Manager, Dose Calculation

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We continually look for motivated and skilled individuals who are interested in supporting our customers - healthcare professionals who use our products to help patients and their communities.

We currently have the following opportunity available - please contact us for more details!

We don't just build technology. We build hope.

We are looking for a Manager, Dose Calculation to join our team!

Preferred location: St. Charles

What you'll do at Elekta:

The Manager, Dose Calculation manages and oversees the development of dose algorithms. They are responsible for directing the work of a team to ensure best practices are followed and that outputs are of the highest quality.

The job holder must understand, appreciate, and navigate the complexities of delivering information-guided software for medical applications. The job holder applies leadership skills to successfully organize and direct a team and is comfortable working in a distributed and international environment.

The job holder has authority for personnel actions, and it is expected that, in conjunction with technical leads, they will assemble and maintain highly a highly talented team. The job holder must have a strong understanding of medical physics, medical physics research, software engineering, and development methodologies. Although not directly responsible for conducting research and development activities, or writing application source code, the job holder should be capable of participating in technical discussions and be able to understand and facilitate technical problem-solving activities.

Responsibilities:

• Foster a strong development medical physics and research culture, set clear expectations and create a positive work environment based on accountability, in collaboration with other engineering and management teams.

• Work with Product Managers, Product Owners, and Technical Leads to understand and maintain a

high-level understanding of the current and upcoming requirements of the system, including the

software development roadmap.

• Recruit, inspire, and develop top development medical physics and research talent.

• Provide clinical expertise to ensure high quality of product delivered. Work closely with engineering and other teams to drive end-to-end quality with effective automation of unit level, component level and system level

testing.

• Take ownership and responsibility for the deliverables of functional area under her/his responsibility.

• Successfully manage team members in the day-to-day performance of their jobs.

• Communicate cross-functionally across various teams, organizations, and internal and external

stakeholders to drive development medical physics and research and product development efforts.

• Be involved in all aspects of the software product development processes.

• Guide and oversee enhancements to new and existing development processes to make all aspects of

product development, deployment, and maintenance fast and efficient.

• Effectively manage team financial budgets and participate in engineering-related business planning.

• Represent her/his functional area towards all relevant internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Able to interact with, and coordinate amongst, software development teams, engineering

management, and product management in a collaborative, productive, and efficient manner.

• Able to successfully apply practical software modelling methodologies and tools (e.g., data flow and

architecture diagrams, UML, object-oriented design, and Agile development tools).

• Able to work with, and advocate for, good software development practices, e.g., unit and end-to-end

testing, (automated) build management, code reviews, requirements management, pair programming,

and test-driven development.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to summarize complex, highly technical

problems, then develop and present solutions to a large audience. Able to prepare high-quality

documents, diagrams, and presentations with appropriate brevity and clarity.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Skilled in team participation and able to act as a positive influence and role-model within the

organization.

Experience and Education:

• Minimum 5 years of medical software development experience - including requirements definition,

testing, and documentation.

• Higher education qualification (MSc/PhD) in physics, medical physics, software engineering, computer science, informatics, or similar.

What we offer:

• Opportunity to work with a proactive and supportive team
• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
• 401k, paid Vacation and Holiday
• A health of additional benefits including wellness reimbursement, tuition reimbursement and flexible spending account
• Opportunity to work on cutting edge in medical advancement
• Close-knit company culture
• Upward mobility

How to proceed?

We are looking forward receiving your resume. Please attach your resume in the application form and we will contact you!

If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact Lisa Zhang, Talent Acquisition Partner on LinkedIn.

EEO Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

The US base salary range for this position is $176,000-$220,000

[NOTE: It is understood that no single candidate will have equal expertise in all the areas of responsibility below. Successful candidates will possess a compelling combination of many of them and the self-awareness and wisdom to leverage existing and/or new resources in the area(s) where they lack personal mastery.]