On-site Computational Physicist​/Simulation Engineer - Department of Radiology

Job Description

(On-site) Computational Physicist/Simulation Engineer - Department of Radiology (29590)

The Department of Radiology at West Virginia University is currently accepting applications for an (On-site) Computational Physicist/Simulation Engineer.

The Center for Advanced Imaging (CAI) in the WVU Department of Radiology is seeking a Computational Physicist/Simulation Engineer to support development of world‑class biomedical imaging software and further the research agenda of CAI. The role will center around designing, developing, testing, packaging, deploying, and maintaining software and associated data. Python scripting will be the main technical focus, but experience with GEANT4 or other simulation packages is also highly beneficial.

• 37.5-hour work week
• 13 paid holidays
• 24 annual leave (vacation) days per year
• 18 sick days per year for personal or family medical appointments
• Range of health insurance and other benefits
• 401(a) retirement savings with 6% employee contribution match, eligibility to continue health insurance, and other retiree perks
• Wellness programs

• Maintain current software tools used in the current already developed imagers
• Assure software upgrades and modifications for the current software, when necessary, through personal effort and/or outsourcing
• Review the research, medical software needs and level of implementation for all developed systems
• Perform definition of user software needs for new planned systems
• Develop system-specific spec lists and methods of implementation
• Test plan definition and implementation for performance and usability
• Perform usability studies
• Perform database, user interface and middleware development
• Provide system documentation for users/partners (other researchers, technologists, clinicians, partnering industrial engineers)
• Provide training for users: researchers, technologists and doctors
• Collaborate closely with in-house personnel and outside partners developing data acquisition system and motion control development and provide feedback to data acquisition system development
• Engineer critical infrastructure components to support image and patient data storage and retrieval, user interface and middleware on dedicated medical imagers developed in the CAI nuclear medicine imaging instrumentation program

• Maintain lab notebook and development journals to document intellectual property development
• Coordinate interaction with the WVU technology transfer office and outside industrial partners
• Manage transfer of software from the laboratory environment to pre‑commercial and commercial prototypes
• Complete disclosures and patent applications, whenever applicable

• Work on skill improvements via professional development and continued education
• Attend research‑relevant conferences
• Present papers on software engineering projects
• Work with students and lead/supervise their software related projects or tasks
• Evaluate new software and hardware technologies for applicability in imaging systems developed by the lab
• Manage external communications for example via blog/podcast/wiki/Facebook/university web site

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in programming with C++ and Python scripting
• Any equivalent combination of related education, certifications, and/or experience will be considered
• All qualifications must be met by the time of employment

• Programming
• User interface design and implementation
• Usability testing

• Master’s degree preferred
• Exposure or hands‑on experience with computer physics simulation packages (e.g., GEANT4, MCNP, GATE)
• Understanding or interest in the physics concepts of nuclear medicine imaging (PET/SPECT, radiation detection, instrumentation)
• Experience developing data acquisition (DAQ) software or interfacing code with hardware for medical imaging applications
• System administration experience (specifically managing scientific computing environments)

West Virginia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We invite all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or Veteran status.