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Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

Job Overview

Motion Analysis Center System (MACS) Engineer reports directly to the Corporate Director of MACs and provides oversight of the operations, data collection/storage, accreditation, quality improvement/research projects, and MAC Engineers within their region. This position is on-site in Philadelphia, PA and will provide oversite for Erie, PA and Springfield, MA.

This MACS Engineer will be part of a network of 14 motion analysis centers with 10 PhDs and 7 masters level engineers.  The Shriners Children’s network of motion labs is committed to providing the best clinical care for our patients and developing research projects that advance the field of pediatric motion and improves the care of children with movement disorders. 

The MACS Engineer is a fully funded hospital position who provides technical oversite for three motion analysis centers in their region.  The role of the MACS engineer is to provide excellence in clinical care and to collaborate with physicians, physical therapist and engineers in the Shriners Children’s network.  We are seeking a candidate with expertise in clinical interpretation of marker motion capture data and can develop new models of motion beyond gait, such as sports, upper extremity, and trunk analysis.  The ideal candidate would also have an interest in exploring the application of new technologies such as markerless, 2D analysis, and wearable sensors in pediatrics. A strong candidate will have the ability to code, preferably in Python, and have experience in statistical analysis of motion data, machine learning and/or management of large data sets.

The pay range for this position is $101,340-$152,010/annually. Compensation is determined based on relevant experience and department equity.

Responsibilities

• The MACS Engineer leads all technical aspects of clinical Motion Analysis Centers to provide outstanding care in pediatrics.
• The MACS Engineer provides oversite of MAC engineers within their region.
• The MACS Engineer works with a multidisciplinary team within their region to design and implement individualized clinical evaluations to meet the needs of the pediatric patients and their family.
• The MACS Engineer is responsible for the implementation of system-wide standards for data collection, management, storage and maintaining accreditation for MACs within their region.
• The MACS Engineer functions as a leader by providing mentorship and education to MAC engineers, students and other professionals within their region.
• The MACS Engineer leads and collaborates with MAC Development Specialist and MACS Physical Therapists to develop special projects, performance improvement projects and research protocols.
• The MACS Engineer works in cooperation with other region leaders, to offer exceptional care following the Shriners Hospitals for Children® FOCUSED©™ Program, a system-wide model for professional practice that stresses and emphasizes patient-centered care, or always putting the needs of the patients (and their families first).
• This is not an all-inclusive list of this job’s responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

This is not an all-inclusive list of this job’s responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Preferred:

• PhD
• 5 years of Motion Analysis modeling & coding
• 5 years of Clinical Motion Analysis

Required:

• MS or PhD in related field