Lead Primate fUSI Imaging Scientist

Astera; Emeryville (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Astera Neuro in Emeryville seeks a scientist/engineer to develop a volumetric functional ultrasound imaging platform for awake, behaving primates. You will bridge hardware, experiments, and computation to build mesoscale brain imaging capabilities and functional atlases.

You will collaborate with engineers, neuroscientists, veterinarians, and external partners; mentor staff; and contribute to open datasets, software, and scientific publications.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent demonstrated expertise in neuroscience, bioengineering, physics, electrical engineering, or related field.
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or MATLAB.
• Experience with in vivo functional ultrasound imaging or high-resolution neuroimaging.
• Experience designing neuroscience experiments in primates, including awake macaque work.
• Experience analyzing large-scale imaging or multimodal datasets using ML or computational methods.

Responsibilities

• Build, validate, and optimize a large-scale volumetric functional ultrasound imaging platform for awake, behaving primates.
• Design and execute multimodal neuroscience experiments combining fUSI with behavioral paradigms and recording methods.
• Develop robust computational pipelines for image reconstruction, preprocessing, registration, QC, and analysis.
• Analyze large-scale functional imaging datasets using modern statistical and ML approaches.
• Register imaging data across sessions and animals to create brain atlases.
• Integrate fUSI with electrophysiology and other modalities to map brain function.
• Collaborate with engineers to improve imaging hardware and software; mentor staff and junior scientists.

Skills

Python

MATLAB

Image analysis

Neuroimaging

Machine learning

Mentorship

Education

PhD in neuroscience or related field

Job description

Astera Neuro in Emeryville seeks a scientist/engineer to develop a volumetric functional ultrasound imaging platform for awake, behaving primates. You will bridge hardware, experiments, and computation to build mesoscale brain imaging capabilities and functional atlases.

You will collaborate with engineers, neuroscientists, veterinarians, and external partners; mentor staff; and contribute to open datasets, software, and scientific publications.