Drimva

Whoop

Staff Applied Machine Learning Scientist

$170K–$230K

Boston, MA · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026

Experience
7+ years.
Education
MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.

About the job

Develops and deploys production-ready wearable edge algorithms that turn sensor data into real-time physiological insights for WHOOP members.

What you'll do

  • Design and improve algorithms for physiological time-series and multimodal sensor data, including evaluation and validation.
  • Optimize algorithms for embedded deployment while balancing accuracy, power, memory, latency, and compute constraints.
  • Set technical direction and take initiatives from research and prototyping through deployment, monitoring, and improvement.

What they ask for

  • MS or PhD in a related quantitative field.
  • 7+ years of experience developing and deploying machine learning, deep learning, and/or signal processing algorithms for complex real-world applications.
  • Technical expertise in machine learning and deep learning for time-series and multimodal sensor data, and a strong foundation in digital and statistical signal processing.
  • Strong proficiency in Python; experience across the algorithm development lifecycle, including validation, deployment, and continuous improvement.

Nice to have

  • Experience with C/C++ and embedded algorithm development.
  • Experience with physiological signals, wearable sensors, biomedical sensing, or resource-constrained edge environments.

Pay

$170K – $230K USD base salary

Tools

Python, C/C++

AI focus

Applies machine learning, deep learning, signal processing, and edge AI to wearable sensing and physiological insights; the role also calls for using AI tools in day-to-day work.

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First seen Oct 27, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)