Senior Software Engineer for Medical Imaging

Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding Mexico) markets.

This Software Engineer position is part of a software development team responsible for the design, implementation and verification of image-guided software solutions.

• Design, program, and verify software components for image-guided software solutions. Components include data acquisition, image acquisition, image format conversion, image processing, image analysis, feature extraction, image editing and display/recording of images.
• Build, deploy and test software application on prototype hardware and/or clinical-grade diagnostic imaging devices.
• Work throughout the whole software development lifecycle including capturing user/clinical requirements, design, implementation and verification of software, and support/maintenance.
• Ensure high-quality software and documentation by adhering to regulations, standards and industry best practices.
• Port, modify, enhance, debug and/or refactor existing prototype software components to meet specifications and performance requirements.
• Work effectively in cross-functional teams consisting of Research, Engineering, QA/RA, and Marketing.
• Keep abreast of relevant and new technologies in software development in general, and the medical imaging field in particular.

• Education Required: Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience Required: 5+ years in a software engineering role.
• Proficiency in C/C++ is required.
• Working experience with ITK, VTK, OpenCV or similar.
• Knowledge and experience in DICOM and 2D/3D medical image processing is a big plus.
• Working experience with Qt.
• Working experience with Object Oriented Analysis, Design Patterns and Programming methodologies.
• Familiarity in medical application development and/or a regulated industry is desired. Working knowledge of IEC 62304 and 21 CFR 820 is a plus.
• Familiarity with software development tools such as Visual Studio, GCC, Make/CMake, git.
• Experience using script languages such as Python and databases such as SQLite is a plus.
• Must be a team player and possess strong oral and written communication skills.
• Experience in intellectual property development is a plus.