Lead Research Scientist, Neural Interfaces

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

Snap Lab is home to Spectacles — a camera inspired by the human eye, powered by your imagination — and a world-class research & development team that is paving the way for the future of the camera. Snap Lab builds creative technology that helps overlay computing on the world around us.

We’re looking for a leader in Neural Interface Research Engineering to join the Snap Lab BCI team in Paris.
 

What you’ll do

• Lead research efforts  to develop state-of-the-art closed-loop algorithms for control for Brain Computer Interface (BCI) systems

• Design and drive execution on a multi-year research agenda

• Perform hands-on real-time and offline analysis of electrophysiological data obtained from non-invasive brain recordings

• Make an impact as a part of a multi-disciplinary research team building next-generation brain-computer interfaces for Augmented Reality

• Develop new experimental protocols for exploring capabilities enabled by brain-computer interfaces

• Share your expertise with team members and other stakeholders to drive BCI hardware and ML development 
   

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Comprehensive expertise in systems neuroscience with a focus on brain rhythms, neural features extraction and signal interpretation

• Strong knowledge of statistics and machine learning concepts

• Demonstrated ability to define, lead and execute  challenging research projects

• Experience in analyzing complex data, driving insights, and communicating results in a simple and clear way to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Strong computer science fundamentals, problem solving skills, programming (Python)

• Proven ability to lead interns, PhD students, or junior researchers and engineers

• Proven ability to impact a product with cutting edge research technology
   

Minimum Qualifications

• PhD in computational neuroscience, systems neuroscience, machine learning, physics, computer science, electrical engineering, or related fields

• 7+ years of experience in performing Brain-Computer Interface research including experimental design, execution and interpretation

• Demonstrated ability to perform independent research  

• Experience with applying advanced statistics and machine learning methods to physiological time series (MEG or EEG preferred)

• Experience in signal processing and familiarity with real-time signals

• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English 
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant industry experience in a relevant role

• Research-oriented software engineering skills, including fluency with libraries for scientific computing (e.g. Numpy/SciPy ecosystem) and machine learning (e.g. Scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow)

• Track record of publications in peer-reviewed research venues

• Conversation-level French is a plus

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