Research Associate
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Job overview
The Research Associate supports research operations at the Center for Coastal Ocean Science by designing, operating, and maintaining culture and flow systems, laboratories, and exposure equipment. The role also assists with scientific proposals, seawater intake and filtration, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, system repairs, and technical support for students and faculty. It coordinates research facilities and operates effluent treatment and waste disposal systems.
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Full job description
Design, operate and maintain multi-purpose culture, static, flow-through, and recirculating flow systems and laboratories in the Center for Coastal Ocean Science, including the operations and maintenance of an automated flow-through toxicology exposure chamber.Assist in writing scientific proposals to obtain long-term funding.Assist in operating a seawater intake and filtration system to maintain a constant supply of clean water to CCOS and other facilities.Designs and implements a preventive maintenance plan for aquaculture and exposure systems to ensure continuous operation.Troubleshoots and resolves system alarms to prevent equipment damage and/or experiment failure. Provides electrical and plumping support for repair, maintenance, and redesign of exposure systems to achieve scientific objectives.Provides scientific and technical expertise to students and faculty to ensure experiments are designed to operate within facility parameters. Schedules, coordinates and manages multiple research facilities to ensure faculty research goals are met in a timely manner.Operates CCOS effluent treatment system and waste disposal to ensure compliance.Conducts other duties as assigned in support of research operations.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,101 open Research Associate jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$69–90K/yr326 salary ranges
- US median$26–31/hr175 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 187 open Research Associate jobs in Texas and 1,101 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)104 open
- Texas A&M University System33 open
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON13 open
- 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 (278 postings).
- Education
- 618 of the 1,101 open Research Associate jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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