Research Scientist I​/II​/Sr​/Principal

Position: Research Scientist I/II/Sr/Principal (Open Rank)
About Us

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security.

Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school. Georgia Tech also ranks first among U.S. public universities for energy and fuels research.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

About Georgia Tech Interdisciplinary Research Institutes and Strategic Energy Institute

Georgia Tech has eleven IRIs that bring together researchers from different disciplines to address topics of strategic importance to the Institute as well as local, state, national and international communities. Reporting to the Vice President for Interdisciplinary Research (VPIR), these institutes facilitate initiatives that cross disciplinary boundaries. This includes work that tackles national and international challenges and questions related to clean energy, sustainability, public health, biotechnology, neuroscience, the bioeconomy, artificial intelligence, quantum information science, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, and space exploration.

The Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) is one of Georgia Tech's Interdisciplinary Research Institutes, integrating energy activities across the Institute. SEI serves as a hub for more than 1,000 campus researchers working across the entire energy value chain the largest energy research portfolio of any university in the U.S. SEI is deeply engaged in building community, developing resources, and promoting thought leadership to marshal the full resources of Georgia Tech around tackling the tough energy and environmental problems and opportunities our society faces.

Whether it is developing new knowledge that will lead to more efficient energy, commercializing a technology to address a specific challenge, or designing a roadmap for policymakers and decision makers, we understand the systems, technologies, and context of the ever-evolving energy ecosystem.

Location

Atlanta GA

Job Summary

Serve as Georgia Tech
¿ s dedicated senior liaison to SRNL; formulate and communicate strategies and programs to advance the goals of GT, Strategic Energy Institute (SEI), and SRNL leadership, through activities such as collaborative research, convening stakeholders, and establishing target areas of strategic alignment. This role will also work to facilitate similar outcomes in advancing research between other universities in the Battelle Savannah River Alliance (BSRA).

Impact and influence:

This position will interact on a regular basis with: SRNL and University executive leadership, national laboratory engagement program members, Campus research leadership (e.g.,…