Medica manufactures and develops a line of easy to use and maintain, low cost
blood testing analyzers for the clinical laboratory. The company's growth is a
result of its strategic focus on worldwide need to lower healthcare costs. Medica
values and maintains a professional stimulating work environment, encouraging
open communication of ideas and innovation throughout the development and
manufacturing of its products. Ultimately, the collective efforts of Medica's
employees benefit both the users of our diagnostic analyzers and the patients
who receive medical treatment based on their results.
Medica provides, to all full-time employees, health insurance, dental and
life insurance, disability benefits, a 401(k) Plan, ten holidays, ten days
accrued vacation annually, and educational assistance.
MECHANICAL ENGINEER
Responsibilities:
Mechanical Engineer is responsible for designing, documenting, and verifying new product designs as well as enhancing existing products to meet the needs of our customers.
- Design mechanical components and sub-assemblies
- Conceive of new and innovative approaches
- Prototype, test and analyze designs
- Write and execute design verifications
- Participate in all phases of the product development lifecycle, including design, implementation, debug, verification, qualification and transfer
- Compile Design History Files in accordance with FDA requirements
- Perform process-related design tasks in support of pilot manufacturing
Requirements
- BS degree in Mechanical Engineering
- Minimum of 5 years work experience as a Mechanical Design Engineer
- Medical Device experience preferred
- Demonstrated creativity to mechanical design challenges
- Strong problem solving skills and ability to drive solutions
- Knowledge and understanding of engineering materials, component selections, and design for reliability and manufacturability
- Knowledge and understanding of electromechanical systems
- Proficiency using CAD tools (ProE, preferred)
Strong communication, teamwork, and interpersonal skills
PATTERN RECOGNITION/IMAGE ANALYSIS EXPERT
We are looking for a highly experienced pattern recognition/image analysis expert with a scientific/analytical background and strong C++ programming skills to join our automated blood imaging team. This analyzer is an automated microscope, which assists hematology technicians in performing manual differentials on patient blood samples.
Responsibilities:
- Invent, prototype and implement algorithms for new Pattern Recognition/ Image Analysis applications within in vitro diagnostic microscopy
- Enhance current Pattern Recognition/ Image Analysis platform to broaden utility and increase hematology classification categories
- Interact with Marketing, Clinical Professionals and Hematology Development Team in defining and implementing Image Analysis capabilities
Requirements
- Expert in the area of pattern recognition/image analysis particularly in image segmentation and features extraction
- Strong analytical skills
Strong programmer with C++ experience
- Good knowledge of and hands-on experience with classical classifiers such as neural network, PCA (Principal Competent Analysis) and CART (Classification and Regression Tree) algorithms
- Excellent communication skills
- PhD or relevant experience
Address any questions to: mwilliams@medicacorp.com
Personnel Manager
Medica Corporation
5 Oak Park Drive
Bedford MA 01730
781-275-2731 (Fax)
