Artificial Intelligence Research Scientist / AI Research Engineer Full Time

Job Title: AI Research Engineer/ Scientist

Location: Bangalore

Job Type: Full-time

Years of Experience: 2-5

Company Description:

Our client, Origin Medical is a healthcare technology company that aims to democratize quality prenatal care globally. The company provides fetal medicine specialists and radiologists with technology that leverages AI and standardized assessments of pregnancy ultrasound scans to detect congenital anomalies with confidence. This allows for timely interventions to improve pregnancy outcomes, reduce maternal and infant mortality rates. Origin Medical is headquartered in Singapore with clinical research teams located in India and Vietnam.

Role Description

Origin Medical’s flagship product is powered by our cutting-edge deep-learning algorithms for medical image recognition. As an AI Scientist, you will be involved in envisioning, designing, developing, and deploying these cutting-edge technologies to solve real-world challenges in medical imaging. This is a highly collaborative and cross-functional role where you will work with multiple external (Clinicians, health systems, Regulators) and internal teams (Data Engineering, Regulatory, Clinical Research, Product, and Software Engineering teams) across R&D life cycles. You will focus on formulating research hypotheses and leading research projects, and stay updated with the latest advancements in the field of deep learning and image recognition for medical imaging.

Roles & Responsibilities:

● AI Algorithmic Research:

○ Design and validation of novel AI (deep learning) methodologies, algorithms, and techniques for solving complex challenges in medical image recognition (e.g., classification/ semantic segmentation/object detection/ landmark detection, image translation, and generation).

○ Validate novel technologies for safety, and efficacy at various stages of the product

development life cycle.

○ Enhance the effectiveness, scalability, and precision of existing AI algorithms.

○ Engage in scientific and technical writing for communication of scientific ideas with the

community.

● Data Analysis:

○ Analyze datasets to identify patterns, trends, and insights that can improve the learning, generalizability, and robustness of AI models.

○ Formulate a data preparation and engineering strategy for R&D.

● Technology Translation:

○ Work with Product, Software Engineering, Clinical Research, and Regulatory teams in the integration of AI with flagship products and successful deployment in health systems.

● Team and Project Management:

○ Assess the effectiveness of the team and processes, and provide guidance, mentorship, and feedback when required.

○ Monitor project progress, identify issues, and implement mitigation strategies to ensure on-time delivery.

○ Promote the use of appropriate development frameworks, processes, and tools and be involved in opportunity identification for the team.

Who are we looking for?

● Must Haves:

○ Ph.D. in AI for computer vision/image recognition (medical imaging is a plus) (for Researcher role)

○ Track record of good publications (peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations)

○ Proficiency and working experience in general machine learning and AI R&D: convolutional neural networks, optimization, hyperparameter tuning, model search, model analysis, etc.

○ Proficiency and working experience in machine learning libraries and frameworks: PyTorch (preferable), Tensorflow, Keras, etc.

○ Ability to quickly read, understand and implement academic publications

○ Strong documentation skills and proficient analyze project results and deriving insights

○ Ability to communicate ideas effectively written and verbally in English

● Good to Have:

○ Understanding of statistical approaches (biostatics is plus) for analysis of AI model performance

○ A basic understanding of git and git workflow is a plus

○ Basic understanding of software architecture and design, especially object-oriented design is a plus

○ A basic understanding of databases is a plus

○ Prior startup (healthcare and AI) experience is a plus

Origin Medical is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Kindly go through their website https://www.originhealth.ai/ for more details