updated Oct 19, 2007

Job Opportunities...

STI Medical Systems is a world leader in developing advanced image processing and optical diagnostic imaging technology for cancer detection utilizing the latest Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) technologies; based in beautiful downtown Honolulu, HI, STI offers a challenging and stimulating work environment for talented professionals that demonstrate superior technical proficiency and progressive thinking. Team members of STI are analytical, adaptive, and self-motivated professionals.

We currently seek several skilled professionals to join our growing team. As a research scientist with STI, you will be encouraged to be creative and innovative, contributing to the collective intelligence of the image processing field. The successful candidate will demonstrate the aptitude to succeed in a dynamic collaborative team environment and will be prepared to champion initiatives related to new image processing technology developments.

To apply, please email your current resume/CV and salary history to: jobs@sti-hawaii.com

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Multiple Levels

 OVERVIEW OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• In collaboration with the System Design engineering teams, provide direction and leadership for current design/ build initiatives related to the electronic and electromechanical prototypes necessary to advance the research initiatives of STI. 
• Actively guide the design planning and building phases of the electronic implementation components of STI’s various medical equipment projects.
• Mentor and collaborate with the Electronic Hardware Technician to gather requirements, develop functional specifications, and facilitate the design, development, testing and implementation of STI’s electronic hardware systems.
• Assume primary responsibility in developing and maintaining comprehensive and accurate production release/ regulatory standards documentation pertaining to FDA Labeling requirements, including but not limited to the Embedded System Architecture, Requirements and Specifications, Bill of Materials, Gerber files, Schematics, , Assembly Instructions, and Testing Procedures,.
• Develop and present proficiency in software applications pertaining to electronic schematic capture, mechanical design, electronic simulation, PCB design, circuit simulation software.
• Proactively recommend, lead, and execute system design strategies in support of STI’s various project requirements.
• Utilize both new and existing software code functions, blocks, and systems to develop software programs in support of STI projects.
• Develop software programs in integrated development environments such as Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET, and similar CPU-specific environments.
• Assist in internal testing modules focused on the early identification of coding and stress problems.
• Actively participate and contribute during design and code reviews
• Collaborate with other members of the project team to meet defined technical needs, expectations and goals.
• Partner throughout the product lifecycle with other STI business units.
• Assist in internal testing modules focused on the early identification and resolution of electronic hardware performance problems.
• Other duties as may be assigned by management in the pursuit of the operational goals of STI.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 3-5 years of directly relevant work experience required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and or Software Engineering required; advanced degree in relevant field preferred.
• Demonstrated skill in all facets of system design, digital imaging design, and digital logic design required.
• Advanced proficiency and understanding of PC hardware and peripherals required.
• Expertise in system design as it relates to CPU’s, DSP’s, and FPGA’s strongly preferred.  CPLD and VHDL experience preferred.
• Experience creating, conducting, and evaluating simulation models highly desired.
• Mastery working with C/C++ and a willingness to learn additional programming languages as necessary.
• Proficient knowledge and experience coding in numerous platforms, with particular skill operating in a Windows environment.
• Systems-level understanding of low level driver software programming highly desired.
• Proficiency with standard electrical and electronic laws required.
• Familiar with firmware and embedded processing software development required.
• Advanced training or equivalent experience in Digital Logic and Analog Electronics methodology required.
• Superior conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving abilities required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
• Demonstrable aptitude for effectively learning STI systems and products required.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Willingness to learn, master, and embrace new technologies, hardware upgrades, and interfacing software applications.
• Desire to contribute and collaborate in an entrepreneurial environment.
• An ability to remain current with accepted system design standards, documentation and practices.
• Developed innovative solutions to complex electro-optical design meeting FDA qualification requirements.

