41 research assistant jobs found in Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh, PA Full time 2019263 The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University was established in 1979 to conduct basic and applied research in robotics technologies relevant to industrial and societal tasks. Seeking to combine the practical and the theoretical, we have diversified efforts and approaches to robotics science while retaining the original goal of realizing the potential of the robotics field. Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute is searching for a Research Assistant. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in an interesting and challenging work environment Job Functions: Assist in Airlab research Create reports and publications Maintain lab, equipment. Order equipment Preferred Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Robotics or related field Required Skillsets Knowledge of research methods and methodology Nice-to-have Skillsets: Competency with English language,...

Pittsburgh, PA Full time 2019269 The Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University was established in 1979 to conduct basic and applied research in robotics technologies relevant to industrial and societal tasks. Seeking to combine the practical and the theoretical, we have diversified efforts and approaches to robotics science while retaining the original goal of realizing the potential of the robotics field. Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute is searching for a Research Assistant. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in an interesting and challenging work environment. Job Functions: Design, prototype, and test mechanical components and mechatronic systems Write software to control or test robots or mechatronic systems Perform other related technical support for the research and engineering team Preferred Qualifications: Experience working in lab Required Skillsets: Bachelor’s Degree...

Pittsburgh, PA Part time 2019351 Carnegie Mellon University is a private, global research university that stands among the world’s most renowned education institutions. With ground-breaking brain science, path-breaking performances, creative start-ups, big data, big ambitions, hands-on learning, and a whole lot of robots, CMU doesn’t imagine the future, we invent it. If you’re passionate about joining a community that challenges the curious to deliver work that matters, your journey starts here! Morphing Matter Lab at Carnegie Mellon University is seeking a part-time researcher to support our research. In this role, you will perform a variety of tasks around the topic of robotic fabric. You will be developing stimuli-responsive material-based fabrics, conducting experiments, and designing shapes and patterns for the final outcome. Inclusion and cultural sensitivity are valued competencies at CMU. Therefore, we are in search of a team member who can...

Full time 2019291 The Carnegie Mellon Biomedical Engineering department seeks to transform healthcare worldwide through interdisciplinary engineering innovation and to train future leaders and innovators in biomedical engineering. Carnegie Mellon University’s department of Biomedical Engineering is searching for a Research Assistant. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in an interesting and challenging work environment. You will contribute to the department by working on multimodal (electric, optic) approaches for high resolution detection of neurochemicals in brain tissues, and other such tasks as assigned to you. Your core responsibilities will include: Following research plans in order to collect, record, and manipulate research data, maintaining accurate and detailed research records and files. Testing software prototypes. May interact with research subjects in order to perform job functions. Performs basic data analysis to...

Part time 2019230 Since its inception in 1905, the Carnegie Mellon Department of Chemical Engineering has been on the leading edge of research and innovation in chemical engineering. Today, this is truer than ever. With research thrusts across fields such as health and medicine, biofuels, air quality and more, CMU ChemEs are paving the way to healthier, cleaner, more efficient future for all. We are currently searching for a research assistant to join the Laird Research lab. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in an interesting and challenging work environment. You will contribute to the department by following research plans to collect, record, and manipulate data. Your core responsibilities will include: Analyzing results from research conducted. Developing open-source software for new capabilities. Collaborating on new problem formulations and research with the group. Preparing reports and presentations to document the research....

Part time 2019240 In Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE), faculty members, researchers, and students are revolutionizing focus areas in advanced manufacturing, bioengineering, computational engineering, energy and the environment, product design, and robotics. In addition, they are using their expertise in interdisciplinary research centers across the university. We are seeking a Research Assistant to join the Amir Barati Farimani Lab in the Mechanical Engineering department. In this role, you will follow research plans in order to collect, record and manipulate research data. You will maintain accuracy and detailed research records. You will work on developing machine learning algorithm for timeseries forecasting and molecular machine learning and such other tasks that are assigned to you. The Barati Farimani’s lab, the Mechanical and Artificial Intelligence laboratory (MAIL), at Carnegie Mellon University is broadly interested...

