Research Scientist/Engineer

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Develop new architectures and learning algorithms for neuroscience-based world models
• ▹Design experiments testing high-level cognition and causal representations
• ▹Collaborate with neuroscientists and software engineers
• ▹Contribute to open publication models and open-source releases

Requirements

• ▹PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience, Physics, or related field (preferred)
• ▹Strong foundations in deep learning, graphical models, and information theory
• ▹Expert-level PyTorch/JAX skills, clean and reproducible research code
• ▹Interest in the big questions of AI (robustness, generalization)

Soft skills

About the company

Astera is a research institute with a $2.5B endowment pursuing a neuroscience-informed approach to engineering AGI.