Senior Neurosurgery Research Technician - Intraop Data

Washington University; St. Louis, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 53,784,000 - 91,521,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation & holidays

Health insurance

Transit pass

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Washington University is seeking a Senior Research Technician to help launch a program in human motor neurophysiology, adaptive deep brain stimulation, and brain–computer interfaces. You will build intraoperative recording infrastructure, establish a prospective neurosurgical research registry, and collect multi-modal neural and kinematic data in the OR and clinic.

The role requires independent work, collaboration with clinicians and engineers, and hands-on experience with electrophysiology,

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience in laboratory research settings preferred.
• Willingness to work in clinical environments and follow protocols.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate intraoperative human neurophysiology recordings during awake DBS, sEEG, and related procedures.
• Set up and troubleshoot multi-modal data acquisition systems (microelectrode recording, LFP, IMU, EMG, motion capture).
• Develop, deploy, and maintain intraoperative and clinic-based behavioral task paradigms.
• Build and maintain a prospective intraoperative research registry with data ingest pipelines and quality control.
• Coordinate IRB submissions and ensure regulatory compliance across studies.
• Assist with scheduling, consent workflows, and coordination with clinical teams.
• Collaborate with OR staff, neurosurgery, neurology, engineering, and external partners.
• Perform preliminary analysis and visualization with Python and MATLAB.
• Assist with lab operations, inventory, and safety compliance.
• Train and supervise junior technicians and rotating students.

Skills

Python

MATLAB

Signal processing

Electrophysiology

Neural data acquisition

Documentation

Verbal communication

Written communication

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Master’s degree

Tools

DAQ systems

IMUs

EMG

Motion capture

Git

BIDS data standards

Job description

Washington University is seeking a Senior Research Technician to help launch a program in human motor neurophysiology, adaptive deep brain stimulation, and brain–computer interfaces. You will build intraoperative recording infrastructure, establish a prospective neurosurgical research registry, and collect multi-modal neural and kinematic data in the OR and clinic.

The role requires independent work, collaboration with clinicians and engineers, and hands-on experience with electrophysiology,