Job Description
This position will act as a Software Engineer in the Engineering Department at Medstrat, Inc in Downers Grove, IL. The job requires the prospective employee to be able to design and write sophisticated graphics software for the iPad using Objective-C. The candidate must possess a strong Image Processing background and be comfortable with mathematical concepts. Duties will include creating new software features in the medical image viewer portion of the iPad app and debugging issues arising from customer use of the software. The successful candidate will be able to write software in an object-oriented paradigm, work in collaboration with other Software Engineers and Technical Support staff to gather requirements from users, design solutions that meet requirements, and write source to provide the requested improvements. This position reports to the Software Architect.
Description of the System
Our echoes system consists of a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) server and client applications for Windows, Mac, iPhone, and iPad. The client-server architecture of our PACS creates a robust, scalable, distributed system for storage, search, and retrieval of terabyte-sized medical image data sets. The result is that our users have distributed access to MRI, CT, X-ray, and other medical image types from multiple types of devices which in turn improves clinical workflow. Our software provides image manipulation, image processing, and pre-operative surgical planning abilities to orthopedic doctors and clinicians at hundreds of orthopedic practices across the country. Our PACS is considered the best-in-class digital diagnostic and surgical planning solution in the orthopedic PACS market space.
New software features to be developed by the prospective employee include using Objective-C in iOS to provide pre-operative surgical planning on an Apple iPad through newly developed measurement tools, implant templating, and automatic image calibration.
Essentials Duties
- Develop software to provide new features on the iPad including adding measurement tools and implant templating capabilities
- Perform maintenance of the iPad app source code as required
- Participate in requirements gathering, analysis, design, implementation, and testing phases of the software development process
- Debug issues that arise from customer feedback
- Effectively work with multidisciplinary personnel to achieve project goals
Essentials Skills
- B.S. in Computer Science (or a related field) with at least four (4) years of software development experience
- A solid understanding of Objective-C
- Experience with image processing
- Strong mathematics background
- Demonstrated ability to find solutions to complex technical problems
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment
About the Company
As the industry founder, Medstrat is the most experienced provider of orthopedic digital imaging solutions. Our expert engineering and digitally connected support staff are combined with proven, advanced, customizable software to optimize patient care, productivity and profitability within an orthopedic practice.
Please contact us to apply.