Senior PET Scientist

Do you want to join us in helping to fight the world's most threatening diseases and enabling access to care for more people around the world? At Siemens Healthineers, we pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere.

We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment with opportunities to go beyond your comfort zone in order to grow personally and professionally. Sound interesting? Then come and join our global team as a PET Scientist in Knoxville, TN.

Our global team: We are a team of 66,000 highly dedicated employees across more than 70 countries passionately pushing the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare to help improve people's lives around the world. As a leader in the industry, we aspire to create better outcomes and experiences for patients no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio, spanning from in-vitro and in-vivo diagnostics to image-guided therapy and innovative cancer care, is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

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Join our team now at Siemens Healthineers as a PET Scientist. This position is located in Knoxville, TN and relocation support will be provided to out of state candidates.

This is a role well suited to an ambitious professional, looking for the next step in their career. As a PET Scientist, you will be responsible for:

• Supports the technology/innovation roadmap of the PET Physics and Reconstruction team

• Supports hardware innovation development at all levels: detector, analog electronics, digital electronics, acquisition computer and system level

• Supports software innovation development at all levels: PET data corrections; image reconstruction algorithms, both analytical and statistical, design, implementation and optimization; image processing.

• Assures transfer of technologies into product solutions by working closely with other R&D teams and product management

• Participates in publication of results at conferences and in peer-reviewed journals

• Protects innovations with invention disclosures

• Travels both internationally and domestically for customer visits and conferences

This position may suit you best if you are familiar with what is below, and would like to do develop your career with Healthineers

• Strong mathematical background

• Experience in Monte Carlo simulation

• Experience in artificial intelligence and neural networks

• Experience in electronics and detector design and FPGA programming

• Excellent interpersonal skills, communication skills and can-do attitude

• Strong collaboration skills and ability to thrive in a virtual and fast-paced environment

• Outstanding ability to work independently, be creative, overcome obstacles

Required skills to have for the success of this role

• Ph.D. in physics /mathematics/electrical/nuclear engineering or related field

• Experience in multiple programming languages, preferably including C++

• Experience in a research environment in one of these fields: PET, image reconstruction, radiation physics, nuclear physics, particle physics, or related field.

At Siemens Healthineers, we value those who dedicate their energy and passion to a greater cause. Our people make us unique as an employer in the med-tech industry. What unites and motivates our global team is the inspiration of our common purpose: To innovate for healthcare, building on our remarkable legacy of pioneering ideas that translate into even better healthcare products and services. We recognize that taking ownership of our work allows both us and the company to grow. We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment and the space to move beyond your comfort zone to grow both personally and professionally.

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