Research Assistant Professor, Assistant Center Director
Core
Lead strategic growth and daily operations of a federally funded research center focused on affordable sensing technologies, workforce development, and safety innovations for the U.S. short-line railroad industry.
Role type
Senior IC research assistant professor / Assistant Center Director
Builds
Rail infrastructure monitoring systems, sensing technologies, data analytics solutions, and intelligent transportation systems for short-line railroads
Domain
Transportation engineering + Structural health monitoring + AI/ML for infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | research | client delivery
Required skills
Strategic planning, multi-institutional research coordination, stakeholder engagement (industry/government), research proposal development, technical leadership in rail infrastructure sensing, field deployment management, team supervision, teaching
Preferred skills
Railroad infrastructure systems expertise, field instrumentation deployment, federally funded research program experience, project management in multi-institutional settings, technology transfer
Technologies
Sensor networks, machine learning, AI-enabled infrastructure monitoring, instrumentation systems, data analytics
Responsibilities
Support strategic planning and daily operations, coordinate research across partner universities, facilitate engagement with advisory boards and federal stakeholders, lead research projects in rail sensing and AI, manage field deployments and lab testing, support workforce development programs, supervise research staff and students
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities