The Bioanalytics Systems & Technologies Group focuses on driving analytics to take advantage of 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 chemical and biological defense, biosecurity, public and global health and warfighter performance. Job Description Our group is seeking a highly motivated data scientist to join our diverse and multi-functional team. As a Technical Staff member, you may be responsible for contributing to technical solutions as well as working with the sponsor, understanding their needs, translating them to a technical roadmap, and leading multidisciplinary teams to bring that to fruition. We are looking for an individual who has a strong background a technical field and who will further the Group’s mission by developing and applying state-of -the-art data science technologies that can help us address key national stakeholder needs . Example areas of effort include, but are not limited to, assessing the AI data readiness of systems, prototyping reference data science architectures, and leveraging multi-omics, clinical, and imaging data to provide insights for therapeutic suitability for a range of diseases. As a Technical Staff member, you will be a principal investigator for projects, lead teams, define research plans, and provide technical and management oversight. Requirements + Ph.D. in Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Computational Biology, Biomedical Engineering, or related scientific field or equivalent experience in technical analysis. In lieu of a Ph.D., a master’s degree with 5+ years of directly related experience will be considered. + Demonstrated ability to derive actionable information from multi-modal data. + 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. + Occasional travel (<10%) with optional opportunities for travel. 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 (https://hr.mit.edu/benefits) for more information. As an employee of MIT, you can also take advantage of other voluntary benefits, discounts and perks (https://hr.mit.edu/benefits/additional) . 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: [[id]]