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, 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.
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.
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.
Director of Operations
Cambridge, MA (on-site) · Full-time
A founding role: build the financial, legal, HR, procurement, and compliance scaffolding of the institute, and keep it running cleanly as we scale.
Senior Executive Assistant to the Co-CEOs
Cambridge, MA (on-site) · Full-time
The administrative partner to the co-CEOs: calendars, travel, communications, expenses, and logistics, done with good judgment and near-total reliability.