MindMaze is the world’s leading Neurotechnology start-up built on more than a decade of pioneering research at the intersection of virtual reality and neuroscience. Our breakthrough platform combines virtual & augmented reality, neuroscience and artificial intelligence to build intuitive human machine interfaces. Our first products help patients suffering from severe disabilities following a neurological incident.

Join our eclectic mix of scientists, physicists, engineers and clinicians, and grow with MindMaze.

The MindMaze Neuroscience team is searching for a full-time neuroscientist/neuropsychologist (MD/PhD) specializing in cognitive rehabilitation. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will lead the development of digital therapies for rehabilitating cognitive function in neurological and aging conditions.

Together with a multidisciplinary team of clinical field therapists, engineers, developers, marketing product experts, you will define the content of MindMaze cognitive digital therapies, and work on their implementation. You will also design and/or supervise experiments/clinical trials and analyze results to gather evidence for their efficacy. You will communicate these results internally, and/or externally in conferences, event and via academic publications.

Your mission

• Designing and supervising the implementation of cognitive assessments and rehabilitation protocols and activities.
• Interacting with neurorehabilitation centres in Switzerland, Europe, US and Asia to run clinical trails and participate research projects.

Your responsibility:

• Review and monitor available literature on rehabilitation efficacy.
• Design new rehabilitation approaches for stroke and other neurological conditions.  
• Design and supervise clinical studies.
• Analyse data.
• Attend and present data at most relevant conferences in neurorehabilitation and technology
• Write scientific papers.

To support you, MindMaze will:

• Provide an international collaborative work environment
• Provide mentoring
• Allow flexible employment terms and conditions

Skills that we look out for are among

• PhD or MD PhD in cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychology, behavioural neurology, cognitive neurorehabilitation
• 2+ years of postdoctoral experience with strong evidence of research output quality
• 3+ years of proven clinical experience
• Extensive experience with studying, assessing and rehabilitating cognitively impaired patients
• Strong understanding of modern theories explaining different cognitive functions (e.g. memory, attention, planning)
• Strong understanding of the scientific method and reasoning from first-principles
• Comfortable with using high-level programming languages (e.g., Python/Matlab) and software for statistical data analysis and visualization

Icing on the cake

• Knowledge of state-of-the-art assessments of motor deficits, pain & fatigue following brain damage
• Experience in non-invasive measurement and stimulation techniques (fMRI, EEG, EMG, TMS, tDCS)
• Experience in techniques of analysis of brain lesions (e.g.,VLSM) and/or neuroimaging

To be successful, you can illustrate the fact that you have the following abilities:

• Excellent communication skills in English and possible in French
• Team player: works well with others and strive for a common goal
• Planning and organising: effectively use resources to get things done. Can orchestrate multiple activities to accomplish a goal. Spends time on what is important
• Strong interpersonal skills: relates well to all kinds of people, builds constructive and effective relationships