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1 | 1 | # Jobs |
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3 | | -## User Support / Research Engineer - Boston, MA |
| 3 | +IDC does not currently have open positions\ |
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6 | | -To apply, send email to **[email protected]** describing your relevant skills, experience and interests, as applied to this position and Imaging Data Commons. |
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9 | | -The Imaging Data Commons team has an open position to support the growing community of users and contribute to the platform's development!  |
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11 | | -Are you knowledgeable about medical imaging and have technical skills to contribute to the implementation of our mission of data sharing and development of IDC open source tools, while being a quick learner and an effective communicator? We want to hear from you! This is your opportunity to contribute to establishing a national infrastructure, and helping cancer imaging researchers collaborate, innovate, and share their findings using a modern cloud-based environment! |
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13 | | -The NCI Imaging Data Commons ([https://imaging.datacommons.cancer.gov/](https://imaging.datacommons.cancer.gov/)) is a cloud-based infrastructure built using open-source tools from the imaging community (some of the tools we are working with include [OHIF](https://github.com/OHIF/Viewers) and [Slim](https://github.com/ImagingDataCommons/slim) image viewers, [3D Slicer](https://www.slicer.org/), and [highdicom](https://github.com/ImagingDataCommons/highdicom)) and scalable services from Google Cloud and AWS. IDC contains over 85TB of publicly available cancer imaging data stored in the standard DICOM representation, co-located with analysis and exploration tools and resources. IDC is maintained by a team of developers, engineers, and scientists who are passionate about open data and open source. |
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15 | | -### Location |
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17 | | -You will join the IDC leadership team in Boston, USA, but your work and impact will span across the USA and throughout the world. You will work and interact with the members, contributors, and collaborators of the IDC team spread across the USA, Europe, and beyond. You will have the opportunity to work with the developers who maintain the IDC Portal and various open-source tools supporting IDC operations, as well as developers of 3D Slicer and OHIF Viewer. You will have a direct impact on helping users of IDC work with these tools, and improve them based on user needs. |
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19 | | -### Job Requirements   |
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21 | | -The candidate should have a B.S. or equivalent degree. M.S. preferred or equivalent in medical imaging, computer science, biomedical engineering, informatics or closely related field.  |
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23 | | -#### Experience |
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25 | | -Experience in research/development in a hospital, industry, or academic 1-2 years preferred and Experience in medical imaging 1-2 year is strongly preferred |
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27 | | -The ideal candidate will have experience in at least 2 of the areas listed below: |
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29 | | -* Medical image computing |
30 | | -* Imaging informatics |
31 | | -* Collaborative open source development |
32 | | -* Academic writing |
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34 | | -**Technical skills, qualifications, and experience** |
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36 | | -* Relevant and suitable education in science-related fields |
37 | | -* Experience working with medical imaging data |
38 | | -* Working knowledge of Python or demonstrated ability and willingness to learn new technical skills |
39 | | -* Experience using DICOM, or demonstrated commitment and ability to learn this complex standard |
40 | | -* Strong interest in medical imaging |
41 | | -* Experience with digital communications channels and social media |
42 | | -* Demonstrated writing skills |
43 | | -* Evidence of participation in community projects, team development, and collaborative open-source software development is desired. |
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45 | | -**Organizational and collaboration skills** |
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47 | | -* Able to collaborate with various internal and external stakeholders from multiple cultures and with different professional backgrounds |
48 | | -* Able to take the initiative and prioritize actions |
49 | | -* Dynamic, enthusiastic, innovative & creative |
50 | | -* Articulate and flexible |
51 | | -* Good communication skills |
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53 | | -### The Role |
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55 | | -* Play a pivotal role in shaping and implementing the user support strategy of the IDC team |
56 | | -* Contribute to the improvement of the user-facing open source tools based on the assessment of the user needs |
57 | | -* Serve as a liaison between the IDC users and IDC core developers, educating about the capabilities of the platform, learning about user needs, helping remedy problems and prioritize improvements |
58 | | -* Be the storyteller who shines a spotlight on the groundbreaking technology and research developments happening in IDC |
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60 | | -Under the direct supervision of the IDC principal investigators, you will undertake the following: |
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62 | | -* Become an expert in using and being able to educate users about the user-facing capabilities of IDC. You will master the use of the portal, the image viewers, Python tutorials, open-source libraries supporting the use of IDC, documentation, etc. |
63 | | -* Gain knowledge of DICOM representation of IDC data and help navigate users on understanding of IDC data organization, and best practices and tools for using the data |
64 | | -* Produce IDC training materials, such as interactive tutorials, documentation pages, demonstrations, etc. |
65 | | -* Contribute to the maintenance and improvement of the open source infrastructure (python libraries, 3D Slicer IDC extension) |
66 | | -* Take the lead on outreach, writing blog articles, recording videos educating about the platform and demonstrating its capabilities, posting updates about IDC in the user forum, and coming up with new ideas about outreach opportunities via various online and in-person venues. |
67 | | -* Contribute to social media content creation (visuals and message-writing) |
68 | | -* Develop content for IDC release announcements |
69 | | -* Support development, collection, and evaluation of key performance indicators for guiding refinement of development and communication |
70 | | -* Contribute to the development of the communication strategy |
71 | | -* Contribute to the overall platform development, prioritization of tasks, and allocation of resources. |
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73 | | -**Why this is your dream job** |
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75 | | -* You will thrive in a collaborative, multinational environment. |
76 | | -* You’ll be joining a passionate and supportive team that values your skills and encourages your growth. |
77 | | -* You will be at the heart of cutting-edge scientific research and have the opportunity to significantly impact the scientific community worldwide.  |
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79 | | -### Compensation & Conditions |
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81 | | -The appointment will be to a full-time two-year employment contract with a trial period of six months and a possibility for renewal. The salary is negotiable, depending on experience and background. National and international travel may be required to support outreach events and meet with internal and external stakeholders.\ |
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