Research Engineering/Scientist Associate III, Center for Transportation Research, Cockrell School of Engineering
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The Research Engineering/Scientist Associate III assists with funded research projects in pavement and materials engineering and testing, pavement management, and data integration. The role conducts laboratory testing, literature reviews, and original research; supports proposal development; works with transportation databases; and prepares reports, presentations, professional papers, and journal articles under the general direction of a research supervisor.
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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 leads the development of assigned research 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.
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- Pay
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- Texas median$64–78K/yr28 salary ranges
- US median$34–48/hr48 hourly ranges
- Openings
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- Education
- 1,229 of the 2,216 open Research Scientist jobs (55%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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