Neuroimaging Engineer – Neurology Full-time

Neuroimaging Data Analyst

Performs innovative data analyses on neuroimaging and related data. Develop and implement computer algorithms for analyzing that data. Assume major responsibility for software and hardware development and implementation in a neuroimaging-focused, neuroscience lab.

Our lab studies sleep and neurological disease with a strong clinically translational focus. You will work hands-on with custom experimental platforms while gaining mentorship and exposure to how basic engineering innovation translates into meaningful neuroscience and medicine.

Why This Role Is Unique:

You'll help create and evolve the core experimental platforms used in the lab — not just operate them.

You'll gain mentorship in a lab that explicitly connects engineering innovation to clinically relevant neuroscience, particularly in sleep and neurology.

Ideal for someone who identifies as a generalist engineer and wants to grow technically while contributing to impactful translational research.

Interested candidates should email landsness@wustl.edu with a cover letter describing their background, hands-on project experience, along with a current resume/CV. Please also include contact information for 1–3 references. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Develop and apply advanced statistical and analytical approaches to neuroimaging and related data using MATLAB tools and R routines for the purpose of analyzing neuroimaging data.
• Design, develop, and implement computer algorithms and software for analyzing functional and structural MRI data of the brain and maintain data analysis programs developed over time for those data for neuroimaging-related neuroscience research purposes.
• Evaluate and resolve software problems for both existing and developing analysis streams for the purpose of processing and analyzing neuroimaging data.
• Prototype and evolve hardware using tools such as 3D printing, electronics, and open-source platforms.
• Prepare program descriptions and documentation both for newly developed and existing analysis software for the purpose of processing and analyzing neuroimaging data.
• Assume major/exclusive responsibilities for software development and effective implementation of the software for the purpose of processing and analyzing neuroimaging data.
• Maintain, troubleshoot or repair a mix of both standard and customized equipment to include both equipment used during MRI scanning and equipment used outside of the scanner for subject training and testing for the purpose of conducting neuroimaging-related neuroscience studies.
• Collaborate closely with neuroscientists to iteratively refine both the experimental tools and the analyses they enable.

Working Conditions:

• Job Location/Working Conditions: Normal office environment.
• Physical Effort: Typically sitting at desk or table. Repetitive wrist, hand or finger movement.

• Equipment: Office equipment. Lab/research equipment. Clinical/diagnostic equipment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.

Required Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor's degree.

Certifications/Professional Licenses: No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.

Work Experience: No specific work experience is required for this position.

Skills: Not Applicable.

Driver's License: A driver's license is not required for this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

Education: No additional education unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Certifications/Professional Licenses: No additional certification/professional licenses unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Work Experience: No additional work experience unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Skills: 3D Slicer, C (Programming Language), C++ Programming Language, Communication, Computer Languages, FreeSurfer, Hardware Configurations, Linux Bash Shell, Psychological Evaluations, Python (Programming Language), Python Matplotlib, Research Labs, Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM), Software Packages, Statistical Packages, Visual Aesthetics

Grade: G11

Salary Range: $53,100.00 – $90,600.00 / Annually. The salary range reflects base salaries paid for positions in a given job grade across the University. Individual rates within the range will be determined by factors including one's qualifications and performance, equity with others in the department, market rates for positions within the same grade and department budget.

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Personal:

• Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.
• Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
• Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
• WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.

Wellness:

• Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more!

Family:

• We offer 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child. Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs. Need adult care? We've got you covered.
• WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

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