Computer System Validation Engineer Jobs in Illinois

Position Type: Full-Time, Fully Onsite

Travel Requirements: 0% (No travel required)

This role is a phenomenal opportunity for an ambitious, tech-forward Nuclear Medicine professional looking to transition from a hospital or clinical setting into a world-class Research & Development organization. We are seeking a strategic, critical thinker with a deep clinical and technical background to join our advanced imaging research group.

In this role, you will apply your real-world clinical expertise to evaluate, test, and validate next-generation SPECT and SPECT/CT scanners and software applications. Working daily in a state-of-the-art research laboratory, you will act as the vital bridge between frontline clinical workflows and software/hardware engineering teams, ensuring new product prototypes meet the highest standards of data integrity, quality, and clinical efficacy before they reach the global market.

Your primary asset on day one is your clinical intuition and experience with patient scans. We do not expect you to be an expert in software engineering frameworks immediately. During your first six months, your priorities will be to complete our structured technical onboarding, build deep expertise in our upcoming product prototypes, and master our internal R&D workflows. You will receive dedicated training on disciplined verification and validation (V&V) methodologies.

• Apply your practical nuclear medicine background to execute manual informal and formal verification and validation testing on advanced prototype scanners and clinical applications.

• Provide thorough, clear, and timely feedback to software, hardware, and engineering teams regarding system observations, artifacts, and anomalies.

• Identify, document, track, and validate system defects from discovery through to final resolution using industry-standard engineering tools.

• Report clearly on the overall quality, technical maturity, and documentation readiness of assigned imaging products to R&D test leads.

• Monitor the progress of planned tasks within your assigned scope of work to ensure development deadlines remain on track while proactively solving dynamic laboratory challenges.

• Analyze complex system requirements and technical specifications to ensure that new software features provide flawless functionality and coverage for real-world clinical protocols.

• Review global customer feedback data and support engineering teams during complex customer complaint and root-cause investigations.

• Maintain prototype scanners within the research lab to ensure they mirror an authentic, clean clinical environment, including performing basic system troubleshooting and hardware adjustments.

• Support software installation, system configurations, and routine quality control calibrations on laboratory scanners.

• Participate actively in technical knowledge exchanges within the cross-functional R&D group to continuously drive scanner optimization and software enhancements.

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Nuclear Medicine Technology, Medical Imaging, Imaging Physics, or a closely related scientific discipline.

• Clinical Expertise (Required on Day One): Hands-on proficiency performing SPECT and SPECT/CT acquisitions in a live clinical environment, with a deep understanding of standard nuclear medicine and computed tomography protocols.

• Data Processing: Broad experience processing, reconstructing, and analyzing nuclear medicine scans using advanced clinical software applications.

• Quality Control & Calibration: Extensive experience performing routine and advanced Quality Control (QC) calibrations, uniformity checks, and system health checks on complex SPECT and SPECT/CT systems.

• Radiation Safety: Fully conversant, certified, and comfortable handling radioactive materials and isotopes on a regular basis in a laboratory setting.

• Problem Solving & Adaptability: Exceptional ability to isolate and solve complex, overlapping problems quickly and completely within a fast-paced, team-focused research environment.

• Collaboration: Warm, clear communication skills with a natural ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams, including R&D scientists, software developers, and product managers.