Post Doctoral Fellow - CYBER-CARE

Department
: INFO SCI TECHNOLOGY Salary
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Commensurate with Experience/Education

Description
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Possesses, understands, and applies a comprehensive knowledge in area of specialization. Develops understanding and skills to allow for completion of assignments that cross fields of specialization. Develops leadership and management skills.

• Receives/Reviews progress and evaluates results of experiments or projects under control or supervisory responsibility.
• Recommends changes in research, testing or experimental procedures.
• May be responsible for a single highly technical and complex piece of research equipment.
• May review and evaluate the effectiveness of personnel.
• May plan for and assign personnel to projects under control.
• Operates with latitude for unreviewed action.
• May receive general supervision conferring with higher levels only in unusual situations.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Prospective candidates are required to have a doctoral degree in Transportation Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Urban Planning, or a field closely related to transportation and cybersecurity. The successful candidates will contribute to multiple research projects in the following areas:
Connected and Automated Vehicle (CAV) Cybersecurity, AI Applications and Transportation Data Security, Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) Cybersecurity, and Next-Generation Transportation Cybersecurity System.

CYBER-CARE’s consortium partners include Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), Rice University (Rice), TexasA&M University‑Corpus Christi (TAMU‑CC), the University of Cincinnati (UC), and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM). Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, copy of one selected publication and contact information of two references in a single PDF file. The recruitment committee will begin to screen applications immediately, and the process will continue until the positions are filled.

Research Associate level appointments are expected to have a minimum of two years of postdoctoral experience. CYBER-CARE offers a competitive salary and generous benefits, including health insurance, retirement plan, vacation and sick leave, and support for a successful career in scientific research. The successful candidates will be encouraged to submit the output of their work to scientific conferences and professional meetings.

In addition, CYBER-CARE will recruit multiple fully funded PhD students very soon. The successful candidates should help to supervise PhD students involved in the projects.

Other preferred qualifications include experience in proposal writing, strong programming or data analysis skills, and excellent academic writing and presentation skills.

Position is based in UH Sugar Land.

MQ:
Requires singular knowledge of a specialized advanced professional discipline or the highest level of general business knowledge, normally acquired through attainment of a directly job‑related terminal degree or equivalent formal training in a recognized field of specialization that is directly related to the type of work being performed. No experience is required.

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security-sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.