Research Scientist (San Francisco)

Company Overview

Echo Neurotechnologies is an exciting new startup in the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) space, driving innovation through advanced hardware engineering and AI solutions. Our mission is to deliver cutting-edge technologies that restore autonomy to people living with disabilities and improve their quality of life.

Team Culture

Join a small, dedicated team of knowledgeable and motivated professionals. Our early-stage environment offers the opportunity to take ownership of broad decisions with significant and long-lasting impact. We emphasize continuous learning and growth, fostering cross-functional collaboration where your contributions are vital to our success.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Research Scientist to join our team. The person who fills this role will perform exploratory, but grounded and directed, analyses into existing and future datasets to uncover new insights, driving modeling decisions and strategies to have real-world impact on patients with physical disabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Performing feature exploration to find more information-rich and robust features in existing neural datasets

• Probing neural encoding of behavior and external stimuli to inform model designs and training strategies

• Designing and assessing neural-control strategies for optimal co-adaptation / learning within brain-computer interface applications

• Working collaboratively within a small team to develop and assess neural-decoding models and translate scientific findings into product implementations

• Maintaining versioned, clear, and highly documented code, analysis pipelines, and results for maximum interpretability and reproducibility

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Math, Engineering, Neuroscience, or other relevant field

• A minimum of 2 years of academic or industry research experience working with neural time-series datasets

• Experience building encoding and decoding models with brain activity

• Proficiency in Python and PyTorch

Preferred Qualifications

• A PhD in Math, Engineering, Neuroscience, or other relevant field

• Experience designing real-time decoding strategies for brain-computer interfaces

What We Offer

• An opportunity to work on exciting, cutting-edge projects to transform patients lives in a highly collaborative work environment.

• Competitive compensation, including stock options.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• 401(k) program with matching contributions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Echo Neurotechnologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Confidentiality

All applications will be treated confidentially. Applicants may be asked to sign an NDA after the initial stages of the interview process.