Research Engineer - Brain Computer Interface Models

About this role

ZYPHRA IS AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANY BASED IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

THE ROLE:

As a Research Engineer - Brain Computer Interface Models, you will be a core contributor to Zyphra’s BCI work, building the next generation of open-source EEG and brain–computer interface models. You will be involved across the full model lifecycle, from data collection and preprocessing to designing novel architectures and training methodologies.

YOU’LL WORK ACROSS:

- Large-scale EEG model training runs and evaluation

- Architecture and training methodology ablations and innovations

- Dataset collection and preprocessing for EEG and other BCI modalities

- Performance optimization of the training stack

- Integration of models into real-world BCI applications

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR / REQUIREMENTS:

- Organized, methodical researcher who can take ownership of a project component, communicate their process clearly, and deliver a working module

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with clean and concise coding practices

- Strong implementation and prototyping skills, with comfort working across both research and engineering at scale

- Ability to learn new domains quickly, orient oneself in the academic literature, and implement new ideas, creatively borrowing concepts from other modalities and applying them to EEG domain

- Interest in neural data such as EEG, MEG, fMRI as well as building foundation models in a much less explored space

- Proficiency with PyTorch and Python

QUALIFICATIONS / ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

- Experience with VAEs, GANs, diffusion models, and contrastive learning

- Familiarity with signal processing (especially for EEG) and time-series analysis

- Experience training on large-scale (multi-node) GPU clusters

- Experience contributing to large existing codebases and ramping up quickly

- Previously published machine learning research in well-respected venues

WHY WORK AT ZYPHRA:

- Our research methodology is grounded in methodical, step-by-step approaches to ambitious goals. Both deep research and engineering excellence are equally valued

- We strongly value new and crazy ideas and are very willing to bet big on new ideas

- We move as quickly as we can; we aim to minimize the bar to impact as low as possible

- We all enjoy what we do and love discussing AI

BENEFITS AND PERKS:

- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and FSA plans

- Competitive compensation and 401(k) plan

- Relocation and immigration support on a case-by-case basis

- In-office snacks and meals provided

- Unlimited PTO and company holidays

- In-person team in San Francisco with a collaborative, high-energy environment