Image Processing and Analysis Engineer

Merge Labs is a frontier research lab developing brain-computer interfaces that integrate high-bandwidth neural interaction with advanced AI. The Image Processing and Analysis Engineer will build and maintain image-analysis tools that convert image series into reliable measurements, develop registration and detection methods, validate workflows, and integrate them into imaging and reconstruction systems.

Responsibilities:

• Develop image-based methods and scan strategies to locate wells and match brain imaging planes for repeatable probe positioning
• Build analysis workflows for object and peak detection, background subtraction, drift correction, and response metrics such as rise and fall times
• Develop and validate registration methods for reconstructed image series, quantifying motion and alignment accuracy
• Develop registration methods to align ultrasound images with MRI and other anatomical references for imaging and targeting workflows
• Agree metric definitions and acceptance criteria with scientists, including accuracy, repeatability, and failure conditions
• Rigorously validate analysis methods with reference measurements, controls, and regression tests, assessing signal preservation and repeatability
• Improve and maintain tested, documented Python tools that scientists can run independently
• Integrate analysis methods with acquisition and reconstruction workflows and optimize runtime and memory use for large image datasets