Part time 2019239 In Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE), faculty members, researchers, and students are revolutionizing focus areas in advanced manufacturing, bioengineering, computational engineering, energy and the environment, product design, and robotics. In addition, they are using their expertise in interdisciplinary research centers across the university. We are seeking a Research Assistant to join the Amir Barati Farimani Lab in MechE. In this role, you will follow research plans in order to collect, record and manipulate research data. You will maintain accuracy and detailed research records. You will work on developing machine learning algorithm for timeseries forecasting and molecular machine learning and such other tasks that are assigned to you. The Barati Farimani’s lab, the Mechanical and Artificial Intelligence laboratory (MAIL), at Carnegie Mellon University is broadly interested in the application of machine...

Part time 2016598 The Tepper School of Business is home to many programs and research programs that cross disciplines. We approach scientific problems from fresh angles using creative interdisciplinary approaches while drawing on our strengths in the core social sciences. Tepper faculty members are nationally and internationally recognized for their research in a variety of fields, including organizational behavior and theory, economics, finance, and accounting. We are seeking a skilled and motivated Research Assistant. This is an excellent opportunity to gain exposure and training in all stages of the research process.  Your work will be supervised by Dr. Matthew Denes (Assistant Professor of Finance, Carnegie Mellon University). Core responsibilities will include: Obtain and manipulate data from various sources Construct and analyze data using statistical software packages Assist with the production of working papers and publications Flexibility,...

Pittsburgh, PA Full time 2019274 Carnegie Mellon University is a private, global research university that stands among the world’s most renowned education institutions. With ground-breaking brain science, path-breaking performances, creative start-ups, big data, big ambitions, hands-on learning, and a whole lot of robots, CMU doesn’t imagine the future, we invent it. If you’re passionate about joining a community that challenges the curious to deliver work that matters, your journey starts here! Carnegie Mellon University’s department of Machine Learning is searching for a Research Assistant to join the team.  This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in an interesting and challenging work environment. You will contribute to the department by assisting in analysis of deep learning methods, including demonstrating separation between convolutional neural networks, fully connected neural networks and convolutional kernels, and...

Full time 2018187 Carnegie Mellon University’s department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is searching for Postdoctoral Research Associates. This position is also jointly appointed through Traffic21, a transportation research center at Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in an interesting and challenging work environment. You will contribute to the department by providing essential support by focusing on integrating and analyzing big transportation data, and establishing dynamic multi-modal transportation network models. The postdoctoral researcher will lead funded research projects, supervise graduate research assistants, and write research proposals and reports. Core responsibilities include: Collect and analyze data, including periodical/literature search and utilizing specialized skills in related field to analyze the collected data. Conduct research experiments within the...

Pittsburgh, PA Part time 2019360 Carnegie Mellon University is a private, global research university that stands among the world’s most renowned education institutions. With ground-breaking brain science, path-breaking performances, creative start-ups, big data, big ambitions, hands-on learning, and a whole lot of robots, CMU doesn’t imagine the future, we invent it. If you’re passionate about joining a community that challenges the curious to deliver work that matters, your journey starts here! The Software and Societal Systems department is searching for a Teaching Assistant to join the team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in an interesting and challenging work environment. You will be responsible for performing teaching or teaching-related duties to assist faculty members, professors, department heads and other faculty Core Responsibilities Assist faculty members with classroom instruction, exams, record keeping...

Description The Organizational Behavior and Theory area at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business is looking to fill a two year post-doctoral fellowship on the topics of  collaboration   and conflict  for newly graduating PhDs in organizational behavior, psychology, communication, sociology, or other closely-related fields. The postdoc would be primarily supervised by  Dr. Laurie R. Weingart . The postdoc will be expected to work on research projects in the areas of conflict and collaboration within the Collaboration and Conflict Research Lab, and will have the opportunity to work with other Carnegie Mellon University faculty and graduate students while also making progress toward publication of their ongoing research. Qualifications The two-year fellowship will begin in August of 2023. During the period of the fellowship, postdocs are expected to be in residence, work with faculty as coauthors...

