What are the responsibilities and job description for the Machine learning scientist position at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center?
Job Type: Regular
Time Type: Full time
Work Shift: Day (United States of America)
FLSA Status: Exempt
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School has an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Scientist. You will be part of an interdisciplinary team of Scientists and AI Scientists to develop next-generation technologies. As an ML/AI scientist, you will lead technical projects in and will be responsible for creating project plans and implementing and evaluating new ML/AI algorithms. You will also work closely with our industrial partners to implement your new methods and systems.Job Description:
Primary Responsibilities:
As an ML/AI Scientist, you will collaborate with other group members to design and develop innovative AI/ML tools to understand high-throughput biological data, including single-cell RNA sequencing.
Develop novel AI/ML tools to improve our ability to predict cell responses to perturbations.
Collaborate with Scientists with our industry partners to implement and integrate our AI/ML models.
Provide technical guidance to lab members on projects at the intersection of engineering and molecular biology.
Conduct research in state-of-the-art deep learning models and publish your novel finding.
Required Qualifications:
PhD is required.
3-5 years of related work experience in academia or industry is required.
Excellent coding skills in C and Python; skills and ability to quickly prototype in Python are required.
Strong hands-on experience with deep learning tools (e.g., PyTorch or TensorFlow-Keras) is required.
Documented history of completed software projects (e.g., GitHub) is required.
Familiarity with model ML/AL algorithms (e.g., Transformers, Diffusion Models) is required.
Track record of peer-reviewed publications in AI/ML with at least one first-author peer-reviewed publication is required.
Strong communication and writing skills are a must.
Proficiency with medical imaging libraries like PyDicom, ITK, Open CV and HDF5 format is a preferred.
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.
More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
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