Member of Research Staff, Preclinical

Job description

**About Nudge** At Nudge, our mission is to develop the best technology for interfacing with the brain to improve people's lives. We're starting with an approach that we believe can help the most people the fastest, and also allow us to learn as much about the brain as possible: developing a non-invasive, ultrasound-based device that can stimulate and image the brain at high resolution and depth. This is a vertically integrated effort building cutting-edge hardware, software, and research capabilities to create products that can benefit millions — and eventually billions — of people. To succeed, we need to assemble world-class teams across everything we do. We hire people who are exceptional at their craft, believe hard things are worth doing, and execute relentlessly — people who expect the highest levels of both rigor and integrity from each other. **About the role** As a member of research staff at Nudge, you will: - Execute rodent experiments (mice and rats) in compliance with standardized protocols - Perform and support *in vivo* procedures, including animal stereotaxic surgery, neural imaging, electrophysiology, behavior, and ultrasound delivery - Perform rodent perfusions, brain extraction, and tissue collection for downstream histological and molecular analysis - Conduct *in vitro* cell culture and brain slice experiments - Design, build, and improve experimental setups, tools, and laboratory workflows **About you** We are looking for research staff of all levels. Regardless of your experience level, you should have: - Hands-on experience working in a preclinical or animal research laboratory, neuroscience experience preferred - Experience handling rodents (mice and/or rats) and familiarity with basic *in vivo* techniques (dosing, anesthesia, perfusion, tissue harvest) - Experience with stereotactic viral injections or cranial window implantations preferred - Familiarity with sterile cell culture technique - Comfortable building things with your hands — fabricating simple fixtures, adapting equipment, and solving practical problems in the lab - Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in neuroscience, biology, or a related field preferred - High integrity and strong professional judgment