Senior Research Engineer

Between $45k and

$88k

Per Year

DOE (Depends on Experience)

Position range in Brazos County $45k - $88k Per Year

Senior Research Engineer

TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE

Occupation: Management Analysts

Location: College Station, TX - 77843

Positions available: 1

Job #: 16909513

Source: WorkInTexas

Posted: 8/21/2025

Updated: 8/24/2025

Expires: 9/20/2025

Web Site: WorkInTexas

Onsite / Remote: Onsite and Remote options

Job Type: Regular, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Permanent Employment

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Hybrid

Education

Master's Degree

Experience

1 Month(s)

Schedule

Full Time

Job Type

Regular

Duration

Permanent Employment

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TTI Senior Research Engineer

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 and Responsibilities:

1. Applied research and management (70%)

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.

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.

Responsible for the overall direction and management of projects, which includes the day-to-day supervision, planning, administration, evaluation, and implementation of the projects research activities. 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.

2. Business development (15%)

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 program's skillset to ventures outside the realm of transportation where new business opportunities may exist for TTI. Build potential teaming relationships with other partners.

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

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

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

3. Staff management and supervision (5%)

Supervise senior and junior staff general work performance on projects under PI leadership, including day-to-day direct assignments for junior staff.

4. Report preparation and presentations (5%)

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 settings. Prepare, schedule, conduct, and document research meetings.

Other non-essential duties as deemed necessary. (5%)

Required Education and Experience

Masters degree in related field

Ten (10) years related work experience.

Required Licenses and Professional Certifications

PE license

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Competencies - what a senior researcher 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 to 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 several large and significant projects or a project of major scope and importance. May be responsible for an entire scientific and/or engineering program when the program is of limited complexity and scope. Supervisory responsibilities usually encompass subordinate supervisors or team leaders (35) with at least one in a position comparable to the Senior level.

Ability to lead technology transfer and implementation activities.

Ability to develop and lead major proposals and multidisciplinary teams.

Ability to manage time, budgets, and financial records for projects.

Understand contracting procedures to advance successful proposals to funded research projects.

Preferred Qualifications

Significant strategy development experience.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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