Staff Research Associate I - Ophthalmology

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm Posted Date 05/14/2026 Salary Range: $28.69 - 34.21 Hourly Employment Type 2 - Staff: Career Duration Indefinite Job # 30323

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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The Staff Research Associate I (SRA I) will assist in the research goals of the Au laboratory under the direct supervision of the Principal Investigator (PI). This position will also manage machine learning pipelines.

Salary Range: $28.69 - $34.21 Hourly

Job Qualifications

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Required:

• Obtain, manage, and preprocess large-scale ophthalmic imaging datasets
• Apply /develop machine learning algorithms focused on ophthalmic images
• Proficiency with Python or R for analysis, model development, and visualization
• Familiarity with medical imaging formats and tools (e.g., DICOM, TIFF)
• Work independently, maintain organized records, and reproduce analyses
• High ethical standards in the analysis of data
• Strong communication skills

Preferred:

• B.S. in Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, or related field
• Strong coding abilities and knowledge of computational medicine and biostatistics.
• Previous experience working with machine learning using ophthalmic datasets
• B.S. in Computational Medicine, Computer Science, or related field

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.