Senior Research and Development Data Engineer, Hardware Systems

Job overview

The Senior Research and Development Data Engineer, Hardware Systems is an onsite role in Boston, MA, with an annual salary range of $130,000–$180,000. Lydian is developing sustainable fuels from waste CO2, water, and renewable electricity to decarbonize aviation. The role builds the data backbone that helps the technical organization learn and improve as operations scale from pilot toward commercial production. It connects experimental, manufacturing, and quality data and provides engineers and scientists with reliable infrastructure, analysis, and visualization tools.

What you'll do

• Design and maintain structured data infrastructure
• integrate experimental time-series, run metadata, manufacturing, and quality-control data
• build analysis, visualization, and statistical tools
• maintain data-acquisition software and validation checks
• perform statistical and regression analyses
• partner with scientists and engineers on data workflows and support data-related IT infrastructure.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior data engineer

research and development

hardware systems

boston ma

lydian

python

sql

time-series data

data acquisition

statistical analysis

$130k–$180k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Meaningful equity compensation
• generous paid time off
• employee healthcare, vision, and dental premiums covered at 100%, with 80% dependent coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• collaborative work and a voice in company development.

Why this role

Data generalist role combining laboratory data acquisition, infrastructure, visualization, and statistical analysis.

About the employer

Lydian is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.