Summary
• Develop and validate image analysis algorithms to characterize cellular phenotypes and quantitate molecular targets in high throughput imaging.
• Design and implement algorithms to refine image quality and robustly isolate and extract desired features.
• Research and implement novel image and data processing technologies to create effi-cient and reusable solutions, ensuring reproducibility of analytical pipelines.
• Communicate and present results to a diverse audience of computational and experi-mental scientists.
About the Role
Requirements:
- PhD/MS in computer science, biomedical image computing, computational imaging, or a related quantitative field, with 5+ years of relevant experience in industry or academia.
- Strong programming and data analysis skills in Python.
- Comfortable working in a Linux HPC environment and skilled in data-parallel processing.
- Solid understanding of machine and deep learning technologies.
- Demonstrated background in developing innovative approaches to solve image analysis problems.
- Strategic ability to identify and select problems where techniques developed in ML/AI can have a significant impact.
- Experienced in strategically defining and assessing benchmarking and evaluation approaches for ML/AI algorithms, particularly in cases where prior benchmarks may not exist.
- Enjoy working in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment and possess a strong willingness to learn from others' expertise in drug discovery.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with a diverse group of scientists and technical staff.
- Self-motivated and capable of working in a team environment.
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Desirable:
- Working knowledge of imaging platforms across a range of modalities.
- Skilled in implementing machine/deep learning techniques to solve scientific or engineering problems in the field of life sciences, with a focus on fine-tuning foundational models using major deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX) or high-level libraries (e.g., Hugging Face, Lightning).
- Strong background in computer vision or computational imaging.
- Demonstrated record of collaborative software development, especially in distributed teams.
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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion / EEO:
Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
Accessibility and accommodation:
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to inclusion.switzerland@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
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Division
Biomedical Research
Business Unit
Pharma Research
Location
Switzerland
Site
Basel (City)
Company / Legal Entity
C028 (FCRS = CH028) Novartis Pharma AG
Functional Area
Data and Digital
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No