Astera Institute jobs
Nonprofit funder backing neuro-AI, AI safety, and open science research, running Focused Research Organizations and residencies for scientists and engineers.
Based in Emeryville, CA. 38 open roles, checked Nov 7, 2026.
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Open roles at Astera Institute
Neuroscience (13)
- Hardware Engineer, Precision Instrumentation · Emeryville HQ
- Probe Engineer · Alameda
- Research Scientist, Multiregional Electrophysiology of Rodent Cognition · Alameda
- Research Scientist/Engineer, Deep Brain Two Photon Imaging and Optogenetics · Alameda
- Research Scientist, All-Optical Investigation of Rodent Cognition · Alameda
- Optical Engineer, Precision Instrumentation · Alameda
- Research Scientist / Engineer, Functional Ultrasound Imaging · Alameda
- Research Scientist, Theory & Computation · Alameda
- Human Neuroscientist, Intracranial Recording · Alameda
- Research Associate, Rodent Surgery & Behavior · Alameda
- Research Scientist · Alameda
- Principal Software Engineer, Neuroscience Platforms · Alameda
- Principal Hardware Engineer, Precision Instrumentation · Emeryville HQ
Robotics (4)
- Robotics Systems Intern · Emeryville HQ
- Mechatronics Engineer · Emeryville HQ
- Full-Stack Robotics & AI Engineer · Emeryville HQ
- Senior Roboticist · Emeryville HQ
Prism (4)
- Senior Scientist, Structural Data Representation · Emeryville HQ
- Senior Scientist, Ensemble–Function Mapping · Emeryville HQ
- General Prism Job Application · Emeryville HQ
- Scientist - Ensemble Structural Informatics (CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS) · Emeryville HQ
NeuroAI (4)
- Research Scientist: Hierarchical Sensorimotor Perception · Emeryville HQ
- Research Scientist: Hierarchical RL Agents · Emeryville HQ
- Research Scientist/Engineer · Emeryville HQ
- Research Scientist: Energy Based Models · Emeryville HQ
Discourse Graphs (2)
- Senior Product Engineer, Discourse Graphs · Remote
- Senior Product Manager, Discourse Graphs · Remote
Operations (2)
- Administrative Assistant · Emeryville HQ
- Founding Technical Recruiter · Emeryville HQ
General (2)
- Scientific Writer, Life Science (Radial) · Emeryville HQ
- General Application · Emeryville HQ
Polytope Bio (2)
- Principal AI Scientist (Polytope Bio) · Remote
- Senior/Staff AI Scientist (Polytope Bio) · Remote
NanoDynamics (2)
- Precision Instrumentation Control & Estimation Consultant · Emeryville HQ
- Nanoelectronics & Device-Physics Engineer · Emeryville HQ
Open Science (1)
- Open Science Policy and Operations Manager · Emeryville HQ
Springtail AI (1)
- Machine Learning Researcher - Springtail · Emeryville HQ
Simplex (1)
- Research Scientist - Simplex · Emeryville HQ
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