Research and Development Internship
ContractEntryTechnologyOphthalmology
Description
<meta><h1 style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:36pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:1px;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">About the role</strong></b></h1><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">We are seeking a curious, creative and motivated individual who is excited to join an innovation-driven, early-stage MedTech spin-out for a period of 3-6 months. We welcome a wide range of experiences where projects will be allocated based on background and interests. </span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Potential topics include: </span></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Development of next-generation algorithms for hyperspectral imaging data </span></li></ul><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Development of real-time, low-latency image processing tools for image analysis, storage and visualisation of hyperspectral video streams during surgery </span></li></ul><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Design, implementation, and validation of our intraoperative imaging system </span></li></ul><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="font-size:12pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Design and execution of validation tests for our intraoperative hyperspectral imaging system using realistic phantom models, ex-vivo and in-vivo experiments. </span></li></ul><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:rgb(0,162,199);font-size:14pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><h1 data-title="true" style="line-height:1.38;font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;margin:24px 0px 4px;padding:0px;font-weight:600;font-size:18pt;"><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">A bit about you</strong></b></h1><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">You would typically be enrolled in or graduated from a STEM-related degree programme including computer science, mathematics, physics, software engineering, robotics, or biomedical engineering. </span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Relevant expertise and interests: Machine learning, medical image computing, computer vision, image processing, video compression, data analytics, software development (Python, C/C++), scientific packages (PyTorch, OpenCV, Pandas, SciPy, Numpy), operating systems and cybersecurity (Linux), biophotonics, optical imaging systems, system integration, phantom development, oximetry. </span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:justify;"><br></p><h1 data-title="true" style="line-height:1.38;font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;margin:24px 0px 4px;padding:0px;font-weight:600;font-size:18pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">What we offer</span></h1><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-size:12pt;--listitem-marker-background-color:#00000000;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;text-align:start;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Competitive salary</span></li><li style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-size:12pt;--listitem-marker-background-color:#00000000;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;text-align:start;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Employee Assistance Programme for wellbeing, legal, and financial support</span><span style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></li><li style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-size:12pt;--listitem-marker-background-color:#00000000;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;text-align:start;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Complimentary office snacks and drinks</span><span style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></li><li style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-size:12pt;--listitem-marker-background-color:#00000000;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;text-align:start;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Monthly team socials in an inclusive, collaborative culture</span><span style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></li><li style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-size:12pt;--listitem-marker-background-color:#00000000;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;text-align:start;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Access to state-of-the-art surgical development facilities at St Thomas’ MedTech Hub, including hospitals, operating rooms, labs, and computational resources, with offices located at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering</span><span style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></li><li style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-size:12pt;--listitem-marker-background-color:#00000000;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;text-align:start;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The opportunity to make a direct contribution to patient care and deliver real-world surgical impact</span><span style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-size:10.5pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></li></ul><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">At Hypervision Surgical, we are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and creating a workplace culture in which diversity and inclusion is valued and everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As part of our zero-tolerance approach to discrimination in any form, all job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (Protected Characteristics). </span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">A copy of our detailed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy is available upon request. Please contact </span><a href="mailto:hr@hypervisionsurgical.com" target="_blank" class="css-173makr-linkStyle" style="color:rgb(30,74,169);cursor:pointer;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">hr@hypervisionsurgical.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> for more information. </span></p>
<meta><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><b><strong style="font-size:18pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">About Hypervision Surgical</strong></b></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Hypervision Surgical (“Hypervision”) is a spin-out from King’s College London, founded by clinicians and experts in medical imaging and artificial intelligence. Using safe light alone, our mission is to equip surgeons with real-time, AI-driven tissue intelligence to improve precision and patient safety.</span><span style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"><span style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">We are pioneering the world’s first regulatory-cleared real-time intraoperative spectral imaging platform, combining on-chip spectral sensing with high-speed AI analytics at over 60 frames per second. Seamlessly integrating into existing surgical vision systems, our technology transforms standard cameras into intelligent, data-rich tools — revealing anatomical, physiological, and pathological information beyond human vision.</span><span style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"><span style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"><span style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Certified for both open and minimally invasive surgery, our platform achieved UKCA certification and FDA clearance in 2025 under a newly established AI/ML product code, and was admitted into the FDA’s Safer Technology Program. With multi-centre clinical evaluations underway and strategic partnerships with world-leading technology and surgical manufacturers, including imec and ZEISS Ventures, Hypervision is shaping the future of data-driven surgery.</span><span style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"><span style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p>
Hypervision Surgical
BIOTECHNOLOGY
AI-powered hyperspectral imaging systems
LocationUK - London
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Ophthalmology
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