This is a role well suited to an ambitious professional, looking for the next step in their career. As a Scientist of the MR R&D Collaborations team, you will be based at a leading academic institution in Cleveland, Ohio, and responsible for:
Collaboration Management
- Be the key point of contact on-site for both Siemens and the customers. Coordinate appropriately with Siemens Leadership, Applications, Sales and Service teams
- Communicate effectively between all stakeholders in the strategic partnership, escalating challenges appropriately
- Proactively develop strong relationships with a variety of customers at Key Collaboration site
- Identify areas of mutual interest for future collaboration projects that are relevant for academic/industrial partnership, and strategic in nature
- Develop and manage collaboration projects with your academic partners.
- Adhere to Siemens' collaborations policies and take ownership of the processes for collaboration management with your assigned partners.
- Develop Academic Industry Partnership grants with your academic partner
- Support transition of academic partners from competitor to Siemens MRI platform, identifying internal resources necessary
- Drive, define and execute new clinical and research MR and cross modality collaboration projects
Research and Development
- Collaborate closely with your academic partners to drive MR research and translate this knowledge into MR products.
- Drive the development of novel, clinically relevant techniques (MR pulse sequences and image reconstruction) with our research partners.
- Develop and release prototypes of novel techniques in compliance with highest source code quality.
- Evaluate prototypes and publish results in peer-reviewed journals.
- Conduct original research resulting in patent applications.
- Educate R&D and Applications colleagues on clinical research issues.
Product Development
- Product integration of innovative techniques according to quality standards for medical devices.
- Implementation of improvements to currently existing product features.
- Maintenance and improvements of existing code base, bug fixing, testing.
- Contribute to product protocol development for novel features.
Sales and Marketing Support
- Provide content for articles, abstracts, and marketing materials for Siemens (such as MAGNETOM Flash)
- Look for opportunities to translate clinical and technical knowledge into clinical and business value.
- Support educational meetings, trade shows, and site visits.
- Answer questions from Sales and Marketing related to areas of the team's responsibility.
- Demonstrate strong knowledge of organization's business practices, issues faced and take ownership in finding a resolution of those issues.
Required skills to have for the success of this role- Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Biomedical Physics / Imaging Physics, or equivalent.
- Exceptional communication skills - in all formats: writing, presentation, verbal.
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-moving environment.
- Strong background in MR physics and pulse sequence design.
- Expertise in MR imaging techniques and clinical applications.
- Experience with cardiovascular MRI preferred.
- Experience in working with internal and external partners.
- Substantial experience in C++/C software design, implementation and coding.
- Experience using MATLAB for signal and image processing.
- Excellent teaching skills and a proactive can-do attitude.
- Ability to work independently, prioritize, and take initiative
- Ability to multi-task and follow through.
- Detail-oriented and organized.
- Skilled in MS office software applications (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
- Ability to travel up to 20%
- Prior experience working on Siemens' MR systems in pulse sequence design and image reconstruction
- At least 2 years of relevant clinical and research MRI experience working on the Siemens MRI platform
The base pay range for this position is:
$83,280 - $114,510
Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
If this is a commission eligible position the commission eligibility will be in accordance with the terms of the Company's plan. Commissions are based on individual performance and/or company performance.
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan. life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time.
