Machine Learning Engineer (Senior)

Permanent contract ·  Paris ·  Master’s Degree ·  > 4 years

About

NextMind is a fast-growing company in the emerging industry of neurotechnologies. NextMind is offering a first-of-its-kind, Brain Computer Interface enabling any user to control devices directly with their mind.

Founded by professor Sid Kouider, a world-leading researcher in cognitive neuroscience, NextMind has raised >5M€ fundings and is backed by notable tech leaders. NextMind’s team is made of neuroscientists, machine learning and hardware engineers, developers and designers all working on creating a telepathic link between humans and technology.

Our achievements

• 2017, founded as a spin-off from a leading cognitive neuroscience lab
• 2019, unveiled its technology at the Slush conference and secured fundings from David Helgason, founder of Unity, Sune Alstrup, founder of The Eye Tribe (acquired by Oculus/Facebook), etc …
• 2020, won the CES Best of Innovation Award and started shipping its first product the NextMind Dev Kit

Who are we looking for?

Innovators that believe that science and technology can help humankind to level-up. If you want to work in a talented and integrated team of neuroscientists, engineers, developers, dedicated to bringing neurotechnology benefits to everyone, join us.

Job description

NextMind is seeking engineers to write software that communicates in real-time with the brain. As part of the Data Science team, you will be in charge of developing ML and deep learning algorithms applied to neurophysiological signals. You will also be tasked with integrating these algorithms in the current signal processing chain, producing optimized code capable of running in real-time on a closed-loop brain-machine interface. You will work with neuroscientists, computer scientists and electrical engineers to design, test and deploy new types of brain-machine interfaces geared to the mass market.

Preferred experience

• You graduated from a Grande Ecole, holding a PhD or Master’s degree in AI/ML/Neuroscience/Computer Science;
• You have Minimum 4 years experience as a data scientist or R&D centered role;
• You have a strong understanding of engineering first principles;
• You have experience writing software that interacts with real-time systems;
• You are proficient with Python and ML libraries (PyTorch, Scikit-learn, etc).
• You are a cross-disciplinary team member. You are excited to work with and learn from software, mechanical, electrical, materials, and neuroscientists. You are comfortable communicating across teams.

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