Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Image Rendering and Image Processing Engineer Co-op


Location:                              Bothell, WA

Department Profile:
The position will report into the Leadership Solutions group within the Development Engineering Team of R&D Ultrasound. The Leadership Solutions group is a small team that focuses on advancing clinical solutions for key areas such as obstetrics, cardiology and radiology, through the appropriate application of new and existing technology.  The Development Engineering Team also incorporates the System Engineering group, a multidisciplinary and dynamic team that provides leadership in System Design and System Architecture to support efficient, customer focused development of Ultrasound systems from low-end to premium. We work directly with our cross-functional and cross-discipline partners, including marketing, clinical specialists, service personnel and supply chain, to deliver solutions which exceed our customers' expectations.

Position Responsibilities:
The Image Rendering and Image Processing Engineer intern will have the opportunity to make significant contributions and impact to the presentation and interpretation of ultrasound images.  The Image Rendering and Image Processing Engineer intern should be comfortable working in cross-disciplinary, collaborative environment.
Working under the direction of a senior clinical engineer/scientist, the candidate will be expected to apply their existing knowledge as well as investigating “off the shelf” and novel solutions including those solutions that exist outside of medical imaging, such as those found in the video gaming industry.
There is considerable scope, for the right candidate, to generate original work that could shape the future direction for many years to come.

Additional responsibilities include:
• Lead internal usability studies
• Work with Product Marketing to define/refine needs
• Present design ideas

Position Requirements:
• A strong interest in creating imaginative solutions to real world clinical needs.
• BS/MS/PhD candidate with strong programming skills and a robust knowledge of image processing methodologies.
• People skills
• Creative, Self-starter, capable of working on well-defined problems with moderate guidance.
• Analytic and writing skills
• Familiarity with routine MS Office applications Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.


Philips is an equal opportunity employer.


While working under the direction of a Senior Engineer this candidate will be given ownership for feature-component development tasks which will be associated with software applications used within the Ultrasound R&D software development community.

These tasks will encompass a broad range of software development disciplines including prototyping, development of algorithms and integrating with a newly developed tool framework. The candidate will own the successful delivery of both the software component(s) as well as all associated multi-phase software process deliverables including software test and requirements management.

Position Requirements:

· Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or current enrollment in aforementioned programs.
· 1-3 year’s software development experience which may include internship, co-op or educational experience.
· Knowledge of and experience with C# design and coding.
· C#, .NET and Perl programming is preferred.
· Ability to analyze and solve complex problems.
· Strong desire to learn and adapt to new technologies and challenges.
· Knowledge of software development lifecycle.
· Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interface in a cross-disciplinary manner.
· Self-motivated individual with good organizational and time
***** Due to government contracts, Philips is only able to hire US Citizens.