Job Offer: Neuroimaging Engineer (VB-Tech | INS)
ABOUT VB-TECH & THE INS
VB-Tech (Virtual Brain Technologies) is a Marseille-based deeptech/medtech startup developing BrainXplore™, the world's first patient-specific digital brain twin platform for personalized neurosurgery. Our flagship product, VEP-1, targets drug-resistant epilepsy through SEEG surgical planning based on computational brain modeling. VB-Tech works hand in hand with the Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes (INS) — a joint Inserm and Aix-Marseille University research unit on the La Timone campus in Marseille that combines experimental, theoretical and clinical neuroscience to understand the dynamics of the brain in health and disease, notably epilepsy, and is home to The Virtual Brain platform. Our scientific foundation rests on the EPINOV clinical trial (350+ patients, 13 international centers — results under analysis) and over 25 years of R&D led by Prof. Viktor Jirsa (creator of The Virtual Brain and director of the INS). We are also affiliated with EBRAINS, the European research infrastructure for brain science. Through EBRAINS, we contribute to and draw on a shared ecosystem of open data, brain-simulation tools and high-performance computing resources that advance digital neuroscience and brain medicine across Europe.
We are at an exciting inflection point — with clinical partners at UPMC Pittsburgh, UC Davis Health, and BC Children's Hospital Vancouver — and we are growing our core engineering team.
THE ROLE
As a Neuroimaging Engineer at VB-Tech, you will be the backbone of our data processing infrastructure. The neuroimaging pipelines you build and maintain are central to every one of our products — from VEP-1 (SEEG epilepsy planning) to future indications in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. You will transform raw clinical MRI and electrophysiology data into patient-specific brain models, working closely with our scientific and clinical teams.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
▸ Design, develop and maintain neuroimaging processing pipelines for T1/T2, diffusion MRI and functional MRI data
▸ Perform and optimize brain segmentation, parcellation, tractography and connectivity analysis
▸ Integrate standard neuroimaging toolboxes (FreeSurfer, FSL, MRtrix, ANTs) into the BrainXplore™ platform
▸ Contribute to EEG, MEG and SEEG data preprocessing pipelines as needed
▸ Ensure pipeline robustness, reproducibility and compatibility across multi-center clinical datasets
▸ Collaborate with neuroscientists and clinicians to validate outputs against real patient data
▸ Write clean, tested, production-quality Python and shell scripting code
REQUIRED PROFILE
Education
▸ MSc or PhD in Neuroimaging, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, or a closely related field
Technical Skills
▸ Structural MRI processing — T1/T2 segmentation, parcellation, cortical surface reconstruction
▸ Diffusion MRI and tractography — white matter connectivity, structural connectome
▸ Functional MRI processing pipelines — resting-state and task-based
▸ Proficiency with FreeSurfer, FSL, MRtrix, ANTs
▸ Python and shell scripting — production-quality scientific code
▸ EEG / MEG / SEEG preprocessing is a plus
TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT
Python Shell Scripting FreeSurfer
FSL MRtrix ANTs
T1/T2 MRI Diffusion MRI fMRI
POSITION DETAILS
Location Marseille, France (on-site / hybrid)
Contract CDI or fixed-term — to be discussed
Start date As soon as possible
Level MSc minimum — PhD appreciated
Language French and English required
WHY JOIN VB-TECH?
▸ Work on a clinically deployed, internationally recognized platform with real patient impact
▸ Collaborate daily with world-class neuroscientists including Prof. Viktor Jirsa (creator of The Virtual Brain)
▸ Join a fast-growing deeptech startup at Series A stage, with strong academic and clinical partnerships
▸ Be part of an international team with presence in Marseille, Romania
▸ Contribute to an open science ecosystem (EPINOV trial, EBRAINS, EIC Pathfinder)
To Apply
Send your CV and a brief cover note to: l.otten@vb-tech.fr
Subject: Neuroimaging Engineer — Application
VB-Tech | INS
Virtual Brain Technologies | Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes
Marseille, France · Deep Tech · MedTech · Neuroscience
UMR 1106 – Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes INS Faculté de Médecine de la Timone
27 Bd Jean Moulin - 13385 Marseille cedex 05. France
Tel : + 33 (0) 4 91 32 42 21 ou 23 | Fax : + 33 (0) 4 91 78 99 14