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Postdoctoral Researcher in Transportation

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Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Thu, Oct 29, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

Focusing on the development and validation of traffic digital twin models, the full-time Postdoctoral Researcher in Transportation will conduct independent research and collaborate with scientists to optimize vehicle and traffic control strategies while building scalable computing workflows for connected and automated vehicle operations.

Key responsibilities
  • Develop, calibrate, and validate traffic digital twin and co-simulation models
  • Design and evaluate vehicle and traffic signal control strategies using optimization or machine learning
  • Build and optimize scalable HPC workflows for large-scale simulation and scenario studies
Required qualifications
  • Ph.D. in a relevant engineering, computing, or mathematical discipline
  • Research experience in transportation modeling, large-scale simulation, or scientific computing
  • Proficiency in Python, C/C++, or MATLAB for modeling and data analysis
  • Ability to conduct independent research and collaborate in interdisciplinary teams
  • Recent PhD graduate within the last three years

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