Technical Associate I, Dorkenwald Lab

Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA

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About The Position

TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE I, McGovern Institute for Dorkenwald Lab, to work on computational projects and support neuroscience studies in connectomics. Potential projects include developing computational infrastructure, designing machine learning segmentation and classification pipelines, creating visualization and UI tools, processing, storing, and disseminating large datasets, and optimizing and parallelizing workflows to run on compute clusters. This position is ideal for someone who is looking to gain research experience, enhance their technical skills, or is considering graduate school.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, neuroscience or related field.
• Two years of experience, which can be lab work from an undergraduate experience and/or post educational experience.
• Relevant experience in computer science, engineering, or related technical field that involves computing, signal processing, or technical standards development.
• Experience with Linux operating systems.
• Experience with shell scripting (e.g., bash, csh).
• Experience with software development (preferably with Python).

Nice To Haves

• Experience with data processing workflows.
• Familiarity or willingness to work with backend technology and database management.
• Experience working with high-performance computing clusters and schedulers.
• Familiarity with basic machine learning classifiers (random forests, logistic regression, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Develop computational infrastructure for neuroscience studies.
• Design machine learning segmentation and classification pipelines.
• Create visualization and UI tools.
• Process, store, and disseminate large datasets.
• Optimize and parallelize workflows to run on compute clusters.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees