Echo

Applied AI Scientist, Language & Context

11mo ago
USASeniorRemote
Echo

Applied AI Scientist, Language & Context

11mo ago
USASeniorRemotemachine learningailanguage modelingllm fine-tuningcontext modeling

Develop and fine-tune language and context AI models for brain-computer interface applications to assist people with disabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Language modeling Leverage a deep understanding of LMs to create custom solutions for brain-computer interface applications, including LLM fine-tuning, customization, and dissection
  • Explore a variety of LM strategies of various scales and complexities for tailored integration into other decoding pipelines
  • Characterize agentic AI tools for suitability in product user interfaces
  • Context modeling Design and build ML pipelines capable of performing flexible, real-time inference with multiple input streams
  • Deploy custom or off-the-shelf state-of-the-art models for parsing audio, video, and application states
  • Perform context engineering to aggregate and model contextual information for use in downstream decoders
  • General ML practices & company standards Model dissection and interpretability to extract information-rich latent representations from large models (e.g. pretrained foundation models) for broad and generalized use in other models
  • Model miniaturization for low-latency and computationally inexpensive processing
  • Work collaboratively and effectively within a small, cross-functional team to hit both R&D and product-focused goals
  • Maintain versioned, clear, and highly documented code, analysis pipelines, and results for maximum interpretability and reproducibility
  • Contribute to documentation for a Quality Management System, as appropriate and relevant to ML implementations that become part of medical products

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Math, Engineering, Data Science, or other relevant quantitative field
  • A minimum of 5 years of combined academic and professional ML experience
  • Experience deploying ML models in an industry setting
  • Experience designing, developing, and deploying LM models in an industry setting
  • Experience designing, training, and evaluating transformers
  • Proficiency in Python and PyTorch
  • Proficiency in using GPUs and GPU software toolkits to accelerate ML pipelines

Nice to have

  • Experience working with reinforcement learning, LLM alignment and safety, and multilingual modeling
  • Experience developing foundation models and applying transfer-learning techniques
  • Experience working with high-dimensional time-series datasets
  • Experience working on medical or clinical applications
  • Experience translating methods described in scientific publications to available datasets
  • Experience working with speech-recognition, video-processing, and application-parsing models

Conditions

  • An opportunity to work on exciting, cutting-edge projects to transform patients’ lives in a highly collaborative work environment.
  • Competitive compensation, including stock options.
  • Comprehensive benefits package.
  • 401(k) program with matching contributions.

Other

  • Echo Neurotechnologies is an exciting new startup in the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) space, driving innovation through advanced hardware engineering and AI solutions. Our mission is to deliver cutting-edge technologies that restore autonomy to people living with disabilities and improve their quality of life.
  • Join a small, dedicated team of knowledgeable and motivated professionals. Our early-stage environment offers the opportunity to take ownership of broad decisions with significant and long-lasting impact. We emphasize continuous learning and growth, fostering cross-functional collaboration where your contributions are vital to our success.
  • We are seeking an experienced Applied AI Scientist, with a focus on language & context modeling, to join our team. The person who fills this role will apply ML/AI principles and practices to designing, developing, fine-tuning, personalizing, and miniaturizing flexible language and context models for use within brain-computer interface applications to have real-world impact on patients with physical disabilities.
  • Echo Neurotechnologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
  • All applications will be treated confidentially. Applicants may be asked to sign an NDA after the initial stages of the interview process.