STR

Senior Data Scientist (CLEARANCE REQUIRED)

STR · Woburn, MA

Posted about 3 months ago · $139,000 - $165,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
81 days
STR's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
99% of STR's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at STR
high
135 stale, 0 reposted of 139 open
Hiring momentum
215 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

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About this role

As a Senior Data Scientist at STR, you will work on developing innovative technologies for signals exploitation and system resource management. Your role involves data analysis, engineering software, and validating algorithms, while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams and engaging with customers. The position requires onsite work in Woburn, MA, and focuses on solving complex problems using advanced analytics and machine learning techniques.

Our read on this posting3.0out of 5
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1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
5/5

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What you need

  • Active Top Secret Clearance Required with SCI eligibility
  • Experience in intelligence or military-related mission areas
  • MS with at least 5 years of experience, and/or PhD in a scientific field such as applied math, physics, electrical engineering, computer science, or data science
  • Experience building data analysis pipelines using standard tools (e.g., Python, C++)
  • Experience designing and implementing experiments to verify and compare algorithm performance
  • Experience with standard data science tools such as scikit-learn, Pandas, and Matplotlib

Nice to have

  • Experience in statistical inference, systems simulation capabilities, Monte Carlo or optimization methods, and/or data structures
  • Expertise working with time-series data
  • Expertise working with geospatial and/or spatio-temporal data

Worth weighing

  • Position requires active Top Secret Clearance, which may limit candidate pool
  • Role involves working on national security problems, which can be high-pressure
  • Full-time salary range is provided, but actual offers may vary based on multiple factors

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Listed by STR on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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