Research Scientist / Postdoc Lead & Mentor

Aimlroles; Hoboken (NJ); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ invites applications for a Research Scientist / Postdoctoral Researcher role within the Wireless Communications and Health AI group. The position emphasizes independent research leadership and collaboration across researchers and program managers.

The successful candidate will mentor graduate and undergraduate researchers, lead project execution, and contribute to manuscripts and sponsor reports while advancing rigorous, reproducible research

Qualifications

• A Ph.D. in computer science, electrical or computer engineering, systems engineering, or a closely related field by the start date.
• A strong research record in at least one area relevant to the group.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating research activities, leading a technical project or workstream, or mentoring junior researchers.
• Ability to translate broad research objectives into concrete tasks, realistic timelines, and measurable outcomes.
• Strong technical writing, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Evidence of initiative, sound judgment, reliable follow-through, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• A collaborative and supportive mentoring approach, with a commitment to research rigor and student development.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day project execution. Develop and maintain research plans, milestones, responsibilities, and deliverable schedules.
• Mentor graduate and undergraduate researchers. Hold regular technical meetings, help students define achievable objectives, review their work, troubleshoot obstacles, and develop their independence and research judgment.
• Coordinate with program managers and collaborators. Prepare technical updates, organize meetings, communicate results and challenges clearly, and follow through on agreed actions in coordination with the PI.
• Conduct and guide substantive research. Contribute original methods, software, experiments, or system implementations in relevant research areas and help ensure the technical quality of the team’s work.
• Lead preparation of research outputs. Coordinate and contribute to manuscripts, sponsor reports, presentations, demonstrations, and other project deliverables.
• Strengthen research practices. Support reproducible experiments, clear documentation, shared code and data practices, and effective onboarding of new researchers.
• Contribute to proposal development and identify opportunities for collaboration and future research.

Skills

Research leadership

Mentoring

Technical writing

Communication

Project coordination

Education

PhD in CS/EE/SE

Tools

Simulation environments

Experimentation testbeds

Software/hardware experience

Job description

Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ invites applications for a Research Scientist / Postdoctoral Researcher role within the Wireless Communications and Health AI group. The position emphasizes independent research leadership and collaboration across researchers and program managers.

The successful candidate will mentor graduate and undergraduate researchers, lead project execution, and contribute to manuscripts and sponsor reports while advancing rigorous, reproducible research