VHIR offers a position for a biomedical engineer to join the Cardiovascular Diseases Research Group, specialising in cardiovascular imaging.
We are looking for a biomedical engineer to join our team. The primary responsibility of this role will be to progress the research line in artificial intelligence in echocardiographic images.
Education and qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering or related topics
- Master's degree in medical imaging, Biomedical Engineering or related topics
- Fluency in Catalan or Spanish and in English at business level
Experience and knowledge:
Required:
- Knowledge of TensorFlow, Pandas and PyTorch
- Experience programming in Python, Matlab and R (Advanced level)
- Experience in development, training and fine-tuning of DL models
- Previous experience in medical imaging research
- Previous experience in scientific reporting (abstracts, papers)
- Code version controlling with Git/GitHub
Desired:
- Motivation for pursuing a PhD
- Previous stay in foreign research centers
Main responsibilities and duties:
- Research in cardiovascular image analysis, with specific focus on cardiac ultrasound.
- Development of AI models for echocardiography analysis.
- Development of purpose-specific analysis codes for advanced imaging analysis.
- Statistical analysis.
- Scientific reporting of results (abstracts, research manuscripts).
- Maintaining close collaboration with engineers and clinical researchers of the cardiovascular imaging unit.
Labour conditions:
- Full-time position: 40h/week
- Starting date: October 2025
- Gross annual salary: 22.823,22 - 24.000,00 euros (Remuneration will depend on experience and skills. Salary ranges are consistent with our Collective Agreement pay scale)
- Contract: Technical and scientific activities contract linked to the project activities
What can we offer?
- Incorporation to Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), a public sector institution that promotes and develops the biomedical research, innovation and teaching at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (HUVH), the biggest hospital of Barcelona and the largest of Catalan Institute of Health (ICS).
- A scientific environment of excellence, highly dynamic, where high-end biomedical projects are continuously developed.
- Continuous learning and a wide range of responsibilities within a stimulating work environment.
- Individual training opportunities.
- Flexible working hours.
- 23 days of holidays + 9 personal days.
- Flexible Remuneration Program (including dining checks, health insurance, transportation and more)
- Corporate Benefits: platform through which you can obtain significant discounts on travel, culture, technology, gastronomy, sports... among many others.
- Healthy Offering: choose from a variety of wellbeing focused activities to be the healthiest you.
Deadline to apply: 17-08-2025
VHIR embraces Equality and Diversity. As reflected in our values we work toward ensuring inclusion and equal opportunity in recruitment, hiring, training, and management for all staff within the organization, regardless of gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, age, functional diversity or ethnicity.