Senior Data Scientist

Toronto, Ontario    ·     Full time

Cognixion is an award-winning neuroscience and technology company pioneering the field of Assisted Reality. Cognixion develops assistive technology using multiple interaction modalities including AI powered non-invasive BCI (Brain Computer Interface). Based in Santa Barbara, California, the company develops software that helps people with communication challenges, including those affected by neurodevelopmental disorders and injuries to the brain and spinal cord, express themselves significantly faster than any other solution on the market and provides a direct non-verbal interface to control Alexa enabled devices around the home, school, and workplace. For more information, please visit https://cognixion.com.

We’re on a global mission. Join us as we transform the lives of millions of people. Working with cutting edge technology from AI, AR/VR, and neuroscience to address unmet human needs, we want this to be the place where you will tell everyone that you’ve done the best work of your life.

Your role: Senior Data Scientist 

Responsibilities:

• Support Biosignals Engineering Lead in designing and evaluating new machine learning techniques in processing EEG Data
• Support the Biosignals Engineering Lead in the definition, design, and execution of experiment-based research endeavours
• Interact with research labs in support of research collaboration
• Characterize and test different types of visual stimuli to optimize cognitive responses
• Create proof of concepts utilizing existing pipelines to demonstrate and compare efficacy of proposed techniques
• Collaborate with other developers on the team to build and support cloud-based machine learning pipelines 

NOTE: this position requires frequent in-person/on-site collaboration with our Toronto team

The ideal candidate has:

• Masters or PhD degree related to machine learning, biomedical engineering, neuroscience, or signal processing domains preferred
• Minimum 3 years experience writing code in Python or C/C++especially for signal analysis
• Experience in industry with a demonstrated contribution to a commercially available product is an asset
• Experience with commercial C/C++ digital signal processing libraries on Intel and/or ARM platforms is an asset
• Familiarity with both statistical and neural machine learning techniques, as well as basic signal processing techniques
• Detailed under-the-hood understandings of typical machine learning frameworks such as Tensorflow, PyTorch, and scikit-learn
• Has prior experience working with visual evoked potentials (VEPs)
• Experience with other biophysiological signals (EMG, ECG, EOG) is an asset
• Demonstrated research using resource-constrained devices in prior work is an asset

Job Benefits:

• Central downtown Santa Barbara or downtown Toronto location
• Easy access to transit, dining, entertainment
• Work in a friendly and very team-oriented, collaborative culture
• Fantastic perks that come along with being a member at ImpactHub Santa Barbara or Workhaus Toronto
• Opportunities to see your work directly making a social impact in the world
• Flexible mobile working arrangements available for high performers
• Company events and ongoing learning opportunities
• Paid Federal holidays and earned vacation days
• Incentive Stock Options Plan for high performers
• Growing business with offices in Canada and USA
• Medical, Dental and life insurance benefits
• International Travel opportunities

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