# Astera

> Neuroscience and AI research institute advancing brain-like AGI

**Website:** https://astera.org
**LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/astera-institute
**Headquarters:** Berkeley, CA
**Locations:** Emeryville, CA, Ithaca, NY, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Washington, DC
**Size:** 1-50
**Founded:** 2020
**Industry:** ai
**Funding:** Nonprofit
**Work type:** onsite
**Tech stack:** PyTorch, Python, JAX, C++, CUDA, Linux, Kubernetes, Unity, Unreal Engine, NumPy, TypeScript, React, SQL
**Benefits:** Health insurance, Disability insurance, Commuter benefits

Astera Institute conducts in-house research at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence to understand biological intelligence and engineer safe AGI systems. Through divisions like Neuro & AGI and Radial, they run labs on rodent neuroscience, structural biology ML, hierarchical RL, and open science tools. Their work integrates experimental neuroscience with AI architectures to drive transformative progress in intelligence and life sciences.

## Hiring in

- [AI Research (9)](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/astera/jobs/ai-research)
- [ML Engineering (5)](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/astera/jobs/machine-learning-engineering)
- [Data Science (3)](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/astera/jobs/data-science)
- [Hardware Engineering (3)](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/astera/jobs/hardware-engineering)
- [Fullstack Engineering (2)](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/astera/jobs/software-engineering)
- [Backend Engineering (2)](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/astera/jobs/backend-engineering)
- [Recruiting (1)](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/astera/jobs/recruiting)
- [Technical Program Management (1)](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/astera/jobs/technical-program-management)

## Open roles (36)

- [Data and Partnerships Associate](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/66e72a53-9352-4dae-9eba-3aa1afd1d5d7) - Washington, DC
- [Senior/Staff AI Scientist](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/bf35bbc4-b0c8-4ac1-90af-ab17fac4aff9) - New York, NY
- [Principal AI Scientist](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/086a2048-b47a-4a0b-868c-8d22243e224b) - New York, NY
- [Controls & Systems-Design Consultant](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/f5a7a66f-cfe5-4d63-9227-dc5690b0030e) - Emeryville, CA
- [Computational Chemistry / Theory Consultant](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/af3633e2-3672-4e98-9041-02e8d519919c) - Emeryville, CA
- [Bioconjugate & Surface-Chemistry Consultant](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/ebdb5ac0-1d4d-40dc-bec0-55152513afbf) - Emeryville, CA
- [Nanoelectronics & Device-Physics Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/af846f80-d7af-4482-9940-734a2bb87081) - Emeryville, CA
- [Molecular Design & DNA Nanotechnology Lead](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/66c49fe0-bd51-4870-ab2d-ed7ebfbdcafc) - Emeryville, CA
- [Finance Lead](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/06eef8fe-4d95-4dd5-ab36-b7640f67edfa) - Emeryville, CA
- [Events and Communications Lead](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/9e715d03-fb09-43fc-896c-fe12b5ea067a) - Emeryville, CA
- [Residency Manager](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/72c745f7-712d-4f5b-83a3-d713b22bfbad) - Emeryville, CA
- [Scientist](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/fd1ba51c-2efc-465f-9891-a43db9ef7bcb) - Emeryville, CA
- [Research Assistant](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/87ab2ab0-044e-4ef6-b0e2-faab7c72c64b) - Emeryville, CA
- [Principal Software Engineer, Neuroscience Platforms](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/6f702a5a-e00b-4df2-8f48-ebc52194b035) - Emeryville, CA
- [Principal Hardware Engineer, Precision Instrumentation](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/3704f84f-ab33-484d-bd62-5f3740ae7363) - Emeryville, CA
- [Software Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/2a138601-cf1f-4bc3-b6d9-fb26cd56fc7b) - Emeryville, CA
- [Research Scientist - Computational Neuroscience](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/366317e5-9f77-4a8f-9df3-3cae6bcd1236) - Emeryville, CA
- [Recruiting Coordinator](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/150c1545-4ece-424e-a4ff-dd9b18cb63ee) - Emeryville, CA
- [Project Manager - DiffUSE Project](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/05c98236-d516-4156-b6c9-44b8a57c1a42) - Emeryville, CA
- [General DiffUSE Job Application](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/6676763d-f0db-437a-b47b-09135360f2b3) - Emeryville, CA
- [Computational Neuroscience Intern - Data Analysis and Modeling](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/f76d708a-20ed-4456-9572-d5220dc4c7a4) - Emeryville, CA
- [Software Engineering Intern – Distributed Simulation Systems](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/111bb670-5c00-43c2-9eb1-ae7687ce848b) - Emeryville, CA
- [Radial Postdoctoral Fellow – Dynamic Structural Biology (diffUSE Project)](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/2d198cbc-74d6-4340-b3b3-cacf1193ff07) - Ithaca, NY
- [Machine Learning Researcher - Springtail](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/7beb0953-43ae-4c56-8de8-5a505d2538c8) - Emeryville, CA
- [Head of Bio AI - Radial](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/705be5c5-7702-4eaf-ad0c-490816e3834b) - Emeryville, CA
- [Scientist - Ensemble Structural Informatics](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/4f3ed049-fa91-4151-b01b-3115b183448a) - Emeryville, CA
- [Research Scientist: Hierarchical Sensorimotor Perception](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/3fade4f5-14e7-4ad4-9ac3-0748a66e5116) - Emeryville, CA
- [Research Scientist: Hierarchical RL Agents](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/5eef9f78-db6b-464b-b042-247e6a36b333) - Emeryville, CA
- [Research Scientist/Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/ce3a38e7-4fe3-4ab8-b12c-af5c82353702) - Emeryville, CA
- [Research Scientist: Energy Based Models](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/f74e0618-ccf7-4e4e-996a-d9e5c0124837) - Emeryville, CA
- [Research Scientist - Simplex](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/c671e46b-e6b3-4b59-a363-81f803fdcd27) - Emeryville, CA
- [Site Reliability Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/e955cb93-2c0e-44fd-a3ba-a3259c9d86b2) - Emeryville, CA
- [Staff Software Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/68de56e5-1c72-4df1-9fb7-b5396afbe3d9) - Emeryville, CA
- [Senior Software Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/4c99a2b5-fd8f-4ff5-8406-933272a4dd44) - Emeryville, CA
- [Principal Software Engineer](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/18ce6f42-dade-4877-b790-8f6e88f65ec7) - Emeryville, CA
- [The Stacks Product Manager](https://hotfix.jobs/jobs/f54b80d5-c114-4e11-871b-40bb797a451d) - Emeryville, CA

**Canonical:** https://hotfix.jobs/companies/astera