NEUROFEEDBACK RESEARCH ENGINEER POSITION – ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANT - BIBALANCE

at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu

INFORMATION ABOUT THE POSITION

Position: Neurofeedback Research Engineer
Researcher Profile: Research Engineer (R2 - PhD holders or equivalent who are not yet fully independent)
Number of vacancies: 1
Project: ERC Consolidator Grant - BIBALANCE: Early bilingualism boosts the brain's resilience to dyslexia.
Location: Spain > Donostia-San Sebastián
Research Field: Biomedical Engineering
Type of contract/Duration of Contract: Temporary: 1 year
Job Status: Full-time
Hours per week: 35
Starting date: 1^st of September 2025
Ending date: 30^th of June 2025

Information about the project: The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is offering an Engineer position within the BIBALANCE project, recently funded by the European Research Council (ERC). The project aims to investigate the impact of early bilingualism on the brain’s resilience to dyslexia. Specifically, we aim to determine whether highly efficient interhemispheric connectivity during speech processing could enhance the phonological and reading skills of children with and without dyslexia. The expected results of this project should have a significant impact on all the levels of translational research in contributing to identifying mechanisms that can be trained to foster cognitive strategies subtending learning how to read, and learning, more broadly.

Job description: The present project will focus on the design and implementation of a cutting-edge neurofeedback intervention using electroencephalography (EEG) focused on boosting interhemispheric connectivity during speech processing. The neurofeedback pipeline will be based on the real time analysis of the responses evoked by speech stimuli in the left and right hemispheres through EEG. The candidate will be in charge of developing pipelines and scripts in relation to the neurofeedback protocol.

PI and research group:

Marie Lallier, Ikerbasque Research Professor and leader of the Educational Neuroscience and Developmental Disorders group, will supervise the work and tasks together with Dr. Mikel Lizarazu from the Brain Rhythm research group of the BCBL.

The successful candidate will join a dynamic and vibrant research team composed of predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior researchers collaborating on the BIBALANCE project. The group has extensive experience in clinical and educational neurocognitive science research and employs a wide range of behavioural and neuroimaging techniques (e.g., EEG, MEG), as well as diverse experimental designs (e.g., longitudinal, training-based, and single-case studies) involving young populations with or without developmental language disorders. The team is also strongly committed to the societal impact of science, actively engaging in the transfer of scientific knowledge to society by working closely with clinicians and educators and fostering dialogue between scientists and the broader community.

CANDIDATE PROFILE AND SELECTION CRITERIA

Requirements:

• Excellent programming skills

• Experience in software development and prototypes design

• Excellent signal processing analysis skills (EEG/BCI)

• Experience with the design of neurofeedback devices and protocols

• Excellent communication skills in English

Desirable skills:

• Good command of Spanish and Basque

• Willingness to work with children

• Familiarity with statistical analysis

WORKING CONDITIONS

Salary: Gross salary € 30.000

Entitlements and other benefits: https://www.bcbl.eu/en/join-us/what-is-like-to-work-bcbl

Training opportunities and Career development plan:

Researchers at any stage of their career, regardless of their contractual situation, are given an opportunity for professional development and for improving their employability through access to a Personal Career Development Plan which includes:

(1) Training through individually personalized research projects under senior supervision

(2) Exchanging knowledge with the scientific community and the general public

(3) Network-wide training in theory and methods

(4) Complementary training courses

(5) Involvement in proposal writing, task coordination

(6) Development of skills for the organization of training and scientific events

BCBL seeks to foster an environment where all talents can flourish, regardless of gender, age, cultural background, nationality or impairments. If you have any questions relating to accessibility or support contact us.

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Language policy

The corporative language at the Center is English but the national language will be an asset for this particular position
The center provides initial level Spanish and Basque lessons to all the international staff members
The interview will be conducted entirely in English

APPLICATION PROCESS

Submission of the application and documentation:

To submit your application, please follow this link: applying for “Neurofeedback Research Engineer - ERC Consolidator Grant - BIBALANCE” and attach the following documentation: