Technical Associate I, Dorkenwald Lab

Functional Area: Scientific Computing

Department:
McGovern Institute for Brain Research

School Area: Office of Provost

Pay Range
Minimum: Not Available

Pay Range Maximum: Not Available

Employment Type:
Full-Time

Employment Category: Exempt

Visa Sponsorship Available: No

Schedule:

Pay Grade: No Grade

Posting
Description

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.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: 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; and experience with Linux operating systems, shell scripting (e.g., bash, csh), and software
development (preferably with Python). PREFERRED: 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; and familiarity with
basic machine learning classifiers (random forests, logistic regression, etc.).

10/8/2025