Neuroscience PhD – Inference Modelling (Founding Role)

About the Role

A Y Combinator–backed consumer wearable startup at the frontier of emotional intelligence is hiring a founding Neuroscience PhD to own the core inference model that quantifies emotional states from wearable sensor data. This is a rare opportunity to join a five‑person team at the ground floor, bridging cutting‑edge computational neuroscience research with production machine learning — with real ownership and equity from day one.

The company builds a wearable device that tracks and trains emotional intelligence (EQ), processing hundreds of audio and biometric signals to surface actionable emotional state metrics in real time. Prototypes are already on users’ wrists. The mission: make EQ measurable and trainable in an era where AI commoditises cognitive intelligence.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and iterate on the inference model that quantifies emotional states (energy, mood, focus) fro...