Research Scientist Intern, Biosensors (PhD)

Sunnyvale, CA               ·               Full time

Research Scientist Intern, Biosensors (PhD)

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Sunnyvale, CA

The Reality Labs (RL) Sensors Team is developing products to contribute to the development of augmented and virtual reality. Amongst other focus areas, the group specializes in research and implementation of bio/motion sensors with an eye towards driving the state of the art. We are looking for intern candidates with strong experience in human physiology, sensors and classical and machine learning algorithm development with time-varying signals to collaborate with our team in pursuit of novel sensing technologies.

Our internships are twelve (12) to twenty four (24) weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year.

Research Scientist Intern, Biosensors (PhD) Responsibilities

• Develop algorithms to extract useful features from a wide range of biosensors robust to noise
• Hardware characterization & analysis
• Work with study coordinators to design studies and find key results
• Work with study coordinators to collect data
• Run analysis on sensor performance such as accuracy, sensitivity, SNR, etc.
• Communicate and present results to a wide range of audiences

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD degree in the field of Computer Science, Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related fields
• Experience in human physiology and bioengineering
• Experience with signal processing single and multichannel time series sensor data in MATLAB or Python
• Experience with machine learning methods in MATLAB and/or Python (random forest, SVM, Deep learning, etc)
• Familiarity with deep learning fundamentals and tools like Pytorch, Tensorflow, or Keras.
• Interpersonal experience: cross-group and cross-culture collaboration
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship/co-op
• Familiarity with processing data from user trials
• Hands on experience with temperature sensors, IMU, PPG, EMG, ECG, etc dataforms
• Experience with rapid prototyping, data acquisition hardware, and signal processing chains.
• Familiarity with biostatistics and machine learning for qualification of multimodal data.

About Meta

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$7,313/month to $11,333/month + benefits

 Individual pay is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base salary, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

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