About us
NTUS Lab is part of HM CINAC, a reference center in focused ultrasound for movement disorders since 2018: first subthalamotomy trial in Parkinson's disease (NEJM, Lancet Neurology), close to 500 thalamotomies for essential tremor and pioneering work on blood-brain barrier opening. We are now extending this work to low-intensity, reversible ultrasound neuromodulation.
The project
You will join two ongoing projects on low-intensity transcranial focused ultrasound in Parkinson's disease, one with the MR-guided Exablate Neuro system (Insightec) and one with the neuronavigated NeuroFUS system (Brainbox). Both share a common validation framework based on EEG, TMS and behavior.
What you will do
- Prepare and run experimental sessions with patients and healthy volunteers, including sham protocols
- Acquire TMS motor evoked potentials, EEG, EMG and accelerometry, and run behavioral tasks
- Process and analyze signals (MEP extraction, spectral analysis) in Python and MATLAB
- Support acoustic planning and dosimetry: hydrophone calibration, k-Wave simulations and skull models from MRI
- Keep data organized, traceable and of high quality across both projects
- Take part in lab meetings, journal clubs and scientific communications
What we offer
- 2-year full-time contract, gross salary approx. 27,500 € per year
- A structured training plan with close supervision and growing autonomy
- State-of-the-art equipment: Exablate Neuro, NeuroFUS with Brainsight neuronavigation, Magstim TMS, EEG, 3T PET-MR, GPU servers
- A multidisciplinary team of engineers, physicists, neurologists, neurophysiologists and neurosurgeons
- A strong springboard toward a PhD or a career in neurotechnology
Eligibility requirements (mandatory)
- University degree (Bachelor/Grado, Licenciatura or Engineering) completed by the contract start date
- Under 30 years old on the contract start date
- Unemployed until the day before the contract starts
- No employment relationship with HM Hospitales as of 26 June 2026
- Non-EU degrees must already have the official Spanish homologation or equivalence (applications in progress are not valid). Degrees from EU universities do not need it.
Preferred profile
- Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Telecommunications, Neuroscience, Psychology, Biology or a related field
- Programming in Python and/or MATLAB
- Experience or strong interest in EEG, TMS, signal processing or neuroimaging
- Good Spanish (daily work with patients) and good English
- Rigor, organization and comfort working with patients
How to apply
Send your updated CV to jpineda.hmcinac [at] hmhospitales.com with the subject "Research Assistant application - [Name Surname]" before 15 November 2026.
This position is co-funded by the European Union through the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+).