Senior Research Scientist, Translational Neuroscience, AI & Biomarker Discovery

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Job Title

Senior Research Scientist

Translational Neuroscience AI & Biomarker Discovery

Working at Abbott

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• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
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• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
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The Opportunity

Abbott Neuromodulation is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to contribute to innovative translational research programs focused on understanding the mechanisms of neuromodulation and advancing next-generation therapies.

In this role you will design and execute preclinical and clinical studies that integrate neuroscience molecular biology genetics electrophysiology digital health and artificial intelligence to uncover biological drivers of therapeutic response. You will collaborate across research clinical engineering regulatory and data science teams to generate scientific evidence that informs therapy development biomarker discovery and personalized treatment approaches.

This position is ideal for a scientifically curious and hands-on researcher who enjoys combining experimental design data analysis and translational science to solve complex biological and clinical questions.

What Youll Do

• Design and execute preclinical translational and clinical research studies investigating the biological and physiological mechanisms of neuromodulation.
• Develop and test hypotheses related to treatment response neuroplasticity neural signaling and therapeutic outcomes.
• Conduct multimodal studies integrating molecular genetic electrophysiological imaging behavioral digital and clinical datasets.
• Contribute to the identification and validation of biomarkers associated with treatment response and mechanism of action.
• Apply AI machine learning and advanced analytical methods to generate insights from complex biological and clinical data.
• Collaborate with bioinformatics data science engineering clinical and regulatory teams to advance research programs.
• Evaluate genomic transcriptomic proteomic metabolomic epigenetic and other omics datasets to investigate biological mechanisms and therapeutic outcomes.
• Analyze and interpret research findings and communicate results to scientific and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Author scientific publications technical reports conference presentations and invention disclosures.
• Support collaborations with academic investigators clinical researchers and external research partners.

Required Qualifications

• PhD in Neuroscience Neurobiology Molecular Biology Genetics Biomedical Engineering Systems Biology Computational Biology Bioinformatics or a related scientific discipline.
• 5 years of postdoctoral industry or equivalent research experience in neuroscience neurotechnology biotechnology pharmaceuticals medical devices or related fields.
• Experience designing and executing preclinical and/or clinical research studies.
• Knowledge of one or more of the following areas:
  • Neuroscience or Neurophysiology
  • Neuromodulation
  • Biomarker Discovery
  • Molecular Biology or Genetics
  • Systems Biology or Computational Biology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning applied to biological or clinical datasets
• Experience analyzing and interpreting biological physiological and clinical datasets.
• Strong scientific communication and collaboration skills.
• Demonstrated record of scientific publications and research accomplishments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in chronic pain movement disorders psychiatric disorders or other neuromodulation-related therapeutic areas.
• Experience with EEG ECAPs neuroimaging wearable sensors digital biomarkers or electrophysiological signal analysis.
• Experience working with genomic transcriptomic proteomic metabolomic or other omics datasets.
• Experience integrating multimodal datasets to investigate mechanisms of disease or therapeutic response.
• Familiarity with machine learning predictive modeling or AI applications in healthcare and life sciences.
• Experience working in cross-functional environments spanning research engineering clinical and regulatory organizations.

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The base pay for this position is

$78000.00 $156000.00

In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Research and Discovery

NM Neuromodulation

United States > Texas > Plano : 6901 Preston Road

Standard

Not specified

Not Applicable

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day) Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day) Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day)

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