Roche · 7 months ago
Senior Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$197K/yr - $366K/yr
15+ years expRoche is a pharmaceutical and diagnostics company that offers medicines and diagnostic tests for various medical conditions and diseases. The Senior Principal Machine Learning Engineer will lead the design and development of innovative algorithms for analyzing histopathology images, driving advancements in medical imaging technology to improve cancer patient outcomes.
BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsOncologyPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
Serves as a lead for the design and development/integration of innovative algorithms to analyze histopathology images and data. Runs algorithm feasibility for new projects
Evaluates technology needs for algorithm development and makes recommendations. Designs and implements algorithms and software platforms for prototyping and commercial product development
Makes strategic decisions to optimize algorithms and platforms for efficiency, accuracy, performance, and scalability
Conceives, designs, conducts, and leads advanced independent or multi-disciplinary research driven by strategic business needs
Conceives, plans, and executes projects; defines project requirements, deliveries, and timelines; tracks progress and ensures on-time quality results
Keeps up-to-date with and assesses technology advances, the competitive landscape, and job training requirements in the medical device industry
Manages advanced technology initiatives within the team. Makes major contributions to strategic directions and projects in the Roche group using technology and application expertise
Creates strategic input for the creation of the Intellectual Property portfolio of the group
Partners with research, development, and product development teams within Roche Pharma and Diagnostics; networks with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., pathologists, biochemists, instrumentation engineers, software engineers, and marketing representatives) and subject matter experts in the Roche group and in academia
Provides technical direction, mentorship, guidance and feedback to others
Qualification
Required
PhD: At least 12 years of industry R&D experience with software development for Medical Image analysis algorithms OR Masters: At least 15 years of industry R&D experience with software development for Medical Image analysis algorithms
Proven track record of technical leadership to deliver innovative Imaging Analysis and software solutions
Proven track record of publications and intellectual property generation from own work
Experience as a technical lead of design and development projects for medical devices in the field of biomedical image data analysis
Company
Roche
Roche is a pharmaceutical and diagnostics company that offers medicines and diagnostic tests for various medical conditions and diseases.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$7.79BKey Investors
SoftBankSCALE AINovartis
2021-08-04Post Ipo Equity· $5B
2020-12-07IPO
2020-05-06Post Ipo Equity· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Alan Hippe
Member of the Executive Board - Group CFO
Christine Bakan
Global Head and VP of Software and Bioinformatics, Next Generation Sequencing
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