Open Positions

The Stepp Lab for Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Engineering at Boston University accepts applications for full-time postdoctoral associates, full-time doctoral students, part-time clinical recruitment assistants, and part-time graduate and undergraduate research assistant positions. Areas of research include voice and speech motor control, acoustic features of voice production, and functional measurements of voice and speech in health and disease.

Postdoctoral Associates:
Postdoctoral candidates will be considered, with experience in one or more of the following areas strongly preferred: speech science, acoustics, voice disorders, motor speech disorders, biomedical instrumentation, signal processing, real-time modification of auditory feedback, hearing science, high speed imaging, biomechanical modeling. Postdoctoral candidates are encouraged to apply for internal (i.e., Boston University’s NIH T32 training grant) and external (e.g., NIH F32 grant) funding. Training will be in the specific areas of research, multidisciplinary research program management, grant writing, and scientific dissemination, with the goal of assisting postdoctoral associates in excelling as future independent investigators. If you are interested in joining the lab as a postdoctoral associate, please reach out to Dr. Stepp directly at cstepp@bu.edu.

Doctoral Research Assistants:
The Stepp Lab accepts doctoral students from the following PhD programs at Boston University: Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Graduate Program for Neuroscience, and Rehabilitation Sciences. All doctoral students at Boston University are guaranteed at least 5 years of full-time funding. If you are interested in joining the lab as a doctoral student, please reach out to Dr. Stepp directly at cstepp@bu.edu.

Graduate Research Assistants:
Master’s students who are graduate research assistants in the Stepp Lab are involved in running studies, data analysis, and collaboration with undergraduate and doctoral students. All hired RAs will begin as volunteers. This volunteer period is to ensure that both the hired RA and the lab are a good fit for each other. The period lasts an average of 6 weeks but extends no longer than one semester. The ideal applicant will be interested in a longer-term (multiple semesters) position. Master’s students are also eligible for thesis projects in the lab. Apply here.

Undergraduate Research Assistants:
Undergraduate research assistants are involved in running studies, data analysis, and collaboration with graduate students. All hired RAs will begin as volunteers. This volunteer period is to ensure that both the hired RA and the lab are a good fit for each other. The period lasts an average of 6 weeks but extends no longer than one semester. The ideal applicant will be interested in a longer-term (multiple semesters) position. Undergraduate students are also eligible for UROP, thesis work, and/or senior projects in the lab. Currently, we are prioritizing applicants who have a valid EMT license in the state of Massachusetts. Apply here.

All candidates must be dedicated to building, maintaining, and promoting a collaborative, diverse, inclusive, equitable, and just environment within and beyond Boston University.