Member of Research Staff, Preclinical

Nudge; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Nudge is seeking research staff to perform rodent experiments and support in vivo procedures aimed at neuroscience research. Candidates should be comfortable working in a lab setting and have strong hands-on experience handling rodents.

The role requires familiarity with neuroscience techniques and a willingness to design and improve laboratory workflows. Successful candidates will demonstrate high integrity and the ability to solve practical problems.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a preclinical or animal research laboratory, neuroscience experience preferred.
• Familiarity with dosing, anesthesia, perfusion, and tissue harvest.
• Experience with stereotactic viral injections or cranial window implantations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Execute rodent experiments in compliance with protocols.
• Perform animal stereotaxic surgery and neural imaging.
• Conduct in vitro cell culture and brain slice experiments.

Skills

Hands-on experience in preclinical research

Experience handling rodents

Basic in vivo techniques

Sterile cell culture technique

Building practical lab setups

Strong professional judgment

Education

Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in neuroscience, biology, or related field

Job description

About Nudge

At Nudge, our mission is to develop the best technology for interfacing with the brain to improve people's lives. We're starting with an approach that we believe can help the most people the fastest, and also allow us to learn as much about the brain as possible: developing a non‑invasive, ultrasound‑based device that can stimulate and image the brain at high resolution and depth. This is a vertically integrated effort building cutting‑edge hardware, software, and research capabilities to create products that can benefit millions — and eventually billions — of people.

To succeed, we need to assemble world‑class teams across everything we do. We hire people who are exceptional at their craft, believe hard things are worth doing, and execute relentlessly — people who expect the highest levels of both rigor and integrity from each other.

About the role

As a member of research staff at Nudge, you will:

• Execute rodent experiments (mice and rats) in compliance with standardized protocols
• Perform and support in vivo procedures, including animal stereotaxic surgery, neural imaging, electrophysiology, behavior, and ultrasound delivery
• Perform rodent perfusions, brain extraction, and tissue collection for downstream histological and molecular analysis
• Conduct in vitro cell culture and brain slice experiments
• Design, build, and improve experimental setups, tools, and laboratory workflows

  About you

  We are looking for research staff of all levels. Regardless of your experience level, you should have:

  • Hands‑on experience working in a preclinical or animal research laboratory, neuroscience experience preferred
  • Experience handling rodents (mice and/or rats) and familiarity with basic in vivo techniques (dosing, anesthesia, perfusion, tissue harvest)
  • Experience with stereotactic viral injections or cranial window implantations preferred
  • Familiarity with sterile cell culture technique
  • Comfortable building things with your hands — fabricating simple fixtures, adapting equipment, and solving practical problems in the lab
  • Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in neuroscience, biology, or a related field preferred
  • High integrity and strong professional judgment