ML Research Scientist (Health & Sensing)

About the role

Eight Sleep is seeking a research scientist with expertise in machine learning and artificial intelligence to apply these skills to health-related problems. The ideal candidate will work on projects such as autopilot thermoregulation, health foundation modeling, and behavioral simulations.

Responsibilities

• Advance the Pod’s adaptive thermoregulation system
• Optimize comfort and sleep quality in real time through reinforcement learning and closed-loop control
• Develop a multimodal health foundation model integrating physiology and environmental context
• Create a high-fidelity physiological simulator modeling daily behaviors and their impact on sleep and readiness

Requirements

• Expertise in at least one area of machine learning and artificial intelligence
• Strong interest in applying machine learning to health-related problems
• Experience using Python, C/C++, or another programming language to manipulate data and train machine learning models
• 3+ years of practical experience applying ML to solve real-world problems
• PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, Mathematics, or related quantitative field with notable publication record

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, Mathematics, or related quantitative field with relevant publications

Skills

• Self-supervised learning
• Multi-modal ML
• Model optimization
• Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Computer Vision (CV)
• Speech Recognition (ASR)
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Machine Learning (ML)

Benefits

• Immediate responsibility and accelerated career growth
• Collaboration with exceptional talent
• Equitable compensation and continuous equity investment
• Your own Pod

Pay

• Rapidly growing pay based on experience and impact

Schedule

• Flexible schedule to accommodate the fast-paced nature of the role