Colgate-Palmolive Global Technology Center located in Piscataway, NJ, USA, seeks highly motivated postdoctoral research scientist with excellent background in research and development of cutting-edge medical diagnostic devices and sensor technologies for next generation oral and personal care applications.  Candidates with strong background in optical imaging/sensor and mechatronics systems for biomedical applications are preferred. Applicants will work closely with various external collaborators and will spend a significant amount of time to develop and investigate novel sensing and imaging devices and algorithms for next generation clinical and consumer level applications.

Duties & Responsibilities

•  Design and implement hybrid opto-mechatronics sensor fusion platform and applies methods for extracting quantitative biometric information.
•  Collaborate with external partners and other team members to ensure smooth integration of the sensors into consumer devices to ensure functionality.
•  Program real-time embedded systems to support signal processing for the devices and application.
•  Implement advanced machine learning platform and signal/image processing algorithm on high-performance cloud based computing platforms.
•  Keep updated with the latest information in the field of new improved techniques, sensing technology, signal processing and machine learning algorithms, which may be applicable to next device design.
•  Be flexible to take any role to integrate the system and ensure functionality
•  Develop a cloud computing framework for big data analytics.
•  Research and develop features to allow for the expansion into different oral/ personal care sensor technology concepts.
• Provide periodic technical reporting and documentation of development.
• Present technical results at leading conference and publish in flagship journals.

Desirable qualifications and experience

• Ph.D. in Biomedical/Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer science, Optical Sciences/Engineering, Mechatronics, and Applied Physics related discipline.
• Strong experience with optical sensors, imaging device and inertial measurement systems.
• Demonstrated expertise in signal/image processing, algorithm development for image analysis using high-level programming languages, such as C/C++/Python, MATLAB, CUDA, etc.
• Experience in programming with MUC’s and SoC’s.
• Machine learning programming experience on graphical processing units (GPU) and/or high-performance computing platforms will be considered as an added qualification.
• Be able to initiate and think independently and work effectively in a dynamic & cross functional working environment with strong organizational skills.
• Be a self-motivated scientist who works well in a team environment with scientists and engineers holding a variety of different backgrounds, skills, and experiences.
• Have excellent oral and written communication skills.  Be able to communicate complex technical results effectively to technical and non-technical personnel in oral presentations and writing documentations.

For more information about this position, send an email to [email protected] with your recent resume attached.