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About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Research Associate to join our team at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI). As a Senior Research Associate, you will play a key role in conducting research to save lives, time, and money, and protect the environment. You will work with cutting-edge vehicle and roadway lighting technologies through systematic deployment and testing.
Responsibilities
- Plan, schedule, conduct, or coordinate detailed tasks as part of major transportation-related illumination, visibility, and human factors engineering projects.
- Perform work that involves engineering practice, including complex features such as conflicting design requirements, unsuitability of conventional technology, and difficult coordination requirements.
- Lead and contribute to research conceptualization, proposal development, and resource acquisition.
- Prepare and/or oversee literature reviews.
- Interpret findings, prepare reports, and present/publish research.
- Interface directly with sponsors to understand requirements and deliver technical presentations.
- Maintain existing sponsor relationships, develop new relationships with potential sponsors, and solicit research funding.
Requirements
- PhD in Engineering/Psychology with Lighting or Visibility specialization (candidates with an advanced degree and significant experience in lieu of PhD degree may be considered).
- Strong communications and organizational skills.
- Strong experience in lighting and visibility-related research.
- Strong experience in the analysis of intersections and interchanges.
- Strong statistical methods, including experience in the analysis of large-scale data sets from multiple sources using a variety of tools, including but not limited to SAS, MatLab, and ArcGIS.
- Human Factors Experience.
- Willingness to work in a fast-paced research environment.
- Previous Project management experience, including coordinating technicians, researchers, undergraduate, and graduate-level students.
About Virginia Tech
Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity.
The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight, a, a college,, and. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including the in Northern Virginia; the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke; sites in Newport News and Richmond; and numerous and. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $500 million in research annually.
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