ResearchTechnician

Primary Work Address: 1550 4th Street, Suite 190, San Francisco, CA, 94158-0724 ## [Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account.](https://www.myworkday.com/hhmi/d/task/1422$3228.htmld) The Gonzalez Lab at UCSF is seeking a Research Technician to join a multidisciplinary neuroscience team studying how the brain controls communication, social behavior, and sleep. The lab combines animal behavior, high-density electrophysiology, optical imaging, closed-loop stimulation, machine learning, and custom instrument development to understand neural circuit dynamics in birds and humans. Current and upcoming projects include studies of birdsong fillers and vocal repair, neural decoding during sleep, and later-stage work in human EEG and natural speech. The broader goal is to understand how brains generate speech-like sequences, how these sequences are altered during social interaction, and how the sleeping brain reactivates or transforms behaviorally meaningful experiences. For more information, visit [www.gonzalez-lab.com](http://www.gonzalez-lab.com) . **About the role:** This is a hands-on research position for someone who is motivated by both _engineering and biology_. The Research Technician will help run experiments, care for and handle birds, build and maintain experimental systems, collect and organize behavioral and neural data, and contribute to analysis workflows. The role is well suited for an applicant who enjoys troubleshooting real systems [cameras, microphones, neural recording hardware, behavioral rigs, electronics, 3D-printed parts, and analysis code] and who wants direct exposure to modern systems neuroscience rather than a narrowly defined coding or bench-only position. The technician will work across multiple projects. Early responsibilities will focus on birdsong and sleep experiments, including behavioral recording, audio/video acquisition, electrophysiology support, and development of analysis pipelines. Over time, the role may a