Research Scientist jobs in United States
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Associate Research Scientist
The College Board
Posted: 10/20/2026Tableau
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Child Trends
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Troveo AI
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Medtronic
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Mecka
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Mecka
Posted: 10/19/2026PyTorch
Associate Principal Scientist – Health Economics and Decision Sciences
MSD
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TPG
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Responsible Investing, Summer Research Assistant, Internship
TPG
Posted: 10/19/2026Research Assistant, Health/Social – Spring Internship
TPG
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Medtronic
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LLM Research Scientist – Pre-training, Computer Vision, Adversarial Robustness
Mercor
Posted: 10/17/2026PyTorchTensorflow
LLM Research Scientist – Pre-training, Computer Vision, Adversarial Robustness
Mercor
Posted: 10/17/2026PyTorchTensorflow
Lead Applied Scientist, Document Understanding
Thomson Reuters
Posted: 10/17/2026AWSPythonPyTorch
Staff Applied Scientist
Upstart
Posted: 10/16/2026Python
Research Assistant – Remote Sensing, UAV/Satellite Image Processing, Computer Science
The College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin
Posted: 10/16/2026PythonRemote Sensing
Research Scientist – Post-Training
DatologyAI
Posted: 10/16/2026PyTorchSpark
Research Scientist
DatologyAI
Posted: 10/16/2026PyTorchSpark

Associate Research Scientist
The College BoardCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in advanced statistical techniques and research methodology, with a strong ability to analyze and visualize educational datasets. Proficient in data coding, manipulation, and communication of findings to diverse audiences.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Ph.D. Or Ed.D. In Education, Psychology, Educational Measurement, Economics, Sociology, Public PolicyAdvanced Statistical TechniquesData Visualization Tools, Such As TableauData Coding, Manipulation, And Analysis SkillsExperience With Large, National Datasets Related To The Education Industry
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesTableau
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Collaborate with program partners, product owners, and field staff to identify research needs and propose studies supporting student success
- Design and conduct customized research for individual districts
- Present findings to district leaders and internal partners
- Synthesize findings into reports, memos, and visuals for technical and non-technical audiences
- Disseminate findings through presentations, College Board Research Reports, and peer-reviewed journals
- Acquire, clean, and organize student transcript data from K-12 districts and partners
- Design and maintain data pipelines merging transcript data with institutional and outcomes datasets
- Establish data quality checks and documentation practices
- Design, build, maintain, and iterate dashboards showing advanced high school course-taking trends and outcomes
- Lead educational dataset analyses using advanced statistical methods
- Respond to data analysis questions supporting the College Board mission
- Collaborate with research scientists to review and improve team work
Requirements
What you’ll need- Ph.D. or Ed.D. in Education, Psychology, Educational Measurement, Economics, Sociology, Public Policy, or a related quantitative field
- Excellent data coding, manipulation, and analysis skills
- Strong foundation in research methodology and advanced statistical techniques
- Experience collecting, cleaning, and organizing large, messy, real-world datasets from multiple external sources
- Experience building dashboards or data visualization tools, such as Tableau
- Experience with large, national datasets related to the education industry
- Ability to work accurately and quickly with new datasets
- Problem-solving skills using data to inform decisions and actions
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience presenting to technical and non-technical audiences, including authoring reports for publication
- Strong organization and prioritization skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects independently and collaboratively
- Ability to collaborate with researchers and non-researchers in a team environment
- Ability to travel up to 6-8 times a year
- Passion for expanding educational and career opportunities and mission-driven work
- Curiosity and enthusiasm for emerging technologies, including AI-driven solutions
- Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
- Learner's mindset and commitment to growth
- Drive for impact and excellence
- Collaborative and empathetic approach
- Authorization to work in the United States
Benefits
Comp & perks- Fully remote work option
- Hybrid option for candidates near College Board offices (Tuesday and Wednesday in office)
- Comprehensive compensation and benefits package
- Location-adjusted salary
- Transparent compensation and benefits discussions
- Meaningful career and supportive team
- Opportunity to work for a self-sustaining nonprofit
- Professional publication and research dissemination opportunities
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Hard Skills
Research MethodologyData AnalysisData CleaningData OrganizationDashboard DesignStatistical AnalysisData Pipeline DesignData Quality ChecksReport AuthoringPresentation Skills
Soft Skills
Problem-Solving SkillsExcellent Communication SkillsStrong Organization SkillsCollaborative ApproachCuriosity And Enthusiasm
Tools & Technologies
TableauData Visualization ToolsData PipelinesEducational Dataset Analyses
Industry Keywords
K-12 EducationStudent SuccessEducational ResearchPeer-Reviewed JournalsCollege Board Research Reports