Design and assess varying model architectures and modeling strategies to maximize the accuracy and robustness of models for decoding speech from brain activity
Explore the use of state-of-the-art speech features and representations within neural-decoding pipelines, informed by the fields of speech science and functional neurophysiology
Develop pipelines for synthesizing personalizable and naturalistic speech from text and from brain activity
Build algorithms to analyze intact and impaired speech signals to detect biomarkers related to underlying diseases and disabilities
Work collaboratively within a small team to develop models, design R&D workflows, and translate scientific findings into product implementations
Contribute to best practices for reliability, observability, reproducibility, and scientific rigor across the R&D ecosystem
Maintain versioned, clear, and highly documented code, analysis pipelines, and results for maximum interpretability and reproducibility

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Math, Engineering, Neuroscience, or other relevant field
A minimum of 2 years of academic or industry research experience working with speech datasets
Experience performing feature engineering with speech signals
Proficiency in Python and PyTorch
Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively on cross-functional and interdisciplinary teams
Experience having technical ownership over at least one successfully implemented collaborative project
A PhD in Math, Engineering, Neuroscience, or other relevant field (preferred)
Experience developing speech synthesizers (preferred)
Experience working with neural signals, especially for brain-computer interface applications (preferred)

Benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

model architecturesmodeling strategiesspeech featuresneural-decoding pipelinesalgorithmsfeature engineeringPythonPyTorchspeech synthesizersneural signals

Soft Skills

communication skillscollaboration skillsteamworktechnical ownershipinterdisciplinary collaborationscientific rigor

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreePhD