Engineering Scientist Associate, Center for Transportation Research, Cockrell School of Engineering

Job Posting Title:

Engineering Scientist Associate, Center for Transportation Research, Cockrell School of Engineering

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Hiring Department:

Center for Transportation Research

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue

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Location:

PICKLE RESEARCH CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

As a top-10 engineering school with the No. 1 program in Texas, the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has been a global leader in technology innovation and engineering education for over a century. The Center for Transportation Research (CTR) is a multidisciplinary and multimodal research institute situated within the Cockrell School.

With 11 undergraduate and 13 graduate programs, over 20 research centers and a faculty community that boasts one of the highest number of National Academy of Engineering members among U.S. universities, Texas Engineering has launched some of the nation's most accomplished leaders and pioneered world-changing solutions in virtually every industry, from space exploration to energy to health care. Situated in the heart of Austin - named "America's Coolest City" by Expedia and "The Best Place to Live in the U.S." by U.S. News and World Report - the Cockrell School and CTR embody the city's innovative spirit. Major companies with Austin campuses, such as Dell, National Instruments, Apple, IBM, Samsung, Google, and many others, continue to recruit Cockrell School students at a remarkable rate, launching thousands of successful careers and developing Texas Engineers into industry leaders.

CTR fosters a culture of innovation, passion, and fun by encouraging staff members to actively collaborate to investigate the latest technologies, team up for charities, and celebrate successes together. CTR promotes a healthy workplace by helping employees achieve balance between their personal and professional lives in order to increase employee engagement, job satisfaction, and overall well-being.

Candidates will need to upload a resume, letter of interest, and the names of three references to apply for this position. If you are not sure that you’re 100% qualified, but up for the challenge – we want you to apply. We believe skills are transferable and passion for our mission goes a long way.

UT Austin offers a competitive benefits package that includes:  

• 100% employer-paid basic medical coverage 

• Retirement contributions  

• Paid vacation and sick time 

• Paid holidays 

Please visit our Human Resources (HR) website to learn more about the total benefits offered

Purpose

The Center for Transportation Research (CTR) is seeking an Engineering Scientist Associate to join an enthusiastic and growing team of multidisciplinary scientists and programmers who are looking to make an impact in improving our transportation systems. The new hire will enable the work of CTR researchers, graduate and undergraduate students by supporting information technology (IT) activities needed to maintain our computing systems and software engines and by deploying data analysis and processing tools for their access by third parties.

Responsibilities

• Support IT activities such as developing software containers, leveraging public or commercial cloud computing services, and managing databases.

• Support researchers in the use of emerging data sources, the implementation of efficient data workflows, and the use of data analysis and management tools developed/adopted by CTR and its partners. This includes serving as an instructor/presenter/representative at workshops, conferences, or courses; making contributions to training materials and documentation; resolving user requests for assistance.

• Contributing to the development and deployment of data models and advanced computation workflows to support research.

• Support researchers in the development and deployment of production-level software tools as needed.

• Document and disseminate work by conducting tasks such as maintaining a public resource of developed materials (e.g. source code, documentation); contributing to dissemination efforts led by others.

• Provide technical contributions to projects, which includes: serving as the technical lead for projects, project functional areas, or specific project tasks; providing technical leadership in domain-specific challenges faced by group projects; supportin