ENGINEERING MANAGER, MEDICAL DEVICE

 OVERVIEW OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Manage the Product Development Engineering Group (a group of systems, mechanical, electrical, and software engineers) to design and develop medical devices in accordance with FDA Quality System Regulations/ISO 13485 and EU regulations/standards for CE marking.
• Develop project schedules, forecast resource requirements and budgets for device product development programs.
• Ensure that the products are based on a sound and robust engineering basis. 
• Responsible for hiring/developing new Engineers and/or technical engineering resources.
• Establish and maintain cross-functional relationships with Quality Assurance, Supply Chain Management, Device Manufacturing, System Development, Regulatory Affairs and Research and Development. 
• Provide direction and strategy that is closely linked to the vision of the company.
• Develop individuals to improve their current performance and expand their future potential by providing coaching and development opportunities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters degree in Engineering or other relevant academic education required.
• 10 to 15 years experience in medical device development/project management required.
• 5+ years of management experience leading and mentoring an Engineering team required.  Familiarity with various production processes such as injection molding, machining, casting, wire forming, printed circuit board fabrication and population, etc.) required.
• Experience (or familiarity with) in mechanism design, electronic design, FW development, and environmental stress screening required.
• Familiarity with various engineering analytical techniques including structural analysis, heat transfer analysis, thermal analysis, tolerance analysis, CFD required.
• Basic understanding of properties of materials (steels, plastics, aluminum, etc.) required.
• Experience with risk management tools including Hazards analysis, FMECA, and FTA required.
• Experience with project development in accordance with design controls per FDA Quality System Regulations/ISO 13485 required.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Willingness to learn, master, and embrace new technologies, hardware upgrades, and interfacing software applications.
• Desire to contribute and collaborate in an entrepreneurial environment.
• An ability to remain current with accepted system design standards, documentation and practices.

EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

 OVERVIEW OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Responsible for researching, preparing, and compiling work-related reports.
• Assist with staff meetings to include recording minutes and preparing documents for the meeting.
• Make copies of correspondence and other printed material.
• Operate office equipment including, but not limited to personal computers, photocopiers, fax machines, and phone systems.
• Administrative support duties shall include maintaining calendar appointments, answering telephones, greeting and directing visitors to the appropriate persons, coordinating travel efforts for office staff, etc.
• Develop policies and desk procedures for the position.
• Relieves executive staff of administrative type functions in order to increase their time available for executive level responsibilities. To include
  1. Handle incoming calls, correspondence, and daily schedules.
  2. Preparing routine and other correspondence.
  3. Maintain executive files.
  4. Arrange travel plans and prepare associated expense reporting to be submitted to accounting.
  5. Update periodicals and memberships.
  6. Foster good relations between executives and customers/clients through professional communications.
• Other duties as assigned or necessary to support the operation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate's degree in business administration or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school required; Bachelor's degree strongly preferred.
• 3-5 years of directly related office management experience required. 5-7 years of overall work experience in a professional office setting highly desired.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office programs (Word, Outlook, Excel and Power Point) and other PC applications is required.
• Superior communication, organization, motivation, and leadership skills required. Effective problem-solving and interpersonal skills required.
• Ability to read and interpret complex documents, to include, but not limited to procurement documents, purchase orders, operating/maintenance instructions, and procedural manuals required.
• Demonstrated history as a self-motivated, detail-oriented, and reliable team player required.
• Willingness to travel as needed required. ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
• Ability to think and make decisions quickly and independently.
• Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.
• Can work productively with others in a team environment.
• Desires to bring energy, enthusiasm, and a positive attitude to the job.
• Actively demonstrates professionalism at all times.
• Willingness to learn, master, and embrace new technologies, scientific advances, and current research as they relate to the field of image processing.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to think and make decisions quickly and independently.
• Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.
• Can work productively with others in a team environment.
• Desires to bring energy, enthusiasm, and a positive attitude to the job.
• Actively demonstrates professionalism at all times.

IMAGE PROCESSING SCIENTIST/PROGRAMMER

Multiple Levels

OVERVIEW OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Utilizing expertise in image processing, contribute as a member of a highly collaborative team of senior engineers and scientists on initiatives pertaining to the development of optical diagnostic imaging technology for cancer detection. Collaborate with other members of the project team to meet defined scientific and technical needs, expectations and goals.
• Provide technical and/or professional coordination and leadership in the execution of day-to-day program activities, as appropriate to STI Medical program objectives.
• Proactively recommend, lead, and execute tasks and strategies in support of STI's various project requirements.
• Partner throughout the research and product lifecycle with Medical Programs, Image Processing, and other related STI business units.
• Other duties as may be assigned by management in the pursuit of the operational goals of STI.

• Ph.D. or advanced degree in electrical engineering, image processing, computer science or other similarly technical field required.
• Exceptional mathematical and analytical skills required.
• Enjoy solving complex problems using a mixture of creative ideas that you bring to the table required.
• Understanding of image processing as it relates to the development of medical equipment highly desired.
• Understanding of colorectal cancer desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.

• Willingness to learn, master, and embrace new technologies, scientific advances, and current research as they relate to the field of image processing.
• Desire to contribute and collaborate in an entrepreneurial, and often unstructured, environment. Passion for image processing science technologies a must.
• An ability to remain current with accepted industry standards, documentation and practices.
  

