Staff Clinical Scientist

About Epia Neuro

Epia Neuro is building neural technology aimed at helping people with neurological conditions regain function and independence. The company’s platform brings together implantable neural interfaces, adaptive algorithms, and assistive devices to convert neural intent into meaningful action in the real world. Its first focus is stroke-related motor impairment, with plans to extend into cognitive decline and additional neurological disorders, especially for the long-term needs of an aging population.

How We Work

• We are deliberate and careful with people’s time, so we stay focused on what matters most.
• We look out for others and put safety first for patients and teammates alike.
• We are accountable for outcomes, not only tasks, because our work affects real patients and real lives.
• We value humility and prefer honesty about what we know and what we still need to learn; accuracy matters more than winning an argument.

The Role

Epia Neuro is looking for a Staff Clinical Scientist to help run early human clinical research for a new neurotechnology platform. In this role, you will act as the clinical science lead for exploratory and early-stage studies, turning study goals into strong protocols, site processes, data collection approaches, and study deliverables.

This position is best suited to a seasoned clinical scientist with a PhD or similar background and prior industry experience supporting sponsor-led clinical studies in medical devices, neurotechnology, neuromodulation, rehabilitation technology, electrophysiology, or other intricate hospital-based research environments.

Travel

This position involves up to 30% travel. Travel can be within the U.S. and occasionally international, based on business needs, and may include hospital visits and on-site field support.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive clinical science execution for exploratory studies, non-significant risk studies, and early human clinical research programs.
• Help develop protocols, endpoints, assessments, data capture plans, case report forms, source documents, and investigator-facing materials.
• Work with Clinical Operations on study launch, site preparedness, IRB coordination, documentation, monitoring plans, and overall study execution.
• Act as a scientific and clinical contact for investigators, physicians, coordinators, hospital research staff, and outside partners.
• Assist with site training, procedure execution, issue tracking, protocol deviation follow-up, and study closeout activities.
• Support data review, study summaries, internal reports, abstracts, manuscripts, and other scientific deliverables.
• Partner closely with clinical, scientific, engineering, software, regulatory, quality, and product teams across functions.

Required Qualifications

• Doctoral-level training or equivalent advanced education in neuroscience, biomedical engineering, clinical research, rehabilitation science, medicine, or a closely related discipline.
• At least 3 years of industry experience supporting sponsor-initiated human clinical research.
• Background in a clinical scientist, clinical research scientist, clinical engineer, clinical study lead, or comparable industry position.
• Hands-on exposure to medical device, neurotechnology, neuromodulation, electrophysiology, rehabilitation technology, or similarly complex clinical studies.
• Working familiarity with study protocols, endpoints, assessments, case report forms, source records, and data review.
• Practical understanding of clinical operations, including IRB processes, study documentation, site startup, monitoring, GCP, and source documentation.
• Strong communication skills for working with physicians, investigators, coordinators, hospital staff, and internal cross-functional teams.
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, and the ability to juggle several study workstreams in a fast-moving environment.
• Willingness to travel to clinical sites as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior academic, translational, or postdoctoral experience in human-subjects or clinical research.
• Experience with early feasibility studies, first-in-human studies, non-significant risk studies, IDE programs, or other early-stage medical device work.
• Exposure to implantable devices, brain-computer interfaces, EEG/ECoG, neurophysiology, or intraoperative research.
• Experience collaborating with academic medical centers, hospitals, or clinical research units.
• Knowledge of ISO 14155, FDA IDE procedures, NSR studies, and Good Clinical Practice standards.
• History of contributing to clinical study reports, abstracts, publications, regulatory documents, or investigator-facing scientific communications.
• Experience in a startup, small-company, or highly collaborative R&D environment.

Benefits

Full-time employees may be eligible for the following:

• Competitive base pay plus equity
• 100% healthcare coverage for employees and their dependents
• Generous vacation policy
• Paid parental leave
• Work from a waterfront office in Alameda, CA, with access to collaborative spaces and labs

Compensation

The compensation range for this role is $155,000 to $190,000 per year.