Posting Summary: Job Title: Postdoctoral Associate Division: Division of Academic Affairs
Department:
National Transportation Center Job Effective Date: 12/01/2025 Job End Date: 12/30/2027 Work Status: Full Time
Position Category: ContractualFLSA: Exempt
Annual Salary:
$50,000 - $75,000 / year Pays: United States Percentage Amount: 100 Fund Source: Federal/Grant Requisition Reason: New Job
Job Duties:
Conduct Research and Data Analysis Connected and Automated Vehicles Cybersecurity Prepare Publications and Reports Mentor Graduate and Undergraduate Students Proposal Development Collaboration and Outreach Administrative and Compliance Activities
Requested Minimum Qualifications:
Education Ph. D. degree by the start date of employment, in the following fields from an accredited college or university: transportation engineering, applied mathematics, statistics, economics, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and/or other relevant STEM fields. Experience Hands‐on experience with AI/ML and statistical modeling and programming in Python, Matlab, C/C++, or other object‐oriented programming languages, as well as R, Julia, Stan, WinBUGS, and so on. Experience with Connected and Automated Vehicles Technology. Experience with mentoring Ph. D. students and managing multiple projects funded by DOTs and the NSF.Strong interest and self‐motivation to perform cutting‐edge research and overcome challenges in real‐world engineering, and to publish high‐impact papers. Strong background in transportation engineering, smart cities and mobility, traffic safety, smart sensing, artificial intelligence/machine learning, big data analytics, and/or applied statistics. Other Preferences for Consideration Strong background in linear algebra, probability theory, and computational mathematics. Experience in developing machine learning models using Pytorch, Tensor Flow, and/or other relevant packages/platforms.
