The Bioanalytics Systems & Technologies Group focuses on driving analytic and Al/ML solutions that leverage 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. The work of the group is highly collaborative and interdisciplinary. Accordingly, the backgrounds of the researchers and program teams are diverse. As a systems analyst, you will work with your team to understand and support success by providing recommendations regarding technology capabilities, requirements, architectures, and pipelines to provide guidance and meet the needs of the U.S. government in developing advanced technologies and algorithms. As needed, technology verification and validation may be conducted, which may also involve testing software and systems with users in realistic settings.
Job DescriptionThe Bioanalytics Systems & Technologies Group focuses on driving analytic and Al/ML solutions that leverage 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. The work of the group is highly collaborative and interdisciplinary. Accordingly, the backgrounds of the researchers and program teams are diverse. As a systems analyst, you will work with your team to understand and support success by providing recommendations regarding technology capabilities, requirements, architectures, and pipelines to provide guidance and meet the needs of the U.S. government in developing advanced technologies and algorithms. As needed, technology verification and validation may be conducted, which may also involve testing software and systems with users in realistic settings.
Our group is seeking a highly motivated and experienced staff member with strong systems-level thinking skills, and strong experience in one or more areas of modeling and simulation, systems analysis, data pipeline prototyping, and/or data science and decision support tools. You will help drive innovation by staying abreast of current technologies, investigating pros and cons of solutions, and prototyping. As Technical Staff, you will also be a principal investigator for projects, lead teams, define research plans, and provide technical and management oversight.
Job Requirements- Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Science, Statistics, Physics, or related scientific field, or equivalent experience in technical analysis. In lieu of a Ph.D., a master's degree with 7+ years of directly related experience will be considered. Additional experience beyond the Ph.D. is a plus.
- Experience applying artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to answer either research question or practical technical problems
- Ability to frame the "big picture" motivations and constraints around an issue, while knowing when and how to dig into the underlying details
- Experience with biological data and developing solutions in AWS, data lakes/data warehouses a plus
- Familiarity with data technologies in areas of data integration, data curation and harmonization a plus
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and lead small to medium teams of diverse backgrounds and skillsets to execute your vision for program success
- Demonstrated skills in scientific writing and development and clear presentation of technical materials to varied audiences of technical and non-technical backgrounds
- This position is onsite only.
Recent Graduate Hiring Range: $145,200 - $170,000
Experienced Hiring Range: $145,200 - $220,000
Disclaimer: MIT Lincoln Laboratory provides a typical hiring range as a good faith estimate of what we reasonably expect to offer for this position at the time of posting. The final salary offered to a selected candidate will depend on various factors, including-but not limited to-the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, skills and education/training, internal equity considerations and applicable legal requirements. This range reflects base salary only and does not include additional forms of compensation or benefits.At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, our exceptional career opportunities include many outstanding benefits to help you stay healthy, feel supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance. Benefits offered to employees include:
- 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!
Please visit our Benefits page for more information. As an employee of MIT, you can also take advantage of other voluntary benefits, discounts and perks.
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.
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.
Requisition ID: 42694
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