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Research Engineers at Galois design and develop advanced technologies for safety- and security-critical systems, networks, and applications. Engineers work in small team settings and must ...

Research Engineers at Galois design and develop advanced technologies for safety- and security-critical systems, networks, and applications. Engineers work in small team settings and must ...

Research Engineer

Boston, MA · On-site

$122 - $219.01/hr

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Position Overview Autodesk Research is seeking a Research Engineer with a strong understanding of manufacturing processes and an interest in applying artificial intelligence, data-driven methods, and ...

Position Overview Autodesk Research is seeking a Research Engineer with a strong understanding of manufacturing processes and an interest in applying artificial intelligence, data-driven methods, and ...

Research Engineer 1, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science , conduct experimental and technical research to advance a novel catheter-based platform that enables the on-site fabrication of ...

GNC Research Engineer

Cambridge, MA · On-site

$75K - $156K/yr

The Hypersonic and Advanced Weapons group at Draper is seeking a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Research Engineer to work within multi-disciplinary teams to design and analyze next ...

GNC Research Engineer

Cambridge, MA · On-site

$75K - $156K/yr

The Hypersonic and Advanced Weapons group at Draper is seeking a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Research Engineer to work within multi-disciplinary teams to design and analyze next ...

The Research Engineer role involves developing AI algorithms and systems that drive innovative capabilities in robotics, requiring strong programming skills and collaboration in a team environment.

Research Engineer

Westwood, MA · On-site

$95 - $125/hr

Stay up to date with the latest advancements in applied AI, quantitative research methodologies, and engineering tools, and proactively identify opportunities to apply them. Job Requirements

Research Engineer

Watertown, MA · On-site

$100K - $300K/yr

As a research engineer, your work lies at the center of this challenge, building the AI algorithms and systems that drive novel capabilities in the lab and in the field. At the core, we are looking ...

Research Engineer

Watertown, MA · On-site

$100K - $300K/yr

As a research engineer, your work lies at the center of this challenge, building the AI algorithms and systems that drive novel capabilities in the lab and in the field. At the core, we are looking ...

As a research engineer, your work lies at the center of this challenge, building the AI algorithms and systems that drive novel capabilities in the lab and in the field. At the core, we are looking ...

Research Engineer

Billerica, MA · On-site

$90 - $120/hr

We are seeking a hands-on Research Engineer/chemist in Pigment research to help developthe advancedpigment materials that are fundamental to the performance of our color electrophoretic displays.

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As of Aug 27, 2026, the average hourly pay for research developer in Massachusetts is $65.55, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $59.62 and $77.69 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.
Infographic showing various Research Developer job openings in Massachusetts as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 82% Full Time, 13% Part Time, 1% Temporary, 2% Contract, and 1% Nights. Highlights an 78% Physical, 4% Hybrid, and 18% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $136,344 per year, or $65.5 per hour.

Research Engineer, Machine Learning

Basis Research Institute

Cambridge, MA • On-site

Full-time

This job post has expired 1 day ago. Applications are no longer accepted.


Job description

Job Summary:
Basis Research Institute is a nonprofit applied AI research organization focused on understanding and building intelligence. They are seeking a Research Engineer specializing in Machine Learning to translate research ideas into high-quality code while engaging in programming language design and contributing to the organization's culture.
Responsibilities:
• Translate research ideas into correct, robust, and scalable high-quality code.
• Engage in programming language design/implementation.
• Performance engineering, scaling research code.
• Algorithm development.
• Contribute to the culture and direction of Basis.
• (Optionally) Publish and present findings in journals and conferences.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Possess excellent programming and software engineering skills, especially in Julia, Python, C++, ML-family languages.
• Have demonstrated the ability to drive software projects from start to finish. This could be evidenced by open-source projects, technical reports, and publications.
• Be comfortable digesting research from PL and/or ML venues, such as PLDI, POPL, NeurIPS, or ICML.
• Progress with a high degree of autonomy and under uncertainty.
• Be enthusiastic about solving real-world problems and making a positive societal impact.
• Have demonstrated significant technical achievements within ML engineering. Examples include: You've implemented variants of newly published techniques from scratch. You've built systems and workflows for training large models distributed across many machines. You've built systems that span all levels of the programming stack from high-level API infrastructure to close-to-the-metal code.
Preferred:
• A PhD (or equivalent experience) in technical areas including: statistics, programming languages, machine learning, computational neuroscience, cognitive science, physics, mathematics.
Company:
Basis is a nonprofit applied research organization with two mutually reinforcing goals. The first is to understand and build intelligence. Founded in 2022, the company is headquartered in New York, USA, with a team of 11-50 employees. The company is currently Early Stage.