Job Profile: Senior Researcher (PhD) icometrix, Belgium icometrix is a fast growing innovative company offering software as a service for medical image analysis to neurologists, radiologists and scientists all over the world. The headquarters are based in Leuven, Belgium, with a second office in Boston, US. The icometrix team is composed of enthusiastic and helpful colleagues having a mix of nationalities, gender, and (technical and medical) backgrounds. We enjoy an innovative and challenging working environment. Our mission is to become the standard in biomedical imaging biomarkers, especially in the brain. And we are well on our way to achieve this! We live by the following values, each clarified by a quote of one of our team members: Innovation: “Via innovation we can make the difference in the medical world” Collaboration: “I like the collaboration, the challenge to make the next big thing” Respect: “For me, respect is appreciating that the differences between people makes us stronger” Ambition: “I like the ambition that we want to become a reference in the medical world and do good stuff for clinicians and patients” Positivism : “I like to work with icometrix because I feel there is no negativism and everybody encourages everyone”
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Develop and apply novel quantitative image processing pipelines Interact with medical experts and customers to translate their demands into product or project specifications Manage and execute quantitative image processing projects within time and budget Develop and execute validation of novel algorithms Discuss the progress and intermediate results of research projects both internally and externally Perform statistical analysis and extract conclusions Generate customer reports on the analysis and the corresponding results Stay informed on the developments and trends in the field, both technical and medical
Ideal profile • • • • • • • • • •
PhD in medical image processing research, preferable in neuroimaging Experience in Scientific Programming (e.g. Python) Sound scientific background Knowledge of open source software packages for neuroimaging is an asset (e.g. SPM, MRtrix, ITK, etc.) Experience with statistical analysis Work accurately and independently Work closely in a multidisciplinary team Eager to learn, positive energy, results-oriented attitude Entrepreneurial, multicultural experience, customer oriented Fluent in English, other languages are an asset
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We offer • • • • •
A market conform wage A job advancing healthcare and technology A dynamic, growing company with a world-wide impact An innovating and challenging environment Enthusiastic and helpful colleagues
Challenged?
If you are looking forward to help us grow together with you, please do not hesitate and send your motivation letter and CV to
[email protected].
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