Senior Research Scientist

About the Opportunity

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. The R&D Engineer is expected to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the successful execution of R&D projects.

Responsibilities include providing technical contributions as a software engineer for a wide range of projects involving machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), including autonomy, sensing and communication, and decision support systems, among others.

Education & Experience

Required

• 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).

Preferred

• Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) with applied ML/AI, network science, optimization, or data-intensive systems focus.
• Experience supporting government, defense, or security-related R&D programs.
• Experience developing or integrating simulation‑based models, including physics‑based, network‑based, agent‑based, or stochastic simulations for system analysis, experimentation, or decision support.

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%)