Imaging Applications Engineer

IXICO plc (AIM: IXI) is a global leader in neuroscience imaging and biomarker analytics, using its proprietary AI-driven platform to help advance the treatment of neurological disorders and reduce the uncertainties associated with drug discovery, development and monitoring. As a key part of the global neurological disease research community, the Company has built a global reputation and 20-year track record as an end-to-end Imaging Contract Research Organisation (iCRO) working with leading pharma companies, innovative biotech's, disease consortia and non-profit organisations. IXICO has supported hundreds of neurological clinical trials, analysed hundreds of thousands scans and built an expansive network of expert imaging centres around the world.

The IXICO Platform is tailor-made for neurological disease, reliably processing data from global trials, precisely measuring key imaging biomarkers associated with the identification, progression and treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer's, Huntington's and Parkinson's. Image data is interrogated by the Platform and IXICO's expert scientists translating complex data into clinically meaningful insights while minimizing data variability and increasing reproducibility. Our people are empowered to enable us to achieve our company goals and their own personal development through the “4A” values at the heart of our culture: Aspiration, Ability, Agility and Accountability.

To help us deliver our medical image analysis solutions to large clinical trials we are hiring a dedicated Imaging Applications Engineer on a permanent full-time capacity.

Purpose of the Role: This role is focused on supporting our pharma clients’ clinical trial projects by implementing and deploying production-grade medical imaging data processing and analysis solutions within our proprietary IXICO data management platform. The job holder is experienced in the medical image domain and is responsible for executing the configuration of IXICO platform(s) in accordance with project requirement specifications, and for the design, development, validation and deployment of bespoke image analysis workflow features that are required for an allocated portfolio of projects. The job holder works hand-in-hand with Analysis Product, Image Analyst, Biomarker Science and Technology teams to ensure that requirement specifications are fully and clearly documented, implemented, and tested at project start-up, meeting project start-up timelines agreed with IXICO’s Project Managers. The role further supports Project Managers with defining and implementing features to fulfil workflow change requests arising during a clinical trial project. As part of the Technology team, the role holder is responsible for supporting internal users with data processing and analysis issue resolution and contributes to continuous process improvement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative, but not exhaustive of the role. There may be some variation and/or development of these duties and responsibilities without changing the general nature of the role:

• Responsible for the configuration and deployments of clinical trials on the IXICO platform, including change controls and corrections to existing studies.
• Receive handover of processing and analysis pipelines from Science and Technology and manage these to completion in operational deployments.
• Design and develop, validate and deploy allocated image processing and analysis features and workflows to the IXICO platform.
• Support Project Managers in defining solutions for projects within an allocated portfolio, creating clear and complete requirements specifications.
• Provide second line support for processing and analysis pipelines, maintaining ticketing for IXICO platform support.
• Work closely with Research, Technology and Development teams on best practices and process improvements.
• Participate in Agile Scrum team and promote continuous improvement.
• Create and maintain necessary documentation, compliant with IXICO procedures and quality framework.

Qualifications and skills required for the role:

• Essential Masters/Postgraduate degree from an accredited educational institution in a technical discipline e.g., Computer Science/Compute Vision/Medical Imaging.
• Experience in at least one medical imaging modality (e.g. MRI, PET) and relevant image analysis.
• Strong academic background.
• Proven experience in programming using scripting languages (Bash/Python).
• Proven experience of Linux/Unix command line.
• Understanding and working knowledge of Database concepts and technologies (RDBMS/SQL/PostgreSQL).
• Understanding of Object-Orientated development.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills across all levels of the business – fluent in the English language.
• Strong organisational skills and great attention for detail.
• Ability to prioritise effectively.
• Strong team-player, who is acting in a professional and personable manner.
• Highly motivated and driven to improve and develop processes.

Desirable:

• Commercial or Academic experience in the neuroscience domain.
• Knowledge of GCP, ISO13485, ISO27001 and/or other similar quality systems.
• Understanding of Design Patterns.
• Understanding of Agile concepts.
• Knowledge of Git and DevOps.
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.

Benefits:

• Competitive remuneration package including benchmarked salaries.
• Staff Annual Bonus Plans and Annual Salary Review.
• Generous employer pension contribution of 6%.
• 25 days annual leave, increasing up to 28 days with every year at IXICO.
• BUPA private medical insurance scheme.
• Life Assurance of 4x annual salary.
• Employee Benefits Portal, offering various discounts in retail, food.