Job DescriptionOur staff members:
- Design, program, and architect advanced ML methods.
- Develop algorithms in speech, natural language processing, multimedia, cyber, and graph analytics.
- Publish and present research at premier conferences.
The AI Technology and Systems Group is seeking motivated applicants that can contribute to projects addressing a wide range of national needs in AI and ML. Assignments may include:
- Research on state-of-the-art algorithms in signal processing, natural language processing, graph analytics, or adversarial AI.
- Applying innovative methods to challenging, real-world problems.
- Working in a collaborative, team-oriented development environment.
This is an opportunity to apply your skills to some of the most important technical challenges of our time-while learning from and contributing to a world-class research community.
RequirementsCandidates who possess an B.S. in electrical engineering, computer science or other relevant discipline will be considered.
Desired Skills:- Knowledge of artificial intelligence ideally with applications on multimedia, cyber security or adversarial machine learning / AI security experience.
- Proficient programmer - comfortable writing modular code; familiar with at least one major ML library (PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.) and data handling libraries (NumPy, pandas, etc.).
- Hands-on experience with rapid-prototyping and AI frameworks - exposure to agentic/LLM-oriented toolkits (e.g., MCP), integration with both commercial and locally-hosted AI models.
- Software engineering best practices; version-control, collaborative coding - basic Git workflow (branching, pull requests, code reviews) and familiarity with issue-tracking.
- Strong problem-solving mindset - can take a research concept, break it into implementable components, and iterate quickly based upon experimental results.
- Detail oriented, able to multi-task, and with the ability to work autonomously given direction.
- Effective written and oral communications skills in technical environments, technical notes and documentation.
- Current TS/SCI clearance or willingness to obtain one.
Recent Graduate Hiring Range: $100,200 - $120,000
Experienced Hiring Range: $100,200 - $150,000
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.
Requisition ID: 42939
