[Simbiosnews] Job Opening: Full-time Software Engineer for Cardiovascular Modeling & Simulation Software Package

[Joy P. Ku]

The Marsden lab at UCSD is seeking a full time software engineer to serve
as lead developer of the open

source SimVascular project funded by the NSF. This will be a programmer /
analyst II position with full

university benefits.

 

This individual's primary responsibilities will be as software lead for
the overhaul and expansion of the

SimVascular open source project hosted at simtk.org, a National Center for
Biomedical Computing. The

SimVascular project is a cutting edge research tool for patient specific
cardiovascular modeling, providing

users with a complete path from medical image data to blood flow
simulation results and analysis. This

software has recently formed the basis for a high-profile venture-backed
start up company in silicon-valley and

represents the state of the art in cardiovascular modeling. This project
is supported by a 4-year grant from the

National Science Foundation.

 

The individual will interface with the academic team, including faculty
and graduate students at UCSD and UC

Berkeley, as well as Simbios staff at Stanford, to integrate cutting edge
research developments into

distributable software releases. The individual will be responsible for
design and integration of a new user

interface to accelerate the process of medical image data segmentation and
improve the workflow of the model

construction process using machine learning. The candidate will
re-engineer and refactor the current software

architecture of SimVascular to a modular format, and integrate academic
tools for multiscale modeling, flow

analysis, and optimization.

 

Job responsibilities:

. Design and implement a new graphical user interface, incorporating new
and existing functionality

. Replace current embedded commercial packages with open source
alternatives

. Manage the open source distribution and respond to users bug reports and
feature requests

. Develop hardened code for wide release with benchmarking and
documentation

. Design, development, refactoring, testing and maintenance of the
SimVascular code

. Interact with the academic team and Simbios to integrate research tools
and increase user base

 

Skills needed:

. Deep knowledge and understanding of C++, Java, Python, algorithm design,
system architecture,

program optimization and object-oriented design. Additional skillset in
XML, HTML, and JavaScript a

big plus.

. Experience with open source project management and history of open
source contribution is a plus

. Strong working knowledge of modern software development tools including
bug tracking systems,

source code revision control, automated test framework are required

. Strong integration skills

. Knowledge of multi-core system architecture

. Prior experience developing parallel applications for HPC is an asset

. Interest in academic research, computational science, biomedical
computing and medical software

applications

. Excellent communication skills, ability to work independently,
self-starter, development guru and strong

team player required

 

Educational requirements & Work Experience:

. B.S. / M.S. in engineering, computer science or related field with
substantial research experience.

. OR Ph.D. in engineering with significant experience / interest in
computation and open source

 

UCSD is top-ranked in the field of bioengineering. The Marsden and Shadden
labs are at the cutting edge of

cardiovascular model development, and part of a dynamic research
environment involving close collaboration

between engineers, computer scientists, and clinical faculty. This project
provides a unique opportunity to be

the lead developer on a cutting-edge open source project in the medical
software field that will integrate new

research tools into a releasable product. We expect to build a dynamic and
growing user base for the

SimVascular project during the time period of the grant.

 

Interested applicants should send a CV and brief statement of interests to
amarsden at ucsd.edu

 

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Joy P. Ku, PhD

Director,   <http://simbios.stanford.edu/> Simbios

Director of Communications & Training,  <http://opensim.stanford.edu/>
NCSRR

Stanford University

 

(w)  650.736.8434, (f)  650.723.7461

Email:   <mailto:joyku at stanford.edu> joyku at stanford.edu

 

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