**Job title:** The MR Method & Algorithm Engineer is responsible for collaborating with the team to establish software quality goals and development practices, fostering continuous improvement and excellence in software development through stringent standards and methodologies. The role develops software to log and store performance data, usage, errors, etc., enabling continuous monitoring of solutions and products for improved reliability and performance. The role integrates software components and third-party libraries into existing systems, ensuring smooth functionality and interoperability with minimal disruption. The role analyzes and optimizes application performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks to enhance user experience and system efficiency, ensuring software meets performance benchmarks. The role suggests improvements to existing workflows, demonstrating good understanding of user/ product requirements in the areas of responsibility and mentors team members, motivating and unifying team. **Your role:** + Creates high quality working software & solution to deliver with excellence towards customer’s expectations. + Designs, codes, documents, tests (automated), maintains and deploys software. + Sets, monitors, and ensures to meet own performance metrics. + Defines, monitors, and meets performance and quality metrics. + Provides technical solutions that conform to requirements with a strong focus on end-users, high quality (QMS/regulatory standards), performance, safety, and security. + Keeps abreast of technical knowledge by studying and implementing state-of-the-art programming techniques and development tools, participating in educational opportunities. + participating in communities of practice, reading professional publications, and maintaining personal networks. + Software is developed to log / store performance data, usage, errors etc. and enable continuous monitoring of solution and product. + Develop software APIs / plug and play for integrating the latest AI models in a seamless fashion in products and solutions. + Leverage data driven insights and AI enabled tools to improve code quality and performance. + Knows the customers well and uses that knowledge in the role. + Takes data driven decisions. + Add telemetry to fill the gaps. **You're the right fit if:** **Functional competencies:** + Developing and adapting MR pulse sequences or algorithms to provide improvements in image quality or new clinical contrasts + Programming languages (C++) & paradigms, and methodologies **Education & Training** Typically required: + Master with> 4 years’ experience in MRI. + PhD with>1- or 2-year experience in MRI. **Experience & Background** Typically required: + Master or PhD in Physics, Mathematics, or MR related science + A minimum of 3 years of experience in MRI + In-depth understanding of MR physics and experience with pulse sequence software and algorithms + Affinity with programming in C++ and/or Python, with an interest in creating high quality software + Proven innovation ability (e.g. patents, journal papers) **About Philips** We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others. * Learn more about our business. * Discover our rich and exciting history. * Learn more about our purpose. If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.