Senior Research Scientist, Information Science; Extended Temporary); Remote Work

Senior Research Scientist, Information Science (Extended Temporary) (Remote Work Available)

Senior Research Scientist, Information Science (Extended Temporary) (Remote Work Available)

Posting Number req
26830

Department Information Science

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The University of Arizona's College of Information Science invites you to apply to the role of Senior Research Scientist (Research Scientist IV).

As a Senior Research Scientist, you will provide high-level scientific and technical leadership, oversee the design and implementation of experimental pipelines, maintain robust research codebases, and ensure methodological rigor across large-scale empirical studies. This position works closely with internal teams, student researchers, and external collaborators to advance research strategies and develop new methodological directions.

This is a grant-funded project with a time-sensitive timeline. The position is anticipated to start by no later than the end of September 2026. The final candidate determination will take into consideration the candidate’s availability to start in alignment with the project timeline.

Candidates working anywhere in the U.S. may be considered for a remote assignment. If you are selected for this position and are employed to work remotely from outside of Arizona, your overtime exemption status will depend on the laws of the state where you perform your work. For employees working outside of Arizona, you may be hired as an hourly employee in accordance with state laws.

A comparable hourly rate range would be: $36.32 - $47.22. These changes would not affect the position duties as outlined.

This is an Extended Temporary Employment (ETE) position.

The University of Arizona College of Information Science focuses on the intersection of people, data, and technology, offering innovative programs in information science, data science, cybersecurity, game design, and immersive technologies. Established in 2023 and expanded in 2025, the college provides STEM-designated undergraduate and master’s degrees, and a PhD. in Information. With nationally ranked programs such as the #1 Best Online Bachelor’s in Cybersecurity, #4 Best Master’s in Data Science, and #10 Global Ranking of Library an Information Science Programs, we emphasize computational thinking, ethical reasoning, and multicultural communication while driving research and partnerships such as Arizona Cybersecurity Academy, AI Core, Gaming and Virtual Worlds, Human
-Centered Computing, and many other areas of research.

Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!

The University of Arizona has been recognized for our innovative work-life programs. For more information about working at the University of Arizona and relocation services, please .

• Lead the design, implementation, and evaluation of AI/NLP systems for scientific feasibility assessment; develop and test integrated pipelines combining literature-based discovery, structured knowledge extraction, simulation, and code-based experimentation; run experiments and benchmarking at scale.
• Architect and maintain high-quality research codebases in Python and related tools; implement automated experimentation frameworks, simulation integrations, and evaluation infrastructure; ensure reproducible artifacts, logging, and documentation for large-scale empirical studies.
• Design and execute systematic empirical analyses of model behavior and experimental outcomes; analyze large-scale datasets, intermediate outputs, and logs to diagnose system performance, refine methods, and ensure research rigor.
• Design and execute user studies of human scientific feasibility assessment.
• Lead and co-author conference and journal papers for top-tier AI/NLP and machine learning venues; prepare manuscripts for peer-reviewed…