# Principal Software Algorithm Engineer - Digital Cytology AI

At Hologic, we are driven by a singular purpose: to enable healthier lives everywhere, every day. As a global leader in women’s health, we design innovative diagnostic and imaging solutions that help detect disease earlier and improve outcomes for patients worldwide. Join a team where your work in AI and digital diagnostics directly supports clinicians in delivering better care for women. Job Summary Hologic is seeking a Principal Software Algorithm Engineer to design, train and validate deep learning models for cytology on the Genius™ Digital Diagnostics System. This role owns the cell-level CNN classifier, nuclear-to-cytoplasmic (NC) ratio segmentation pipeline, and the technical evidence needed to support FDA and other regulatory submissions. The engineer serves as the technical lead for model design and verification under design controls, working closely with cytopathologists, imaging scientists, regulatory and quality teams. Key Responsibilities Design, train and tune multi-class CNNs to classify cells and aggregate predictions into specimen-level diagnostic categories. Develop multi-task models with shared encoders and feature heads for diagnostic class, cytomorphologic featu

- **Id**: 3877405
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/hologic-principal-software-algorithm-engineer-digital-cytology-ai>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Marlborough, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T16:08:39Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T11:22:33Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5037
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Surgical Instruments & Devices, Medical Imaging Systems, Women’s Health & Maternity

## Company

- **Id**: 720267
- **Name**: Hologic
- **Domain**: hologic.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/hologic>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 17
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.765
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 38
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Technologies

- **21 CFR Part 820** — Optional: no
- **CNN** — Optional: no
- **Computer Vision** — Optional: no
- **CVAT** — Optional: no
- **Design Controls** — Optional: no
- **FDA 510(k)** — Optional: no
- **Fine-tuning** — Optional: no
- **IEC 62304** — Optional: no
- **Interpretability** — Optional: no
- **ISO 13485** — Optional: no
- **ISO 14971** — Optional: no
- **IVDR** — Optional: no
- **ONNX** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **PyTorch** — Optional: no
- **Quantization** — Optional: no
- **TensorFlow** — Optional: no
- **TensorRT** — Optional: no
- **Transfer Learning** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T16:58:27Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 30 · green card filings: 7; Filings 12m: 30

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 38
- **Reasons**: conf:7, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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