Research Software Engineer in Computer Integrated Surgery
Johns Hopkins University

A Research Software Engineer position is available in application software development for medical robotics and computer integrated surgery systems. The primary focus will be on the design, implementation, experimental validation, and clinical inauguration of novel systems that enable needle placement procedures inside imaging scanners (MRI, CT, C-arm, and ultrasound).

The software engineer will have excellent collaborative opportunities with a diverse group of multidisciplinary researchers from medical robotics, medical imaging, image processing, computational mechanics, image modeling, and analysis; as well as with a diverse of pool of clinical collaborators. Primary research interactions will take place within the Center for Computer Integrated Surgery (www.cisst.org).

The ideal candidate must have the following qualifications:

• MS degree in Computer Science or in a closely related field
• at least 2 years of experience in an academic research environment
• track record in medical software engineering (image analysis, surgical planning, and/or medical robotics)
• experience with itk, vtk and other open source software toolkits
• excellent skills in C++, preferably also in MATLAB

This full time staff position is open immediately.

Interested applicants should send a detailed curriculum vitae and list of (at least two) references.
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Interested candidates should contact the principal investigators:

Dr. Gabor Fichtinger (gabor@cs.jhu.edu)
Associate Research Professor of Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Radiology

Dr. Peter Kazanzides (pkaz@cs.jhu.edu)
Assistant Research Professor of Computer Science,
Chief Systems Engineer

Center for Computer-Integrated Surgery
Johns Hopkins University
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore MD 21218-2682
New Engineering Bldg, Room B26
WWW: http://www.cisst.org