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Senior Optical Research Scientist

CoMind· R&D
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London, UKFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior scientific role at CoMind focused on design, validation, and optimization of non-invasive neuromonitoring optical systems. Hands-on experimentation across optics, neuroscience, data science, and clinical neuromonitoring with cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and directly contribute to laboratory, phantom, benchtop, and in-vivo testing of new optical neuromonitoring systems and methods
  • Own defined experimental workstreams from planning and protocol development through execution, analysis, documentation, and communication of results
  • Develop and validate tissue-mimicking phantoms and experimental setups used to assess optical system performance
  • Perform in-vivo optical measurements on healthy volunteers, including subject setup, data acquisition, signal quality assessment, and interpretation of physiological responses
  • Generate and analyse high-quality experimental datasets to support product development, system validation, and data science / machine learning activities
  • Investigate device performance, signal quality, system limitations, and failure modes using structured troubleshooting and data-driven analysis
  • Summarise findings, compile technical reports, and present results to research, product, engineering, clinical, and leadership teams
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to inform design decisions, support verification and validation activities, and ensure experimental evidence is translated into product and technical decisions
  • Provide technical guidance to less experienced team members and help maintain high standards of experimental practice, documentation, and scientific rigour
  • AI is fundamental to our culture — embrace AI in daily work and continuously find new ways to use it effectively

Qualifications

  • Background in physics, medical physics, biomedical engineering, optical engineering, biomedical optics, or a related discipline
  • 5+ years undertaking laboratory testing and development of physiological or biomedical measurement systems, including experimental design, device application, data acquisition, and analysis
  • Strong hands-on experience working with experimental or prototype technologies, including setup, troubleshooting, measurement execution, and data quality assessment
  • Experience with in-vivo physiological signal acquisition, ideally using optical or optoelectronic measurement systems
  • Strong understanding of tissue optics, optical signal acquisition, and physiological measurement principles
  • Experience with tissue-mimicking phantoms, optical phantoms, flow phantoms, or experimental validation systems
  • Experience analysing complex experimental datasets and extracting meaningful signals, parameters, trends, or performance metrics
  • Fluency in at least one programming language used for data collection and analysis, such as Python, MATLAB, or LabVIEW
  • Ability to translate scientific or engineering questions into well-designed experiments with clear objectives, controls, and success criteria
  • Strong communication skills, including scientific writing, technical reporting, and presentation of results to different audiences
  • Experience working in an interdisciplinary team across optics, engineering, neuroscience, clinical science, product development, or data science

Benefits

  • Company equity plan
  • Salary-sacrifice pension scheme
  • Private medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Group life assurance at 4x annual income
  • Comprehensive mental health support with unlimited 1:1 sessions
  • Unlimited holiday allowance (+ bank holidays) and one remote working day per quarter
  • Lunch voucher (£10) and free dinner on late days
  • Twice weekly fresh fruit and snacks
  • YuLife subscription for discounts via daily steps and meditation
Last updated Jul 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About CoMind

The Future of Neurotechnology is Non-Invasive

Our mission is to redefine the way the brain is measured and treated to optimise patient outcomes across the care continuum.

NeurotechnologyMedical DevicesNon-Invasive
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