Machine Learning Engineer

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people’s varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Roche Sequencing is developing ground-breaking next-generation sequencing products that allow scientists/clinicians powerful new avenues to investigate DNA, the blueprint of any lifeforms, in days giving them the ability to understand health conditions such as cancer, HIV, COVID19 and more! We are not only changing science but changing lives through the development of frontier technologies that accelerate personalized healthcare.

Do you enjoy experimenting with groundbreaking technology? If so, be prepared to love your job with us! We are looking for a signal processing engineer to develop innovative signal processing, machine learning and deep learning algorithms for real-time primary analysis on a DNA sequencing instrument. You will also perform deep dives into data and generate insights to help guide experimental teams in hitting both near-term research targets and long-term objectives.

**The Opportunity:

• Develop scalable, custom signal processing, machine learning and deep learning algorithms to decode complex raw signals.

• Write elegant, readable code.

• Contribute in maintaining and enhancing the existing code repository.

• Assist experimental groups with signal analysis and provide requested features as and when needed.

• Perform deep analyses on experimental data using a variety of internal pipelines.

• Collaborate with bioinformatics, statistical modeling, deep learning, and software engineering teams.

• Responsible for planning and timely delivery of assigned projects.

**Who you are

• You have a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics or related scientific field.
• You have a good foundation in advanced signal processing and machine learning/deep learning concepts.
• You have a strong understanding of data structures and algorithms - including computational complexity analysis.
• You have experience with FPGA programming in VHDL and knowledge of GPU architecture.
• You have a very good foundation in Data Science and analytics
• You have strong algorithms development skills: Python, C/C++
• You have fluency with modern software engineering practices: version control, code reviews, automated testing, etc.
• You are a clear thinker and communicator, verbal and in-writing; collaborative attitude

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Santa Clara, CA is 194,100-360,500 of hiring range. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law. A discretionary annual bonus may be available based on individual and Company performance. This position also qualifies for the benefits detailed at the link provided below. Benefits

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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