Software Engineer for Image Performance (m/f/d) - Bensheim, Germany

Dentsply Sirona is the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, with a 130-year history of innovation and service to the dental industry and patients worldwide. Dentsply Sirona develops, manufactures, and markets a comprehensive solutions offering including dental and oral health products as well as other consumable medical devices under a strong portfolio of world class brands. Dentsply Sirona’s products provide innovative, high-quality and effective solutions to advance patient care and deliver better and safer dentistry. Dentsply Sirona’s global headquarters is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The company’s shares are listed in the United States on NASDAQ under the symbol XRAY.

Software Engineer for Image Performance (m/f/d) - Bensheim, Germany

We are looking for an experienced and talented Software Engineer (m/f/d) Image Algorithms to join our team. This individual will work on image processing algorithm for our x-ray devices and improve our image quality.

Your Role: 

• Improve the x-ray image quality in dental medical devices in close collaboration with product management, production, dentists and orthodontists
• Algorithm and software development (reconstruction, calibration, image filtering, artifact handling, compression) in a scrum team
• Follow the current state-of-the-art technology, read papers or attend conferences.
• Support the product owner in defining epics, writing user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Ensures unit and integration test coverage.
• Analyse image quality issues in production and in the field

Your Qualification:

Education: MS or PhD in computer science, mathematics, physics or related engineering disciplines.

Years and Type of Experience:

• 3+ years  experience in at least one of the following areas: Imaging, Image Processing and Computer Vision
• Experience in processing large amounts of data
• Experience in software development
• Experience in CI/CD, Containerization (Docker) and Cloud Computing (e.g., GCP, Kubernetes) is an advantage.
• Experience in the field of medical imaging, in particular CT imaging, and the development of medical devices is an advantage.

Key Skills, Knowledge & Capabilities:

• Ability to solve complex technical problems.
• Good knowledge in the programming language C++ or comparable.
• Good knowledge in python is an advantage.
• Very good knowledge of German and English, both written and spoken.
• Self-organized and self-reliant, but willing to learn and share knowledge.
• Technical enthusiast with broad overview constantly eager to engage in new technologies and challenges.
• Open-minded, communicative, and strong commitment.
• High degree of initiative, commitment, and goal orientation.

Dentsply Sirona is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or protected Veteran status. We appreciate your interest in Dentsply Sirona.

If you need assistance with completing the online application due to a disability, please send an accommodation request to careers@dentsplysirona.com. Please be sure to include “Accommodation Request” in the subject.