Neuroscientist

Beacon Biosignals•Boston, MA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Beacon Biosignals is seeking an experienced neuroscientist/data scientist to serve as a scientific partner to Life Sciences customers. The role works directly with pharmaceutical and biotechnology teams to analyze clinical-trial data and derive meaningful insights using Beacon devices and AI/ML models. Embedded in active client engagements, the Neuroscientist translates complex neural data into scientifically rigorous, decision-relevant results that support drug-development programs across neurological, psychiatric, and sleep disorders. As part of Beacon’s scientific team, the role designs and executes analyses on clinical-trial and real-world EEG data using statistical, computational, and neuroscientific expertise. It collaborates with customer scientists, clinicians, and program leaders; leads scientific discussions; presents results; and adapts analyses as studies evolve. The role also connects customers with Beacon’s internal teams, using customer goals, constraints, and feedback to shape analytical approaches and inform product and model development. The position supports multiple concurrent studies, contributes to statistical analysis plans and scientific reports, develops and reviews documented reusable code, and prepares presentations and data visualizations for varied audiences. It also involves examining, documenting, and harmonizing large, unfamiliar datasets with Beacon’s Datastore. Beacon supports asynchronous remote work and has office hubs in Boston, New York City, and Paris. Candidates based in Boston or the surrounding area are preferred to support timezone overlap and in-person client connections. The base salary range is $135,000–$183,000, depending on experience, skills, and qualifications. Total compensation also includes equity, PTO, and other benefits.

Requirements

Multiple years of experience using neuroscience and statistics expertise to analyze data, derive insights, and answer scientific questions for stakeholders.
Substantial experience presenting analyses to external audiences with varied backgrounds.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, highly customer-facing environment.
Excellent written, verbal, and listening skills.
Experience writing and reviewing code in a shared, version-controlled codebase with multiple contributors and users.
Understanding that thoughtful data curation is essential to robust analytical results.
Familiarity with statistical modeling, including interpretation and diagnostics.
Ability to collaborate closely, communicate openly, and maintain effective feedback loops with a team.
Ability to stay calm and organized while meeting tight deadlines amid ambiguity.
Exceptional attention to detail and a high standard of quality, with judgment about when a quick-and-dirty approach is appropriate.
Comfort with a highly asynchronous hybrid work environment and demonstrated success working in one.
Experience or willingness to work with technologies used in Beacon’s data and reporting systems, including Julia, AWS, Superset, Pandoc, SQL, and GraphQL.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with or enthusiasm for Julia, AWS, Superset, Pandoc, SQL, and GraphQL.
Being based in Boston or the surrounding area is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead and support the scientific and technical aspects of multiple concurrent studies, including estimating timelines, delegating tasks, executing work on time, and communicating with stakeholders.
Engage external stakeholders to align their needs with internal capabilities and capacity, ensuring analyses are valuable and operationally feasible.
Deliver clear, impactful presentations and data visualizations to internal and external audiences.
Use Beacon products and subject-matter expertise to inform analysis planning and execution.
Write and review reusable, documented code that produces high-quality analytical results for partners.
Contribute to clinical-trial statistical analysis plans with internal subject-matter experts and external stakeholders.
Co-author scientific reports that advance the field.
Investigate large, messy, unfamiliar datasets; document their idiosyncrasies and provenance; and harmonize them with Beacon’s Datastore.
Analyze clinical-trial and real-world EEG data and communicate scientifically rigorous, decision-relevant findings to customers.
Collaborate with customer scientists, clinicians, program leaders, and Beacon internal teams; use customer goals and feedback to inform analytical approaches, product development, and model development.