TTI Assistant Research Scientist

Texas A&M•San Antonio, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) is an agency of the State of Texas and member of The Texas A&M University System. For 75 years, TTI has addressed complex transportation challenges and opportunities with innovation, objectivity, and unmatched technical expertise. Our staff delivers excellence, value and thought leadership to ensure our research sponsors achieve their goals. Our Vision - TTI leads in the creation of knowledge that transforms transportation for the benefit of society. Our Mission - TTI delivers practical, innovative and sustainable solutions to improve the movement of people, data and goods through research, education and technology transfer. The position is expected to serve as Principal Investigator (PI), Co-PI, or contribute as a significant lead in research and proposal development. Has an understanding of principles of quality and unbiased research. Completes projects on-time with completed deliverables. Conducts research following safety practices and guidelines. Participate in technology transfer and implementation. Employee will be responsible for managing current contracts as well as submission of new proposals, composing various reports and white papers, presenting deliverables and study reports, overseeing graduate students and other personnel, developing proposals, and inter- program coordination and project management. Continued employment in this position is contingent upon availability of funding and satisfactory performance.

Requirements

Masters Degree
Three years of related experience.
Ph.D. and one year of related experience

Nice To Haves

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering or other related field.
Experience in GIS analysis using tools such as ArcGIS, QGIS, or GIS-related packages in R or Python.
Experience in big data analytics, including processing, analyzing, and interpreting large datasets.
Knowledge and application of statistical modeling and machine learning methods using statistical software and/or programming languages such as R and Python.
Experience in transportation modeling, including applying and interpreting results from tools such as Synchro/SimTraffic, VISSIM, TransModeler, or similar packages.

Responsibilities

Compiles, documents, and presents results in formats required for inclusion in reports, technical memoranda, and presentations.
Prepares technical documentation, including literature reviews, data collection, analysis, and summaries.
Prepares project reports and other deliverables as required.
Prepares materials for presentation of research results and other deliverables at technical meetings or other venues and to sponsors.
Actively seeks and obtains externally-funded research projects, performing work on basic and applied technology problems, and participate in research proposals serving as Principal Investigator (PI), Co-PI, or contributes as a significant lead in the proposal.
Manages, communicates, and coordinates with multi-disciplinary teams comprising research staff, graduate and undergraduate students, and support staff to ensure the completion of research objectives and timely delivery of high-quality project deliverables.
Plans, schedules, coordinates, and reports detailed phases of research and development projects.
Evaluates and documents data collection requirements and activities.
Coordinates data gathering activities and gathers data needed for research tasks.
Assembles, organizes, documents, and archives datasets.
Synthesizes data and extract meaningful statistics and trends.
Develops and/or runs applications to conduct the research.
Analyzes and develops potential new techniques, policies, procedures, and recommendations.
Conducts the necessary literature review and background information search to support techniques and methodologies used, as well as documenting past research for reporting purposes.
Prepares and give presentations to existing and potential sponsors, academic settings, or conference settings.
Prepares, schedules, conducts, and document research meetings.
Interacts with sponsors and potential clients.
Performs other duties as assigned.