TTI Senior Research Scientist

Job Summary:

This position requires an achieved recognition of technical/scientific leadership nationally or internationally as a result of original scientific research.

Incumbent serves as a strategic key advisor, is widely recognized by key customers/grantors/investigators as being central to their mission and plays a key role in the acquisition of research funding and identifying sources of new contract funding.

Incumbent in this position is expected to initiate complex research projects or programs, serve as PI, promotes TTI research, develops new sponsor, identifies future direction of research and actively develops and nurtures research opportunities. Supervises, develops and mentors junior researchers. Builds teams within program, division and across TTI.

Continuation in this position is contingent upon availability of funding derived from research program or specific projects.

Continued employment in this position is contingent upon availability of funding and satisfactory performance.

Essential Duties:

1.

Serve as Program Manager/Division Head

2.

Applied research and management duties

• Conceives, plans and conducts research in problem areas of considerable scope and complexity. Demonstrates superior scope and breadth of research through the creation of new concepts, applications, processes, designs or the identification of new areas of research. Contributes inventions, new designs, or techniques that are of material significance in the solution of important problems.

Responsible for the overall direction and management of a work program, which includes the day-to-day supervision, planning, administration, evaluation, and implementation of the programs research functions. These duties include project management, supervision, data collection, data analysis, and work coordination. Must demonstrate ability to manage multiple projects as principal investigator through managing time, budgets, and progress of work to meet sponsor expectations. Serve as the primary contact with sponsors for complex projects that involve multi-disciplinary teams representing different divisions and programs. Plan, schedule, coordinate, and report detailed phases of research and development projects. Evaluate and document data collection requirements and activities. Coordinate data gathering activities and gather data needed for project tasks. Assemble, organize, document, and archive datasets. Develop data models and metadata. Synthesize data and extract meaningful statistics and trends. Develop and/or run applications to conduct the research. Analyze and document business processes. Analyze and develop potential new techniques, policies, procedures, and recommendations. Manage, communicate, and coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams comprising research staff, graduate and undergraduate students, and support staff. Ensure the completion of research objectives and timely delivery of high-quality project deliverables.

• Leads multi-disciplinary teams to perform research, technology transfer, and implementation projects. Build teams within program, division and across TTI. Manages time, budgets, financial records, and progress of research to meet sponsor expectations.

3.

Business development

• Propose and lead new initiatives; guide programs of national or international significance. Primary resource to customers in identifying future problems, research trends and opportunities.

• Develop and maintain relationships with sponsors, including non-traditional ones. Proactively brainstorm, develop and present innovative project ideas and concepts and research needs statements to potential sponsors. Identify opportunities to take the programs skillset to ventures outside the realm of transportation where new business opportunities may exist for TTI. Build potential teaming relationships with other partners.

• Plays a lead role in the development and imp ementation of new and/or expanded technical capabilities that will impact future research projects; reputation leads to ability to attract major funding.

• Identifies and pursues independent research funding opportunities. Independently maintains or contributes to extramurally-funded research. Directs major proposal preparation and presentation.

4.

Report preparation and presentations.

• Presents papers, leads symposia and chairs committees; participates on advisory/policy boards, journals and societies; serves as peer reviewer of major technical programs; networks nationally and internationally.

• Compile, document and present results in formats required for inclusion in reports, technical memoranda, and presentations. Prepare technical documentation, including data collection, analysis and summaries. Prepare project reports and other deliverables as required.

• Prepare and give presentations to existing and potential sponsors, academic settings, or conference setting. Prepare, schedule, conduct, and document research meetings.

5.

Staff management and supervision

Manage, develop, and mentor staff, including professional and career development needs, provide continual and annual performance evaluation feedback, approve time and effort, and approve leave requests. Supervise senior and junior staff general work performance including day-to-day direct assignments for junior staff.

6.

Perform other non-essential duties as deemed necessary.

Required Education and Experience:

• Masters degree in related field.

• 8 years related work experience.

Required Competencies, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Incumbent must possess at this level:

Demonstrates superior scope and breadth of research through the creation of new concepts, applications, processes, designs or the identification of new areas of research.

At this level, the individual researcher generally will have contributed inventions, new designs, or techniques that are of material significance in the solution of important transportation problems.

In a supervisory capacity, plans, develops, coordinates, and directs a number of large and significant projects or a project of major scope and importance. May be responsible for an entire scientific and/or engineerin