A brilliant friend of mine is running a small, venture-backed start-up in the Boston area, and is looking for a software engineer to help with the visualization and UI component for a medical imaging device that will be used during heart surgery. MetaFilter has always seemed a good place to find smart software folks, so I offered to post the description here. They are doing really amazing work that will save thousands of lives a year, I'd work for them if I had the technical skills. Without further delay, here it is: -- Rhythmia Medical is developing a sophisticated, swift and intuitive 3D visualization application. We are looking for a Software Engineer to play a leading role in the human interaction design of Rhythmia’s software system. If you are an outstanding C++ programmer, come join our team. As a Software Engineer at Rhythmia, you will lead the effort in building a 3D visualization application that will be used by physicians in real time during surgery. Requirements: • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent technical discipline. • Extensive experience programming in C++ and/or Java. • Proficiency with both Windows and Linux programming environments. • Experience with graphics and 3D visualization • UI design experience is a plus. • Ability to work in an agile development environment • Strong work ethic and entrepreneurial drive Company Description: Rhythmia Medical is a Boston based start-up developing an innovative imaging system for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia. The market for the treatment of arrhythmia is one of the fastest growing and most attractive opportunities in medicine. We are looking for bright individuals who are interested in making a high impact in a dynamic and exciting entrepreneurial environment. . The company has raised close to $10 million of financing from numerous investors including a leading industry VC. Rhythmia is offering a competitive salary and benefits package as well as a highly attractive stock option plan.
posted to MeFi Jobs by blahblahblah at 9:31 PM on May 4, 2008

I am running a project analyzing the game industry at MIT, and I need help identifying the founders and status of all of the companies who have developed PC games. There are 3,800 companies in total, but you don't have to do all of them! I would like help to find out, as best as possible, company founding dates; who founded them; and when and if they went out of business, were sold, or merged with other companies. I have a bit of grant money available to pay people as Research Assistants on a per-company basis. In all honesty, it isn't a huge amount, but if you are interested in the game industry or business academia, then this could be a useful experience and resume builder as well. Additionally, there would be opportunities, if you want, to interview and interact with some key designers and executives in the game industry, and possibly other useful connections as well.
posted to MeFi Jobs by blahblahblah at 11:21 AM on October 10, 2007