(Hybrid) Senior Ultrasound Engineer - Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute

The Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute at West Virginia University Research Corporation is currently accepting applications for a Senior Ultrasound Engineer for Neuromodulation.

Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute is the premier multidisciplinary institute for patient care, research, and teaching in West Virginia and the region. We celebrated the opening of our new Innovation Center on May 15, 2019. The RNI's flagship facilities are located on the Health Sciences campus in Morgantown, with more than 1,600 dedicated team members across five departments, patient care units, and research laboratories. Find out more about our outstanding work and contributions today at: https://wvumedicine.org/rni/rni-homepage/newsroom/

About the Opportunity

As a Senior Ultrasound Engineer, you will drive progress with the multidisciplinary WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute's Innovation Center team. You will be part of an exciting collaborative effort at an R1 institution working towards innovative solutions to advance the science around optimizing brain health through focused ultrasound neuromodulation. In this role, your efforts will provide management to advance rapidly evolving work of six-year-old Institute that has already performed 11 first in human clinical trials, and seen exponential growth in publications, grants, and IP for work that provide a foundation to improve lives of people in West Virginia and around the globe.

This position will advance the research and development missions of West Virginia University by providing the necessary skills for the coordination and implementation of operational tasks related to several research and development projects focused on neuromodulation brain therapeutics that are essential to the research activities of the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute.

At WVU Research Corporation, we strongly believe in work-life balance and keeping time for things we love outside our work. WVU Research Corporation offers a comprehensive benefits package with a variety of options to suit your needs:

• 13 paid holidays (staff holiday calendar)
• Paid Time off (PTO)
• 403(b) retirement savings with a fully vested 3% employee contribution match, (Employees have the option of contributing an additional 1-3% of their earnings to the plan, which is also matched by the WVURC)
• A range of health insurance and various other benefits
• Dependent Education Scholarship
• WVU Perks

What You'll Do

• Lead research and development activities directly with the director of ultrasound engineering and executive director of research operations of the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute's Innovation Center.
• Support the operations, management, and execution of focused ultrasound neuromodulation. These projects are focused on preclinical and clinical translational research to advance the science around focused ultrasound innovations in neuromodulation and brain therapeutics.
• Participate on a multidisciplinary team, in the development, testing, implementation and execution of focused ultrasound research and development including the development of engineering designs, hardware and software development, device testing, development of research protocols, data collection, management, and reporting.
• Collaborate with RNI Innovation Center's executive chair, executive director of research operations, and research team to develop pre-clinical and clinical research protocols and support the clinical trials.
• Serve as member of RNI's innovation center leadership in the development of RNI standards and policies as well as the planning, directing and coordination across the RNI to ensure goals and objectives are accomplished within prescribed timeframes related to the focused ultrasound brain therapeutics program.
• Leads partnership (i.e. academic, federal, and industry research collaborators, consultants) with Internal and external groups to ensure efficient and effective engineering and research coordination.
• Serve as subject matter expert to principal investigators in the RNI, at WVU, or external research teams on ultrasound neuromodulation, related to device design and development, device testing and validation, experimental design, trial data collection, team management and coordination, and data management and documentation as well as to identify and resolve problems during the life cycle of the ultrasound research and development program.
• Facilitate compliance with the requirements of the research and development processes of focused ultrasound neuromodulation. Ensures that all regulatory documents are processed and maintained per institution, IRB, and GMP regulations and responsible for timely reporting to the IRB, FDA and other applicable agencies.
• Mentor and train engineering and research team as well as serve as a key resource and provides expert guidance to RNI and WVU leaders.
• Possess good Interpersonal skills while working with diverse populations.
• Support the development of grants to support the research and development of RNI's ultrasound brain therapeutics programs.
• Support the publication, presentation, and reporting for research projects.

• Master's degree in an engineering-related field.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in the following:
  
  
  
  • Scientific research methods with ultrasound technology
  • Research and development of transcranial ultrasound devices.
  
  
  
  
• Any equivalent combination of related education and/or experience will be considered.
• All qualifications must be met by the time of employment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Creating and leading multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists in the area of ultrasound technology and neuromodulation
• Development and operating ultrasound engineering laboratory
• Operation of a computer utilizing various software packages, including creating spreadsheets, charts, graphs, etc
• Preparing and presenting information in one-on-one settings in addition to general scientific audiences, customers, clients, and other employees of the organization
• Data Analytics and preparation of reports

Preferred Qualifications

• MD and/or PhD in engineering or science-related field related to Biomedical engineering, Electrical engineering, Neuroscience, Neuromodulation, Neuroengineering, or Neurophysiology.
• Experience conducting pre-clinical and clinical translational research and development projects
• Experience Publishing and Presenting scientific reports
• Direct experience leading multidisciplinary research and development teams
• Working with industry partners on collaborative research efforts.
• Completing and submitting federal awards (NIH, NSF, DOD).

The WVURC was created as a not-for-profit corporation in 1985 to support research (R1) at West Virginia University. We provide evaluation, development, patenting, management, and marketing services for inventions of the faculty, staff and students of the University.

The WVURC receives and administers funds awarded by external agencies for research and other activities and is responsible for helping protect intellectual property through patents, copyrights and licensing agreements for start-up companies based on University research.

West Virginia University Research Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We invite all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or Veteran status.