Lead Research Engineer

Pittsburgh CREATES is co-directed by Peter Santa Maria, MD, PhD, and Carl Snyderman, MD, MBA, faculty members in the Department of Otolaryngology. They are seeking a lead engineer for Pittsburgh CREATES (Collaborative Research, Education and Technology Advancement in Surgery), supporting medical device innovation through needs-based design, rapid prototyping (3D printing, laser cutting), and translational research development. 

Responsibilities include clinical needs-finding in collaboration with surgical faculty, prototype fabrication and iteration, support of global health innovation initiatives including SPARK Gorongosa, and coordination of CREATES engineering activities under the direction of the co-directors.

Designs, fabricates, and maintains research instrumentation and develops conceptual project design and instrumentation, software programs, and data collection methods. Assists with conducting research and oversees research projects. Utilizes specialized data analysis software and performs advanced data analysis. Contributes to manuscripts and reviews others' research papers for publication.

The job requires prototype fabrication and iteration. Designs, fabricates, and maintains research instrumentation, including developing and constructing hardware instrumentation, evaluating commercial resources, methods and materials, implementing algorithms, creating software, and investigating new approaches and technologies.

Job requires a mixture of standing and sitting for prolonged periods of time.

The University of Pittsburgh is an equal opportunity employer / disability / veteran.