Data Scientist
Position Description
The Bioanalytics Systems & Technologies Group focuses on driving analytic and Al/ML solutions that leverage the vast and rapidly expanding biological datasets to address national security needs. The Group’s efforts include developing software architectures and systems, bioinformatics tools, and AI algorithms to further the nation’s efforts in biomedical, health, chemical and biological defense, biosecurity, public and global health and warfighter performance.
Job Requirements
- Master’s in Data Science, Computational Biology, Biomedical Informatics, AI, or related scientific field or equivalent experience in technical analysis. In lieu of a Master's degree, a bachelor’s degree with 3 to 5 years of directly related experience will be considered.
- Experience with AI development including applying large language models (LLMs) for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for biomedical problems.
- Experience in developing data pipelines from harmonizing, curating and aggregating data. Familiarity with molecular, physiological and/or clinical data a plus
- Ability to work collaboratively and lead highly interdisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated skills in scientific writing, as well as development and clear presentation of technical materials to a wide spectrum of technical and non-technical audiences a plus
- Experience with bioinformatic processing and analysis of sequence (genomics/transcriptomic), proteomics, and chemical data using open-source and custom tools is highly desirable
Qualifications
This role is onsite only
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
MIT-funded pension
Matching 401K
Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
Mentorship programs
A range of work-life balance options
... and much more!
Pay
Recent Graduate Hiring Range: $116,400 - $140,000
Experienced Hiring Range: $116,400 - $182,200
Schedule
Onsite only
Benefits
As an employee of MIT, you can also take advantage of other voluntary benefits, discounts and perks.
Background Investigation
Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.
EEO Statement
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.