Research Scientist

Job Details

Research Scientist

About the Opportunity

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Job Summary: The Kostas Research Institute (KRI) at Northeastern University (NU) - a rapidly growing institute that conducts cutting-edge applied R&D - is seeking a highly motivated, experienced and enthusiastic Research & Development (R&D) Engineer with expertise in ML&AI. ...

Education & Experience

Required

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, or a closely related field.
• 2-4 years of professional experience in software engineering, data science, or applied R&D, with exposure to machine learning and AI system development in research, prototype, or production environments.

Preferred

• Master's degree with a focus on ML/AI, data‑intensive systems, network science, optimization, or related areas.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

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%)