R&D Medical Physicist (On-site, Palo Alto, CA)

Job description

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions. Varian Medical Systems, a Siemens Healthineers company is hiring an R&D Medical Physicist to strengthen our Engineering Physics team, developing next generation radiation therapy linear accelerators. This role focuses on dosimetry physics, radiation physics, and medical physics, ensuring accurate, defensible, and compliant beam performance through rigorous measurement, analysis, and verification. **This role is designed to be onsite in Palo Alto, California** What You will do: Own and execute dosimetry and radiation‑physics analyses supporting beam performance, safety, and compliance. Translate clinical medical‑physics principles into physics‑based requirements, acceptance criteria, and verification methods. Design and perform high‑accuracy radiation measurements (ion chambers, solid‑state detectors, films, arra...