Post Doctoral Fellow - CYBER-CARE

Department: INFO SCI TECHNOLOGY

Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Education

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), Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC), the University of Cincinnati (UC), and the University of Hawai‘i 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.

• Experience in proposal writing
• Strong programming or data analysis skills
• Excellent academic writing and presentation skills

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.