Research Engineer

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves live in the moment learn about the world and have fun together.

The Company operates Snapchat a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends family and the world and Specs Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human in addition to Bitmoji Saturn and other digital services.

Specs Inc. also provides Lens Studio a full suite of advanced developer tools that powers immersive augmented reality experiences across Specs Snapchat and other services. Were looking for a Research Engineer to join the Spectacles BCI Team at Snap Inc.!

In this role you will be working on the state of the art of machine learning (ML) for time series data developing the next generation of wearable device sensing. Working from our Paris office (9th arrondissement) you will be collaborating closely with other Specs hardware and software teams around the world.

What youll do:

• Conduct focused product-related research projects defining hypotheses and designing experiments using electrophysiological and cognitive data.
• Review relevant literature and translate scientific knowledge into modeling approaches aligned with product needs.
• Build signal-processing and ML pipelines for noisy real-world time-series sensor data.
• Develop algorithms and ML models for cognitive and physiological decoding using multimodal biological signals captured via wearable devices..
• Collaborate with software and research teams on model development and evaluation data capture and demos.
• Translate findings into clear recommendations for stakeholders and leadership.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities:

• Strong signal-processing fundamentals applied to noisy real-world biosensor data.
• Proficiency in Python and experience with scientific-computing and ML tools.
• Working knowledge of ML for multivariate time series and multimodal sensor fusion.
• Ability to turn research or product questions into concrete technical plans experiments metrics and deliverables.
• Ability to clearly communicate model limitations uncertainty and technical tradeoffs clearly to cross-functional partners.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted engineering workflows.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Masters degree in machine learning computer science biomedical engineering computational neuroscience or related fields.
• 3 years of relevant research or engineering experience developing algorithms or models for time series biometric physiological wearable behavioral or multimodal data.
• Hands-on experience with wearable biometrics products or platforms such as smartwatches fitness trackers health trackers sports-performance wearables or similar real-world sensing devices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD in biomedical engineering computational neuroscience signal processing with a focus on biosignals or an equivalent record of applied research and engineering impact.
• Experience in electroencephalography Brain-Computer Interface or cognitive-state estimation.
• Experience designing ML systems for multivariate time series representation learning calibration or domain adaptation.
• Experience with artifact-aware modeling noisy labels or physiological proxy labels.
• Experience deploying or optimizing ML models for real-life environments
• Experience with agentic AI workflows skills-based automation or AI-assisted research.

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