Research Engineering​/Scientist Associate III, Center Transportation Research, Cockrell Scho

Position: Research Engineering/Scientist Associate III, Center for Transportation Research, Cockrell Scho[...]
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Job Posting Title

Research Engineering/Scientist Associate III, Center for Transportation Research, Cockrell School of Engineering

Hiring Department

Center for Transportation Research

Position Open To

All Applicants

Weekly Scheduled Hours

40

FLSA Status

Exempt

Earliest Start Date

Jan 01, 2026

Position Duration

Expected to Continue

Location

PICKLE RESEARCH CAMPUS

Job Details

At UT Austin, we say “What starts here changes the world.” As a member of the university community, you will be part of an organization that is internationally recognized for its academic programs and research. Your work will have meaning and make a difference not only in the lives of our faculty, staff, and students, but also those who are impacted by our first class academic and research programs.

Purpose

To conduct transportation-related research within the Center for Transportation Research (CTR).

Responsibilities

• Assist in management of research on funded projects in the fields of pavement and materials engineering and testing, pavement management, and data integration.
• Perform experimental testing in a laboratory as needed.
• Actively search for new research opportunities and leads the development of proposals and/or participates on a proposal development team with one or more assigned writing tasks.
• Conduct literature reviews, conducts original research and/or participates on a research team under the general direction of a research supervisor; works directly with other researchers and students to support pavement materials engineering and testing, pavement management, and other relevant tasks.
• Work with large transportation-related databases; integrates data from local and web-based sources and develops a centralized, relational database to meet project requirements.
• Develop reports and presentations combined with the preparation of professional papers and journal articles.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
• Four years of related experience.

Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience writing proposals, working with faculty, researchers, and Graduate Research Assistants to accomplish study objectives.
• Graduate degree in civil engineering.
• More than four years of work experience.
• Experience working with transportation agencies.
• Experience working with asphalt materials and pavement design.
• Proficient in working with relational databases and SQL.
• Demonstrated experience with programming languages such as Python.

Salary Range

$60,000 + depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

• May work around standard office and laboratory conditions.
• Most work will be conducted in office and laboratory located at CTR or the UT School of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering (CAEE).
• Work may require conducting field studies to obtain data, working at research sponsors facilities to access records, reports, and electronic data, and meeting with research sponsor staff to obtain information about proposed tools, processes, and methods.
• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation or personal computer.
• Occasional weekend or evening work; work under stress independently or with peers to complete assigned work by deadline schedules.
• Occasional local, state, or national travel to attend meetings and make presentations.

Required Materials

• Resume/CV
• Letter of interest
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers

You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.

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