Join the founding team.
We are at the founding stage, and evolving and growing dynamically.
The Mindspan Institute is hiring across every area relevant to our mission of building and scaling tools to study the molecules and wiring of the human brain.
We are excited to recruit talented, hardworking people who value creativity, collaboration, and impact. We post specific openings as roles take shape, but as we are evolving and growing dynamically, we are eager to meet anyone who is excited about contributing to our mission.
If this sounds like a good fit, please contact us with a short note about what you build, and how you want to contribute.
Open roles
Research Scientist, Deep Learning Models
Cambridge, MA (on-site) · Full-time
A hands-on modeling role: design, train, and evaluate the deep learning models that turn large microscopy volumes into usable data, from segmentation to the stitching and alignment of tiles and sections.
Senior Software Engineer, Production Pipelines
Cambridge, MA (on-site) · Full-time
A production engineering role: productionize the models our team trains and run them reliably and efficiently across very large image volumes, from distributed inference to monitoring and retraining.
Technical Associate, Annotation and Proofreading
Cambridge, MA (on-site) · Full-time
A hands-on role annotating and proofreading microscopy volumes of brain tissue, producing the ground truth our models train on, with room to grow into leading an annotation team.
Manager, Laboratory Operations
Cambridge, MA (on-site) · Full-time
A founding operations role: build and run the systems that keep Mindspan’s labs safe, compliant, stocked, and running smoothly, from purchasing and equipment to safety training and EHS.
Mechanical Engineer, Precision Machinery
Cambridge, MA (on-site) · Full-time
Design and build the precision machinery that cuts and handles expanded brain tissue at scale, taking machines from concept through build, test, and production.
Makerspace Engineer, Prototyping and Fabrication
Cambridge, MA (on-site) · Full-time
Build Mindspan’s on-site makerspace from an empty room, then run it as the place where ideas become hardware: machining, 3D printing, laser cutting, and fast design-build-test cycles.
Research Scientist, Expansion Microscopy Engineering
Cambridge, MA (on-site) · Full-time
An engineering-oriented science role: optimize, validate, and apply the expansion microscopy pipeline, from fixation and gelation through staining, imaging, and quality control.
Technical Associate, Expansion Microscopy Engineering
Cambridge, MA (on-site) · Full-time
A hands-on role in the expansion microscopy pipeline: produce high-quality expanded and stained brain tissue samples, reproducibly and at increasing throughput.
Research Scientist, Optical Physiology and Neurotechnology
Cambridge, MA (on-site) · Full-time
An engineering-oriented science role: record, control, and analyze neural activity at cellular and subcellular resolution, with voltage imaging, optogenetics, and synaptic recordings.
Technical Associate, Optical Physiology and Neurotechnology
Cambridge, MA (on-site) · Full-time
A hands-on role in optical physiology: produce high-quality voltage imaging and synaptic recording data from iPSC-derived neurons and human and mouse brain slices.
Research Scientist, Electrophysiology
Cambridge, MA (on-site) · Full-time
An intensely hands-on electrophysiology role: whole-cell patch-clamp recordings in mammalian brain slices, manually and on next-generation automated platforms.