CareerPlan

Senior Research Scientist, AI-Enabled Secure Systems

US, MA, WestfordFull-time$224k–$357k2026-10-22 → 2026-11-10

Core

Lead research on using AI to design, analyze, implement, and verify secure computer systems across hardware, firmware, OS, and compilers.

Role type

Senior Research Scientist (AI-Enabled Secure Systems)

Builds

AI-enabled techniques for security requirements, threat modeling, architecture exploration, secure code/hardware generation, and proof construction.

Domain

Computer Security + AI/ML + Formal Methods

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Formal methods, program analysis, programming languages, software/hardware security, computer architecture, compilers, AI for code, automated reasoning/synthesis

Preferred skills

Leading ambiguous multi-disciplinary research projects, technical mentorship

Technologies

C, C++, Python, hardware description languages, theorem provers, analysis frameworks, AI/ML tooling

Responsibilities

Define high-impact research agenda; develop models/agents/tools for security tasks; combine AI with static/dynamic analysis and formal verification; build end-to-end prototypes; collaborate across teams, publish research, and mentor researchers.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with research leadership