Research Associate, Center for Transportation Research, Cockrell School of Engineering
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The Research Associate assists with funded transportation research projects involving pavement and materials engineering and testing, pavement management, and data integration. The role may include laboratory testing, proposal development, literature reviews, original research, database integration, and preparation of reports, presentations, professional papers, and journal articles, working under the general direction of a research supervisor and alongside researchers and students.
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Full job description
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.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,016 open Research Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$70–85K/yr284 salary ranges
- US median$16–18/hr122 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 187 open Research Associate jobs in Texas and 1,016 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN (this employer)106 open
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- Experience
- Research Associate postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (280 postings).
- Education
- 552 of the 1,016 open Research Associate jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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