Astera
Research Scientist / Engineer, Functional Ultrasound Imaging
About this role
Astera Neuro seeks a Research Scientist or Engineer to lead development of a next-generation functional ultrasound imaging platform for whole-brain imaging in awake macaques. You will build and optimize the imaging system, design experiments, develop computational pipelines, and analyze large-scale datasets to map primate brain function at unprecedented scale.
What you'll do
- Build, validate, and optimize volumetric functional ultrasound imaging platform for awake macaques
- Design and execute multimodal neuroscience experiments combining imaging with behavioral paradigms and other recording techniques
- Develop computational pipelines for image reconstruction, preprocessing, registration, quality control, and statistical analysis
- Analyze large-scale imaging datasets using statistical and machine learning approaches
- Generate high-resolution anatomical and functional brain atlases by registering data across sessions and animals
- Collaborate with engineers and software developers to improve hardware and acquisition software
What they're looking for
- Functional ultrasound imaging or comparable neuroimaging technology
- In vivo neuroscience experimentation, preferably in primates or awake macaques
- Python and/or MATLAB programming
- Image reconstruction and signal processing
- Statistical analysis and machine learning
- Experimental design and neuroscience methodology
- Data visualization and atlas development
- Hardware-software integration
Benefits
- Philanthropically funded, well-resourced research environment
- Collaborative team of neuroscientists, engineers, and computational scientists
- Opportunity to build a next-generation imaging platform from the ground up
- Access to open science infrastructure and shared datasets
- Leadership and mentorship opportunities at senior levels
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Astera
Astera builds advanced infrastructure for large-scale distributed simulations, neuroscience research tools, and knowledge-sharing platforms aimed at accelerating scientific discovery. The company is hiring software engineers, ML researchers, and scientist-engineers to develop high-performance systems, specialized neuroscience instrumentation, and data-efficient machine learning approaches.
View all jobs at AsteraLikely interview questions
- Describe your experience with functional ultrasound imaging or other high-resolution neuroimaging technologies—what were the key challenges you encountered and how did you overcome them?
- Walk us through a neuroscience experiment you designed from scratch: what were your hypotheses, how did you acquire and analyze data, and what did you discover?