[visionlist] posting for VisionList and Jobs archive

[Matt McMahon]

Where: Second Sight Medical Products, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
What: Research Scientist in Psychophysics and Image Processing

Second Sight Medical Products is hiring a Research Scientist or Postdoc 
to work as part of a collaborative team developing an implantable visual 
prosthesis.

The goal of the project is to create a retinal prosthesis to provide 
sight to patients blinded from outer retinal degenerations, such 
retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration. These prostheses consist 
of electrodes placed on the ganglion cell layer of the retina of 
patients with severe degeneration of the photoreceptor layer. Ongoing 
trials with simple arrays have produced form vision in patients with 
advanced retinitis pigmentosa 
(http://www.2-sight.com/press-release2-15-final.html).

The new employees will work as part of a team of PhD level scientists 
that evaluate perceptual quality, improve image processing and 
stimulation protocols, and develop rehabilitation strategies for 
patients with these implants.

This is a unique opportunity to carry out novel research, and we are 
looking for exceptional candidates. This project is a close 
collaboration between the Doheny Eye Institute at the University of 
Southern California and Second Sight Medical Products, so it would be 
suitable for clinical, academic, or industrial researchers. Work will be 
done in collaboration with groups at the Salk Institute and USC who are 
studying the physiological effects of electrical stimulation in various 
animal models of retinal degeneration.

Desired skills/background:
Experience programming human visual perception experiments (clinical or 
basic science psychophysics).
Experience in computer vision, image processing, or visual system modeling.
Outstanding programming skills (Matlab, JAVA or C).
Experience or understanding of electrical engineering.
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.

To apply, send a cover letter, resume, and the email address/phone 
numbers of three references to both Gia Pinto, gpinto at 2-sight.com and 
Matt McMahon, mm at 2-sight.com .