Assistant Research Scientist- Part Time- Non Exempt ( Sanes Lab)

Description

The part-time Assistant Researxh Scientist position is available to design and construct a system for collecting quantitative behavioral data in laboratory animals using long duration video and audio recordings. The duties include synchronizing data acquisition from up to 16 microphones and 12 video cameras, optimizing the acquisition pipeline, creating a data management pipeline for a system that generates up to 10 TB per day, and deploying state-of-the-art machine learning pipelines for supervised and unsupervised analysis of audio-video data.

In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the salary for this position is $28/hr. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) the specific grant funding and the terms of the research grant when extending an offer.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in hardware-software integration with a focus on acoustic and videomodalities. The minimum qualifications include a predoctoral degree in electrical engineering or a related field, a strong background in mathematics, and experience with Python for hardware control and data acquisition.

Application Instructions

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