19.1983, Jobs: English & Natural Lang Processing: NLP Engineer, A-Life Medical

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Subject: 19.1983, Jobs: English & Natural Lang Processing: NLP Engineer, A-Life Medical

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Date: 20-Jun-2008
From: Susan Forrest < sforrest at alifemedical.com >
Subject: English & Natural Language Processing: NLP Engineer, A-Life Medical, San Diego, CA, USA

 

	
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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:47:36
From: Susan Forrest [sforrest at alifemedical.com]
Subject: English & Natural Language Processing: NLP Engineer, A-Life Medical, San Diego, CA, USA
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University or Organization: A-Life Medical 
Department: NLP Engineering
Job Location: California, USA 
Web Address: http://www.alifemedical.com

Job Rank: NLP Engineer  

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Natural Language Processing

Required Language(s): English (eng)

Description:

This position will work closely with medical language linguists to develop
techniques for state-of-the-art medical NLP. Responsibilities will include
development and refinement of algorithms for doing document segmentation,
lexical analysis, natural language parsing, and conceptual indexing. Work
will involve all aspects of software design and development from system
requirements definition to integration and testing. This person is also
responsible for implementing system requirements for complex customer
systems and/or preparing studies and analyzing existing systems. An NLP
Software Engineer reports to the Vice President of NLP and New Technology.

Work will involve the development, enhancement, and maintenance of complex
software with thorough documentation of sophisticated algorithms and
procedures for installation and maintenance.  

Qualifications

Education:
- Bachelor or Masters degree in Linguistics, Computer Science, Computer
Engineering or a Computer-related discipline.

Work Experience:
2-5 years related professional work experience required.  

Technical Skills:
- Strong programming skills in C++ with experience in object-oriented
design and development.
- Computational Linguistics: Phonetics, Morphology, Syntax and Semantics;
Cognitive Linguistics; Regular Expressions, BNF Grammars, Natural Language
Processing, Speech Recognition.
- Previous experience with a range of software development tools and
techniques including Web Services, IIS, XML, XSL, VSS, SQL Server, Stored
Procedures. Crystal Reports, DCOM, COM+, Infragistics, InstallShield and
Rogue Wave is desirable.
- Programming languages, at least three of the following: Perl, C#, Visual
Basic,  VB.Net, ASP.Net, Lex, Yacc, and Yacc++ .
- Applications:  Visual Studio Team System, Access and Excel.
- Linguistic development of semantic or grammatical disambiguation, with
constant attention to implementation and a rapid development cycle.  

Other Skills / Experience: 
- A demonstrated ability to function within a team and to handle a variety
of tasks.
- Logical thinker and quick learner with strong problem solving and
analytical ability.
- Customer service oriented with a strong commitment to produce high
quality, workable solutions for both internal external customers.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.


Application Deadline: 31-Jul-2008 
	  
Email Address for Applications: sforrest at alifemedical.com 
Contact Information:
	susan forrest 
	Email: sforrest at alifemedical.com 





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