Lead Neural Data Infrastructure Engineer - BCI

Blackrock Neurotech; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackrock Neurotech is seeking a Neural Data Infrastructure Engineer in Salt Lake City, UT to own the data pipeline from upload to training data loaders. You will build scalable ingestion for intracortical recordings, preserving raw data and metadata and aligning with model needs.

You will design storage, automate quality checks, and collaborate with researchers, infrastructure, and IT to support large neural datasets across local and cloud resources.

Qualifications

• Experience designing end-to-end large-scale scientific data pipelines.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/BME or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong Python programming and software engineering practices.
• Advanced understanding of extracellular neural recordings and preprocessing.
• Experience with NEV/NSx, NWB, HDF5, and Zarr data formats.
• Ability to bridge neuroscience, ML, and infrastructure teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, implementation, and operation of the neural data pipeline from upload through training data loaders.
• Build reliable ingestion for heterogeneous recording formats, preserving raw data, metadata, and mappings.
• Implement and validate neural signal processing for spike events and waveforms; extend to field potentials.
• Establish automated checks for corrupt files, missing channels, clock drift, and artifacts.
• Design storage layouts, indexing, and caching for efficient access to large datasets across local and cloud resources.
• Create reproducible, versioned datasets with provenance and partitioning to prevent data leakage.
• Partner with researchers to define input representations and interfaces that meet model requirements.
• Build parallel preprocessing and streaming loaders, ensuring GPUs are supplied as training scales.
• Plan capacity, access controls, retention, backup, and recovery with data owners.

Skills

Python

Large-scale data pipelines

Data quality & reliability

Neural data / intracortical recordings

Version control

Debugging & profiling

Distributed processing

PyTorch familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s in CS / EE / BME

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

NEV/NSx

NWB

HDF5

Zarr

PyTorch

Job description

Blackrock Neurotech is seeking a Neural Data Infrastructure Engineer in Salt Lake City, UT to own the data pipeline from upload to training data loaders. You will build scalable ingestion for intracortical recordings, preserving raw data and metadata and aligning with model needs.

You will design storage, automate quality checks, and collaborate with researchers, infrastructure, and IT to support large neural datasets across local and cloud resources.