Senior ML/AI R&D Scientist

Northeastern University; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition waiver

Generous retirement matching

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

The Kostas Research Institute (KRI) at Northeastern University in Burlington, MA is seeking a highly motivated R&D Engineer with expertise in ML/AI to contribute to multi-disciplinary projects in autonomy, sensing, and decision-support systems.

You will collaborate with academic and industry partners to transform ML technologies into practical, state-of-the-art systems and support government and industry contracts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or a closely related field.
• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering with a strong focus on machine learning and AI systems development (research, applied R&D, or production environments).

Responsibilities

• Software R&D activities, including software development and implementation, prototype modeling & simulation, design, and experimentation. (45%)
• Test and validation of software systems and software for prototype deployment. (45%)
• Provide software development subject matter expertise across a diverse set of application areas and contribute to proposals, publications, whitepapers, etc. (10%)

Skills

Python proficiency

PyTorch

HPC

Cloud computing

PostgreSQL

Graph databases

Git

C++/Java

ML/AI system design

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Neo4j

NetworkX

SQL

Job description

The Kostas Research Institute (KRI) at Northeastern University in Burlington, MA is seeking a highly motivated R&D Engineer with expertise in ML/AI to contribute to multi-disciplinary projects in autonomy, sensing, and decision-support systems.

You will collaborate with academic and industry partners to transform ML technologies into practical, state-of-the-art systems and support government and industry contracts.