Title: Senior Level Expert Physicist
Duration: Contract
Work Location: Remote
Looking for a Senior-Level Expert—preferably a scientist or physicist—with hands-on experience designing, developing, and troubleshooting magnetic tracking systems, especially in medical device or similar precision environments.
Key Requirements:
- Domain-Specific Expertise
- Must have direct experience building and shipping magnetic tracking solutions—ideally used in catheter navigation, cardiac, gastrointestinal, or surgical tracking systems.
- Should be deeply familiar with electromagnetic field behavior, distortion mitigation, and high-accuracy submillimeter tracking.
- Physics and Algorithmic Background
- Strong understanding of applied physics, especially in electromagnetism and signal distortion.
- Should be able to guide or develop algorithms that detect and correct magnetic field distortions, particularly in the presence of metallic interference (e.g., from fluoroscopy equipment).
- Experience with sensor fusion and field mapping algorithms is critical.
- Hands-on, First-Principles Approach
- Resource must be capable of working from first principles to identify root causes and solutions—not just implementing existing tools.
- Abbott is not looking for someone to validate or test an existing product but to contribute meaningfully during the research and prototyping phase.
- Experience in Regulated Environments (Preferred)
- While current focus is not regulatory, experience in FDA-regulated environments (Class II/III devices) is a bonus.
Role Scope:
- Advisory + Hands-On: Guide the team through early R&D obstacles and propose strategies to achieve robust, accurate magnetic tracking.
- Act as an accelerator for the internal team by sharing practical insights and helping navigate complex physics-based design tradeoffs.
- Possibly assist in designing lab tests and simulations to evaluate and improve system accuracy.
