Research Scientist, Spatial AI & Perception
Boston Dynamics
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Waltham, MA · $177k–$225k a year · Posted November 6, 2026
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Where Waltham, MA ranks
Where Waltham, MA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for life sciences and biotech pay after cost of living$221k · of 10
- #2Best cities for software and engineering jobs in New England184 openings · of 24
- #2Best all-round cities for new graduates in New England59 / 100 · of 11
- #2Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in New England67 / 100 · of 11
- #2Best all-round cities for remote workers in New England80 / 100 · of 11
- #2Best all-round cities for AI careers in New England80 / 100 · of 11
Rankings about data & analytics jobs
- Best cities for data and analytics jobs #1 New York (1,713 openings)
- Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living #1 Foster ($232k)
- Most requested AI skills in data and analytics jobs #1 Machine learning engineering (17.1%)
- AI tools named most often in data and analytics jobs #1 Databricks (7.6%)
- Employers with the most data and analytics jobs #1 Amazon (711 roles)
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $201,000 a year. Across 73 open research scientist listings that state pay, the middle half runs $168,000 to $310,000 and the median is $240,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 16% below the median.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among medical scientists, except epidemiologists is little observed so far. Measured exposure for medical scientists, except epidemiologists: 4% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
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About the job
## Research Scientist, Spatial AI & PerceptionApplylocations: Waltham Office (POST)time type: Full... ...and vision into 3D geometry so that learned policies can reason about space, not just... ...**** PhD in Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Computer Science, or related...