Data Scientist

The role

A Senior Data Scientist will develop, verify, and deploy physics-based algorithms for laser measurement systems. You will collaborate with hardware, optics, and clinical teams to turn sensor data into production-ready algorithms.

What you will do

• Develop, verify, validate and deploy physics-based algorithms for laser measurement systems
• Collaborate with optical engineers, hardware developers and clinical researchers
• Deliver production-quality code and integrate physics-aware algorithms into backend infrastructure
• Design and execute calibration, validation and noise characterisation methods
• Mentor and collaborate within a multidisciplinary team

Required qualifications

• MSc or PhD in Physics, Optical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field
• 7+ years of relevant industry experience, or 5+ years post-PhD
• Deep knowledge of physics-based modelling and simulation
• Experience with laser-based measurement techniques such as laser speckle, doppler, OCT, interferometry, lidar FMCW or spectroscopy, or related fields
• Strong software engineering skills and proven experience shipping algorithms to production
• Experience working at the hardware–software boundary
• AI fluent

Nice to have

• Experience working in clinical or regulated environments
• Understanding of regulatory requirements for medical device algorithms
• Prior experience in med-tech, biophotonics, metrology or sensor-driven R&D
• Demonstrated success mentoring engineers or researchers in high-growth, mission-driven organisations

About the company

Neko is redefining what prevention means by making data-driven, preventative care accessible through proprietary technology and direct clinical care.