Research Scientist / Engineer, Functional Ultrasound Imaging
Develops a volumetric functional ultrasound imaging platform for whole-brain studies in awake primates, spanning experimental design, hardware collaboration, computational pipelines, and large-scale neuroscience analysis. Requires primate neuroimaging experience, strong Python or MATLAB skills, and expertise in image reconstruction, registration, and multimodal data analysis.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build, validate, and optimize a large-scale volumetric functional ultrasound imaging platform for awake, behaving primates.
- Design and execute multimodal neuroscience experiments combining fUSI with behavioral paradigms and complementary recording and perturbation techniques.
- Develop computational pipelines for image reconstruction, preprocessing, registration, quality control, statistical analysis, and visualization.
- Analyze large-scale functional imaging datasets using statistical and machine learning approaches.
- Register imaging data across sessions and animals to generate anatomical and functional brain atlases.
- Integrate fUSI with electrophysiology and other neural recording and perturbation modalities to create comprehensive maps of brain function.
- Collaborate with engineers and software developers to improve imaging hardware and acquisition software.
- Mentor research technicians and, at the senior or principal level, more junior scientists and engineers; contribute to hiring, onboarding, and lab culture.
- Publish scientific discoveries using Open Science and FAIR principles, and contribute to open datasets, software, and technical documentation.
Requirements
- Experience with in vivo functional ultrasound imaging or comparable high-resolution neuroimaging technologies.
- Experience designing and executing neuroscience experiments in primates, including awake macaque fMRI.
- Strong scientific programming skills in Python and/or MATLAB.
- Understanding of primate neuroanatomy, image registration, and atlas construction.
- Experience with image reconstruction and signal processing.
- Experience analyzing large-scale imaging, electrophysiology, or multimodal neuroscience datasets, including machine learning or computational neuroscience methods.
- Ability to work closely with software engineers, hardware engineers, and neuroscientists in a fast-moving, multi-team environment.
- Track record of mentorship and technical leadership.
- PhD in neuroscience, bioengineering, physics, electrical engineering, or a related field is preferred; equivalent demonstrated expertise will also be considered.
Compensation
- Salary range: $120,000–$220,000, based on location in the Bay Area.
- Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience and location.
Skills
Functional Ultrasound Imaging, Python, MATLAB, Primate Neuroanatomy, Image Registration, Atlas Construction, Image Reconstruction, Signal Processing, Machine Learning, Computational Neuroscience, Electrophysiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Fair Principles
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