We are a forward-looking agency seeking a passionate, scrappy researcher to work on the operating system for the brain. We aim to develop partnerships with academic labs and other organizations to collect world-class datasets with which to prototype BCI algorithms alongside our existing team of talented engineers and machine learning data scientists. While today’s BCIs are invasive, we anticipate a future when this technology becomes safe and ubiquitous, and in the near-term we want to work with non-invasive signals with an eye to applying these lessons to both invasive and non-invasive neural interfaces as the technology matures.

We’re taking a long view on BCI and hope to fund the research of a full-time employee in this space. We’re excited for the future and want to begin building it now.

Expectations

• Work full-time on exploring, discovering and developing technologies and strategies which will be crucial for BCI
• Leverage your work to generate buzz and excitement in the space
• Write well for a non-technical audience to impact public perception of bci and emphasize the importance of building tech in a way that maximizes human agency and minimizes S-risk
• Participate in the BCI ecosystem, keeping up on news, joining groups and building relationships
• Publish peer-reviewed research
• Build tangible prototypes which we can use to demo technology and stoke public interest
• Work with our existing data scientists and engineers to build prototypes or products
• Partner with our existing team at AE to develop new ideas

Our ideal candidate is…

• Ph.D. or equivalent in neuroscience, applied mathematics, computer science, electrical engineering, or other relevant fields
• A self-starter and comfortable with ambiguity
• Has big ideas and a big vision for the future
• Wants to move fast with resources outside of the academic setting
• Can partner with organizations both in and outside academia to further their research
• Has experience in BCI or neuroscience experimentation or neural signal processing
• Can work independently to accomplish goals
• Enjoys working in the public space (writing, being on video, publishing journal articles, etc.)
• Is excited for the BCI future and wants to take strides towards it today

Additional details

• Job is for full-time, in office work at our beautiful office in Venice, CA on Abbot Kinney
• Salary and compensation range: $90-160k
• Visa sponsorship possible for exceptional candidates
• Opportunity for equity or participation in ventures we spin out of the work

Location: Los Angeles, Venice Beach
Job type: Full-time
Visa sponsorship: Not Available
Experience: 5+ years

Tagged as: BCI, Machine Learning, Neuroscience