MANUFACTURING AND TEST ENGINEER

OVERVIEW OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Work with design engineering to identify the manufacturability and testability strategies and requirements for medical systems.
• Evaluate and research alternative options that will improve the final design.
• Make recommendations to design engineering to improve the quality and cost.
• Responsible for the review of embedded electro-optical systems documentation to ensure the design manufacturing readiness.
• Perform root cause analysis and evaluate failure data to recommend improvements in manufacturing process used by contract manufacturers.
• Transition projects to selected contract manufacturers.
• Responsible for the design of special test jigs and fixtures and development of necessary calibration and characterization procedure necessary to support production.
• Maintain effective communication with the project software engineers on project limitation, issues, capabilities, performance requirements and hardware interface changes.
• Follow established design control processes to ensure high quality and efficient product development from Concept to final System Verification and Validation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or related field required; advanced technical degree or an equivalent understanding earned through related experience in biomedical systems technologies in relevant field preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in Manufacturing/Test or directly relevant work experience required.
• Experience in testing medical device systems preferred, or related experience.
• Proven ability to translate user needs to formal requirements required.
• Experience with manufacturing automated process applications preferred.
• Experience in both white box and black box testing preferred.
• Strong knowledge in Statistical Process Controls and Six Sigma required.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001-2000, ISO 13485, CE, UL, IEC 60101 and FDA Quality System Regulation and Verification and Validation requirements preferred.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Willingness to learn, master, and embrace new technologies, hardware upgrades, and interfacing software applications.
• Desire to contribute and collaborate in an entrepreneurial environment.
• An ability to remain current with accepted system design standards, documentation and practices.

MECHNICAL ENGINEER

OVERVIEW OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Design mechanical systems, components, and test fixtures.
• Specify system components or direct modification of products to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications.
• Generate blueprints and other documentation for manufacturing, quality control, and regulatory requirements, using computer-assisted design/drafting equipment and software.
• Assist drafters.
• Develop, coordinate, and monitor all aspects of production, including selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, and operation of product designs.
• Gather requirements, develop functional specifications, design, develop, test and implement system design components.
• Confer with engineers and other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, and provide technical information.
• Collaborate with other members of the project team to meet defined technical needs, expectations and goals.
• Conduct research that tests and analyzes the feasibility, design, operation and performance of equipment, components and systems.
• Research and recommend new system design methods, tools and practices.
• Recommend design modifications to eliminate machine or system malfunctions
• Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair to ensure that machines and equipment are installed and functioning according to specifications.

• Other duties as may be assigned by management in the pursuit of the operational goals of STI.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field required.
• 4+ years of relevant experience required.
• Experience designing injection molded parts required.
• Experience with FEA preferred.
• Proficient with 3d modeling software required, SolidEdge preferred.
• Detail oriented, especially in regards to documentation, BOM’s, and detail drawing specifications required.
• Superior conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving abilities required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Willingness to learn, master, and embrace new technologies, hardware upgrades, and interfacing software applications.
• An ability to remain current with accepted system design standards, documentation and practices.

SOFTWARE ENGINEER DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL DEVICES

Multiple Levels

OVERVIEW OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Collaborate with the Electronic Hardware Team to gather requirements, develop functional specifications, and facilitate the design, development, testing and implementation of STI's electronic medical systems.
• In collaboration with team members provide direction and leadership for current system software design related to the electronic and electromechanical prototypes necessary to advance the research initiatives of STI.
• Actively guide the design planning, validation and verification phases of the software components of STI's various digital imaging medical projects.
• Proactively recommend, lead, and execute system design strategies in support of STI's various medical project requirements.
• Utilize both new and existing software code functions, blocks, and systems to develop software applications in support of STI projects.
• Develop software on integrated development environments such as Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET, and similar IDE's.
• Be familiar with firmware and embedded processing software development.
• Assist in internal testing modules focused on the early identification of coding and stress problems.
• Actively participate and contribute during design and code reviews.
• Collaborate with other members of the project team to meet defined technical needs, expectations and goals.
• Partner throughout the product lifecycle with other STI business units.
• Assist in internal testing modules focused on the early identification and resolution of electronic hardware performance problems.
• Other duties as may be assigned by management in the pursuit of the operational goals of STI.

