Pain and Health Computational Scientist

Hardware    ·    Santa Clara Valley (Cupertino), CA     ·    Full time

Summary

Posted: Dec 24, 2021
Role Number: 200318111

At Apple, we strive to achieve surprise and delight for every one of our millions of customers around the world. Apple is seeking a research scientist who is passionate about the study of the brain and its application to building transformative neurotechnology within the pain and pain management space. Candidates will have a solid research background and have made contributions to science through a combination of experimental and computational approaches. Candidates will also have successfully designed unique experiments, built quantitative models using behavioral and physiological data, and possess a knack for pulling out novel insights. We are looking for a teammate with excellent interpersonal skills, and who has a dedication to conducting impactful research in a fast-paced environment.

Key Qualifications

• 5-10+ years designing experiments to investigate the neural, physiological, and psychosocial aspects of pain, pain management, pain-related neural plasticity, biomarkers, and/or therapies.
• Experience investigating social and cultural factors that influence the experience of and judgments about pain
• Experience investigating emotional, cognitive, and perceptual factors that influence pain experience
• Experience using convergent methods across self-report, behavioral, and physiological data to draw conclusions and provide insights about pain-related experience, judgment, and behaviors
• Deep expertise in experimental design, statistical analysis, and predictive modeling, including advanced experience with signal processing, time-frequency analysis, and machine learning, and their application to understanding pain and pain management.
• Hardware and software experience with multimodal data acquisition and instrumentation
• Experience with integrating psychological and physiological measures into brain-computer interfaces and neurofeedback a plus
• Fluent in numerical computing and proficient in various programming languages (e.g., Python, Matlab, ML and deep learning toolboxes)
• Ability to embrace uncertainty when working on challenging research questions.
• Excellent problem solving and creative thinking.

Description

This is a multi-faceted investigator role that will require you to be flexible across a variety of tasks in a highly collaborative group. You will work closely with scientists and engineers to rapidly design and carry out experiments to uncover insights that drive technology development. The responsibilities for the role include: Design and execute user studies to investigate pain-related questions Carry out quantitative analysis of raw data to pull out meaningful and actionable insights from complex multimodal signals Build machine learning models to improve our understanding of pain and pain management Work cross-functionally with other team members to translate these insights into transformative prototypes and demonstrations Present your findings to cross-functional partners and stakeholders

Education & Experience

• Doctorate in Systems, Cognitive or Computational Neuroscience, Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related expertise.
• 5+ years postdoctoral experience, Industry research experience a plus.

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