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Senior Data Scientist (CLEARANCE REQUIRED)
$139K–$165K
Woburn, MA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 5, 2026
- Location
- Woburn, MA
Woburn, Massachusetts, United States - Experience
- MS with at least 5 years of experience, and/or PhD (or equivalent experience).
- Education
- MS in a scientific field such as applied math, physics, electrical engineering, computer science, or data science; and/or PhD (or equivalent experience).
- Visa sponsorship
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility required; U.S. citizenship is needed by the U.S. government.
About the job
Develop and validate data analysis and machine-learning algorithms for signals exploitation, tracking, system resource management, and national security applications.
What you'll do
- Analyze data, build software pipelines, and identify metrics across datasets.
- Design experiments and validate or compare algorithm performance using measured data and simulations.
- Contribute to project teams and interact with customers.
What they ask for
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. government.
- Experience in intelligence or military-related mission areas.
- Experience building data analysis pipelines and designing algorithm-performance experiments using standard tools.
- Proficiency in Python or C/C++, with experience using data science tools such as scikit-learn, Pandas, and Matplotlib.
Nice to have
- Experience with statistical inference, systems simulation, Monte Carlo or optimization methods, and/or data structures.
- Expertise in time-series, geospatial, or spatio-temporal data.
Pay
$139,000 - $165,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, C++, scikit-learn, Pandas, Matplotlib
AI focus
Applies machine learning and related analytics algorithms to signals exploitation, target tracking, predictive analytics, and system resource management.
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