Research Scientist, Healthcare

Hitachi

(Santa Clara, California)
Full Time
Job Posting Details
About Hitachi
Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. established in 1959, is headquartered in Tarrytown, New York. Hitachi America, Ltd., and its subsidiary companies offer a broad range of electronics, power and industrial equipment and services, automotive products and consumer electronics with operations throughout the Americas.
Summary
Hitachi America, Ltd. (http://www.hitachi-america.us/) has an opening for a Healthcare Researcher in our recently established Big Data Laboratory in Silicon Valley. The mission of this laboratory is to help create new solution businesses in big data and advanced analytics. The laboratory focuses on research, technology innovation, proof-of-concept activities, technical marketing and business development for novel big data solutions, leveraging Hitachi’s technologies, reinforcing Hitachi’s messaging around big data, and establishing Hitachi as a leader in big data. Large amounts of data are being generated from all segments of healthcare. From image data coming from MRI machines, ultrasound machines and CAT scans, to clinical data from Electronic Health Records, to operational data from hospitals, to financial data from payers, all the way to personal health data from wearables. Hitachi is looking at harnessing all this data, structured and non-structured, real-time and historical, to develop advanced analytics technologies in the emerging areas of Hospital Operations Management, Patient Monitoring, Patient Care Coordination, Population Health Management, Clinical Decision Support Systems, Optimized Radiotherapy, and other such forward looking areas.
Responsibilities
* Explore technologies for the collection, management, and analysis of large amounts of healthcare data * Identify new healthcare customer needs and create innovative technical solutions to those needs. * Plan, prepare and execute proof-of-concepts of the solutions with customers, and incorporate external feedback into the solutions. * Work with business units to commercialize the successful proof-of-concepts. * Protect Hitachis IP through patents and other activities, and publish technical results in leading venues to establish Hitachi as a leader in big data and advanced analytics.
Ideal Candidate
* Master’s or Ph. D degree in Computer Science or related field. * At least 3 years of research experience in a healthcare related area. * Self-motivated and passionate about solving healthcare related issues with Big Data Analytics. * Demonstrated ability to effectively create and deliver technical communications, including patent applications, presentations, papers, and reports. * Ability to collaborate successfully with R&D co-workers, Hitachi group company customers, partners, engineers, and business units in Hitachi with the goal of commercializing the proposed solution. * Ability to travel within the US and internationally as needed.

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