• Minimum of 3-5 years of directly relevant work experience required.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required; advanced degree in relevant field preferred.
• Demonstrated skill in all facets of system design, digital imaging design required.
• Advanced proficiency and understanding of PC hardware and peripherals required.
• Expertise in system design as it relates to CPU's, DSP's, required. FPGA knowledge and experience preferred.
• Mastery working with C/C++ and a willingness to learn additional programming languages as necessary required.
• Proficient knowledge and experience coding in numerous platforms, with particular skill operating in a Windows environment required.
• Systems-level understanding of low level driver software programming required.
• Superior conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving abilities required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
• Demonstrable aptitude for effectively learning STI systems and products required.

• Willingness to learn, master, and embrace new technologies, hardware upgrades, and interfacing software applications.
• Desire to contribute and collaborate in an entrepreneurial environment.
• An ability to remain current with accepted system design standards, documentation and practices.

SOFTWARE QA AND TEST ENGINEER

Multiple Levels

OVERVIEW OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• The Software QA and Test Engineer will lead the Software QA effort for software on embedded electronic systems.
• Define test strategies and identify testability requirements for software projects.
• Develop and execute software test plans and verification and validation procedure based upon software and system specifications. 
• Create and run test scripts, perform regression testing and analyze results
• Create test reports and recommended corrective actions reports
• Maintain effect communicate with the project software engineers on project limitation, issues, capabilities, performance requirements and hardware interface changes.
• Follow established design control processes to ensure high quality and efficient product development from Concept to final System Verification and Validation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science or related field required; advanced technical degree or an equivalent understanding earned through related experience in biomedical systems technologies in relevant field preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in Software QA/Test or directly relevant work experience required.
• Candidates should have extensive experience in testing complex software systems preferably in the medical device, telecom or consumer electronics domain.
• Proven ability to translate user needs to formal requirements required.
• Experience with software testing tools and automation required.
• Experience in both white box and black box testing preferred.
• Experience in testing C++, Linux, FPGAs programs and scripting languages preferred.
• Superior conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving abilities required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
• Demonstrable aptitude for effectively learning STI systems and products required.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001-2000, ISO 13485, CE, UL, IEC 60101 and FDA Quality System Regulation and Verification and Validation requirements preferred.

• Willingness to learn, master, and embrace new technologies, hardware upgrades, and interfacing software applications.
• Desire to contribute and collaborate in an entrepreneurial environment.
• An ability to remain current with accepted system design standards, documentation and practices.

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Multiple Levels

OVERVIEW OF ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• The Systems Engineer will lead inter-disciplinary teams of technical experts, engineers and scientists from multiple disciplines (software, electrical, mechanical, optics, etc.) to define and allocate behaviors and impose appropriate constraints such that the subsystem deliverables will collectively meet the total system requirements.
• As a member of an inter-disciplinary team, the system engineer will synthesize the design input from the various stakeholders producing market-driven technology solutions.
• Capture and maintain system-level behavior and constraint requirements to drive detailed design activity.  Ensure subsystem development and integration processes consistent with the total systems-level definition.
• Develop and implement strategy to validate resulting system against customer requirements, focusing on subsystem integration.  Drive resolution of system-level issues and implement trade-offs.
• Maintain knowledge of current state of the art systems, devices, and techniques in all major engineering design areas related to the class of medical systems.
• Follow established design control processes to ensure high quality and efficient product development from Concept to final System Verification and Validation.
• Actively engage in and monitor subsystem development and insure successful integration.
• Identify, mitigate and manage technical risk as part of the design oversight process.
• Identify and mitigate program risk in collaboration with the Program Manager.
• Assist program Manager by providing technical leadership.
• Provide technical insight and training to support product launch activities.
• Responsible for identifying process and technology improvements, and improving the overall organization performance through lessons learned outstanding issues and best practices.
• Actively apply technical knowledge to innovate in advanced technologies, product design and development processes.  Secure intellectual property rights whenever possible and lead others to be creative problem solvers.

QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Biomedical Engineering, Systems Engineering, EE, Computer Science or related field 10+ years experience in engineering critical mission systems. 
• An advanced technical degree or an equivalent understanding earned through related experience in biomedical systems technologies.
• Candidates should have extensive experience in system engineering complex systems preferably in the medical device, telecom or consumer electronics domain.
• Proven ability to translate user needs to formal requirements.
• Proven ability to perform architectural design activities involving physical and functional partitioning of system functionality into design requirements.
• Experience in management of project level and cross-project activities.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001-2000, ISO 13485, CE, UL, IEC 60101 and FDA Quality System Regulation.

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