• Experience in Python programming
• Experience with deep-learning libraries including TensorFlow/PyTorch
• Experience with computer-vision libraries such as openCV
• Demonstrated ability to read and understand the relevant literature and research
• Team player capable of working in a multicultural and multi-disciplinary environment involving software engineers, algorithm engineers and physicians in local and remote settings.
• Specific experience in at least one of the following is an advantage:
  • VAN/SLAM
  • 3D reconstruction
  • Stereo imaging
  • Tracking
  • Segmentation
• Industrial experience – an advantage
• Experience in a medical device company – an advantage
• Experience in C++ programming – an advantage
• Experience with NVIDIA software tools for implementing algorithms on GPU – an advantage