Interested in developing leading edge medical device technology in a small company with a history of success? Join our team and have the opportunity to work on several exciting projects at once in an R&D environment that leads to success, not excessive meetings and paperwork.
You’ll have the opportunity to eventually lead efforts to commercialize the technology you develop or continue focusing on early stage efforts.
Who We Are
Convergent Engineering (CE) focuses on the application of advanced technology, signal processing, and machine intelligence to biomedical applications.
CE is located in Gainesville, FL and has strong ties with the Colleges of Engineering and Medicine at the University of Florida.
Convergent Engineering has developed and commercialized several products since its formation.
CE developed VentAssist™, an FDA-cleared decision support system for monitoring ventilated patients and optimizing ventilator settings.
VentAssist has been licensed to Philips Healthcare and is currently commercialized in the NM3™ respiratory monitor and their newest ventilator, the VX850.
CE has also spun off two companies, one that is developing electronic pill technology and one that commercialized CE’s electrode-based fetal monitoring system – now acquired by Philips Healthcare.
What We are Looking For
This position is in a small team developing medical device hardware and software.
The primary task for this internship is developing a software system that supports respiratory therapists in taking care of ventilated patients.
The system acquires data from medical equipment, uploads to an online database, and displays combined data and decision support for the user.
The intern will work closely with the lead software engineer and develop and test code in the system
Minimum requirement:
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
· Hands on experience with AWS services (Lambda, Kinesis, S3, AWS RDS, etc)
· Proficiency in React and its ecosystem.
· Experience in developing robust and scalable web applications.
· Unit and end-to-end testing experience
· Excellent communication and teamwork skills
Preferred:
· Proficient in backend development frameworks and languages such as Node.
js, Python, etc.
· Familiarity with relational databases (SQL) and querying languages.
· Experience with Embedded Software Design.
· Experience designing intuitive and user-friendly GUIs.
· Strong problem-solving skills.
· Understanding of software development practices version control systems and agile methodologies
· Human Factors experience
Successful applicants will be a self-starter, independent worker able to work in inter-disciplinary teams of engineers, scientists, and clinicians.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $20.
00 per hour
Expected hours: 20 – 40 per week
Compensation package:
* Bonus opportunities
Schedule:
* 8 hour shift
* Monday to Friday
Education:
* Bachelor's (Preferred)
Experience:
* AWS services (Lambda, Kinesis, S3, AWS RDS, etc): 1 year (Required)
* React: 1 year (Required)
* developing robust and scalable web applications: 1 year (Required)
* unit and end-to-end testing: 1 year (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
* Gainesville, FL 32607: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person