Bio Signal Processing Engineer

Bio Signal Processing Engineer

Job Title: Bio Signal Processing Engineer
State: Massachusetts

City: Lexington

Description: Group 48-Bioengineering Systems and Technologies Group.

The Bioengineering Systems and Technologies Group seeks to improve the performance of human-centered missions through prevention of injury and disease, improving sensing and identification of people and their environment, and speeding rehabilitation and recovery. This is accomplished through four broad technical areas: biomedical research, synthetic biology, bioinformatics and biometrics and forensics. Biomedical research includes advanced sensing, algorithms, modeling, prototyping and field testing of technologies to diagnose disease, predict outcomes, avoid injuries, and monitor and enhance human performance. The synthetic biology research is developing tools and techniques that will greatly speed the design, evaluation and assessment of genome-wide engineering approaches through highly integrated microfluidic devices. Bioinformatics is applied across the group to uncover signatures in high throughput genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic data sets. Biometrics and forensics research is developing technologies and systems for human identification, including rapid DNA analysis, standoff biometric sensing, scientific validation of forensic techniques, and integrated architecture analyses. This highly interdisciplinary group draws on skills from biology, biochemistry, biosignal processing, engineering, computer science, physics, and medical research areas. Primary government sponsors are in the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Justice, as well as the National Institutes of Health.

Description:
The Bioengineering Systems and Technology group works on a wide range of topics including numerous biological and medical applications. The group is in search of a creative individual who is enthusiastic about developing and demonstrating new capabilities for these applications. The candidate will develop new system concepts and new signal processing algorithms. Potential example applications include anticipatory medical monitoring, physiological status monitoring, traumatic brain injury, musculoskeletal injury from excessive loads, bioinformatics, medical data mining, and tomography. Candidates will work closely with experts in sensor technology, cellular biology, and medicine. The position involves system modeling, simulation development, software development, data collection, and data analysis.

Requirements:
The candidate must possess a Ph.D. in engineering, mathematics, computer science or physics. In lieu of a Ph.D., an M.S. with at least 5 years of directly related experience will be considered. The candidate is expected to have the mathematical capabilities and physical insight to develop models for system trades. The candidate is expected to have competence in a range of algorithmic technologies, including signal and image processing, machine learning, parameter estimation bounds, and information theory. These approaches will be explored both theoretically and experimentally. Familiarity with biological and medical applications is strongly desired.