Postdoctoral Associate

Posting Summary

Job Title Postdoctoral Associate Division Divison 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 Contractual FLSA Exempt Annual Salary $50,000 - $75,000 / year Pays United States Percentage Amount 100 Fund Source Federal/Grant Requisition Reason New 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, TensorFlow, and/or other relevant packages/platforms.