Principal Algorithm Engineer – Imaging​/Ultrasound; ML

Principal Algorithm Engineer

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The Affera Prism-2 Mapping System is a platform used to map electrical activity in the heart, visualize anatomy, localize catheters, and support treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. A key area of ongoing innovation is the integration of ultrasound imaging with mapping and navigation capabilities to provide richer procedural insight and enable new clinical workflows.

As a Principal Algorithm Engineer, you will contribute to the research and development of novel signal processing, image processing, and computational algorithms for medical device applications. You will play an important role in advancing ultrasound-enabled capabilities within the Affera Prism-2 platform, working across engineering, design, clinical, and research teams to evaluate new concepts and translate them into impactful technical solutions. This is a unique opportunity to work on emerging technology in electrophysiology and help shape the future of cardiac intervention.

Primary Responsibilities

• Research, design, develop, and evaluate signal processing, image processing, and computational algorithms for medical device applications
• Assess technical feasibility, performance, and design tradeoffs of new concepts
• Implement complex real-time or near-real-time algorithms in software
• Analyze bench, preclinical, and clinical data to develop/train algorithms, verify and validate them, and guide technical decision making
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners across engineering, design, clinical, and research teams to translate unmet needs into solutions
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship in signal processing and algorithm development

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience
• OR Master's degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
• OR PhD with 3 years relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in electrical engineering, computer science, data science, biomedical engineering, mathematics, or physics
• Strong foundation in signal processing, applied mathematics, and algorithm development
• Expertise in image processing or computer vision for complex, noisy, or real-time data, ideally in cardiac ultrasound or medical imaging
• Experience with geometric reconstruction, segmentation, labeling, registration, or spatial modeling
• Experience applying modern machine learning algorithms to image processing problems
• Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or both
• Ability to independently develop and evaluate new algorithms in an early-stage technology development environment
• Strong quantitative skills in experiment design, validation, and performance analysis products independently to enhance performance of job area. Implements solutions to problems.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For…