Research Software Engineer department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine

Job description

You will be working as a member of our Research Software Engineering team as part of the Erasmus MC Imaging Office. Here you will contribute to development and maintenance of IT infrastructure for research in medical image analysis. 

In particular you will work on advanced tooling to enable structured medical image storage for large European collaborations. This tooling is essential to gather non-anonymized, unstructured medical images from different medical centers to built up large databases that adhere to the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Intra-operable and Reusable). Because of the size of these datasets, automation is crucial. Furthermore, cross-linking is needed with clinical data. You will closely collaborate with Imaging Data Managers who immediately put your developed tools into practice. Together, this will accelerate AI research in radiology and precision medicine in a wide range of subspecialties (e.g. oncology, pulmonology, cardiology, epidemiology, etc.).

Next to a well-established research database, you will also be working on a tailored medical imaging viewer, which is essential for advancing both research and clinical practice. In research it will allow images and results from AI-algorithms from large studies to be assessed in a streamlined way. Integration of AI-tooling in the viewer will allow for faster and more accurate assessment of scans in clinical practice.

Work environment

A healthy population and excellence in healthcare through research and education. This is what Erasmus MC stands for. Conducting groundbreaking work, pushing boundaries and leading the way. In research, education, and healthcare. We are practical people with a high level of expertise, working hard to improve and renew the healthcare of today and the public health of tomorrow. 

The Erasmus MC Imaging Office is part of the department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine and offers services to various (research) groups within Erasmus MC and at a national and European level in the field of storing, managing, and analyzing image data. The Imaging Office is a key player in research infrastructures for healthcare and biomedical imaging both nationally as on European level (e.g. participation in renowned European infrastructure projects, and active participation in the Euro-BioImaging community). 

There is a strong connection between the Imaging Office and the Biomedical Imaging Group Rotterdam (BIGR): a research group at the forefront of AI and medical image analysis. Research in this area strongly relies on state-of-the-art IT infrastructure for data management, high-performance compute (both on CPU and GPU), and software engineering. Our Research Software Engineering team supports researchers of BIGR and Radiology on those aspects.

Within the Imaging Office you will work together with Image Analysis experts, Research Software Engineers, Imaging Data Managers, Trial Support staff and Researchers. You also communicate at internal, national and international level.

Qualifications and skills

You should have solid development practices, excellent communication skills, affinity with research and a talent for technical problem solving. You will be working with a broad range of technologies and you will be given many opportunities to build new skills. We are looking for someone who is capable of quickly adopting new technologies and has a natural tendency to stay up to date with emerging technologies. 

Specifically, we are looking for the following qualifications and skills: 

• An MSc or PhD in a technical domain, such as Physics, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science.
• Solid programming experience with Python is required, experience with other languages (e.g. Javascript or Java) is a plus.
• Experience with XNAT, CTP, and/or OHIF is a plus.
• Experience with meta-data and data models (e.g. DCAT, FHIR, OMOP) is a plus.
• Experience in a multi-disciplinary academic environment.
• Experience with medical image analysis, deep learning, and federated/distributed learning is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both verbally and written. 

Before you apply please check our conditions for employment.

Terms of employment

• You will receive a temporary position for 1 year. 
• The gross monthly salary amounts a minimum of € 3.493,- and a maximum of € 5.504,-  (scale 10). 
• A salary increase of 3% from July 2025, according to the collective labor agreement (cao).
• Excellent fringe benefits, such as a 13th month that is already paid out in November and a individual travel expense package. 
• An International Office which aids you in preparing for you arrival and stay. 
• Pension insurance with ABP. We take care of approximately 70% of the monthly contribution. 
• Special benefits, such as a incompany physiotherapist and bicycle repairer. And there is also a gym where you can work on your fitness after work. 

More information

For more information about this position, please contact Hakim Achterberg, research software engineer Imaging Office, via imagingoffice.radiology@erasmusmc.nl. 

No agencies please.