2027 PhD/Master's Residency - Nervous System Exploration, Early Stage Project (AI)

Location: X's headquarters in Mountain View, CA, United States. Start date: January/February 2027. Duration: 6 months to 1 year, depending on project needs and availability.

US base salary: $106,000–$147,000 annually, plus benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops early-stage projects intended to create significant positive impact through unconventional research and technology.

What you will do

• Conduct literature reviews and evaluate prior experimental methodologies.
• Apply clinical or research experience with human neurophysiological modalities, including electrophysiology, autonomic markers, wearables, and central or peripheral neural recordings.
• Develop strategies to clean, process, and synthesize noisy, complex, or siloed human physiological datasets.
• Translate biological findings into structured insights, engineering constraints, and technical roadmaps in collaboration with AI/ML and non-technical teams.
• Participate in the resident community through technical talks, colloquia, and discussions with team leads from Google, DeepMind, and external organizations.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a Master's or PhD program in Neuroscience, Clinical Neurophysiology, Biomedical Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Experience with human-subject clinical trials or physiological studies.
• Strong knowledge of human neuroanatomy and experience analyzing clinical data to identify biological connections between physiological systems.
• Proficiency in architecting data pipelines or processing strategies for large volumes of human physiological data.
• Demonstrated ability to write comprehensive scientific reports establishing biological ground truths and informing technical roadmaps.

Nice to have

• Coursework in Neural Engineering, Bioelectricity, Systems Neuroscience, or Neuromodulation.
• Familiarity with clinical neuromodulation therapies and translating human-subject research into hardware or software requirements.
• Deep understanding of biological neural networks and peripheral-to-central pathway mapping.
• Knowledge of advanced computational modeling, such as spiking neural networks or graph neural networks, or willingness to partner with AI engineers to apply these frameworks to clinical data.

Culture & Benefits

• Six-month to one-year paid residency with competitive compensation and Google benefits.
• Placement on a confidential or public X project.
• Community of interns and residents, with access to colloquia, technical talks, and discussions across Google, DeepMind, and external organizations.
• Work is based at X's Mountain View headquarters and involves close collaboration with project teams.