Description Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMUQ) is seeking a teaching-track faculty at the assistant teaching professor level. The preferred starting date in Qatar is August 2023.  The responsibilities are primarily related to teaching, with an expectation of engagement in curriculum development and service-related activities, and in research, principally with undergraduate students in biological sciences.  Teaching responsibilities involve introductory courses in general and organic chemistry sequences for students majoring in biological sciences.  These are in the form of lecture and lab courses. There is also the possibility of developing courses that might be of special interest to non-science students and upper-level courses for biology students, depending upon the candidate’s area of expertise. We are interested in finding a candidate who is collegial and collaborative and would feel comfortable sharing roles and...

Description Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar seeks applicants for a Teaching track position at the Assistant Professor level in Economics and Analytics beginning in Fall Semester, 2023. This is a career-oriented appointment with primary responsibility for teaching and contributions to the educational mission of the undergraduate Business Administration program in Doha, Qatar.  The position also provides support for the pursuit of research interests.  Carnegie Mellon’s undergraduate Business Administration program has earned global recognition for its approach to the study of business management as a science. The program emphasizes a quantitative, analytical approach, training students in the foundations of business. We seek an engaging colleague, passionate about teaching, whose primary responsibility will be to deliver undergraduate core and elective courses in economics, data analytics and data science to business administration students....

Full time 2019312 The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering ranks among the best in the country. Our research programs are at the forefront of the technologies that have changed the world we live in. Our interdisciplinary approach to education and research allows faculty and student across the university and beyond to collaborate on problems that have a significant impact on the world around us. We are currently searching for multiple Postdoctoral Research Associates for leading cross-disciplinary research projects in all areas of our Electrical and Computer Engineering department. In this role, you will lead, and assist with, research related to projects that span multiple research groups. You will carry out advanced independent and/or directed research to achieve the objectives of the research projects. This position will require both in-depth knowledge of specific fields and an interest in exploring new research topics. This may involve coordinating and...

Full time 2018683 The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon offers a unique interdisciplinary program that enables you to develop imaginative solutions to real-world engineering problems. With access to cutting-edge research and technology, high achieving, energetic - yet approachable - faculty, and an innovative and flexible curriculum, we consistently rank among the top engineering programs by US News and World Report. Carnegie Mellon University’s department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is searching for a Postdoctoral Associate/Fellow in environmental engineering/chemistry.  This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in an interesting and challenging work environment. You will contribute to the department by designing and conducting fundamental experiments related to PFAS adsorption and degradation, preparing manuscripts and research reports, co-advising graduate student research, assisting in proposal writing,...

The Cyert Center was founded in 1971 by working parents at Carnegie Mellon University, for working parents. The Cyert Center now serves 180 children in two locations. The Cyert Center is a community committed to the highest quality care and education for children ages infant through kindergarten. We believe that all children are thinkers, researchers, and problem solvers. Our program revolves around valuing the development of relationships, open dialogue, and collaboration, which we believe supports the development of strong relationships between all members of this community—children, parents, and educators and the communities beyond these walls. Inclusion, collaboration and cultural sensitivity are valued competencies at CMU. Therefore, we are in search of a team member who is able to effectively interact with a varied population of internal and external partners at a high level of integrity. We are looking for someone who shares our values and who will support the mission...

The Carnegie Mellon University Children’s School is part of the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences' Department of Psychology and is one of the most popular programs in the Pittsburgh area. The Children's School is a laboratory school that is actively involved in preschool and kindergarten education, developmental research, undergraduate teaching and training of both pre-service and practicing educators. Educators model best practices for early childhood education by designing thematic curriculum for active exploration and equipping parents to extend children’s learning at home. The Children’s School offers model preschool and kindergarten programs for approximately 72 children ages 3-6 years. Our program runs from September through mid-May, with the option of a half-day summer camp in June. We are seeking a Teacher to join our staff. Core responsibilities will include: Classroom program and assessments, and organizing and delegating...

The Mellon College of Science (MCS) is home to four departments and many programs and research centers that cross disciplines. We approach scientific problems from fresh angles using creative interdisciplinary approaches while drawing on our departmental strengths in the core sciences. MCS faculty members are nationally and internationally recognized for their research in a variety of fields, including polymer science, cosmology, mathematical finance and neuroscience. We are searching for a Senior Sponsored Research Administrator to handle both pre-award administration and expert level post award administration for the Physics Department. This is a dynamic opportunity for someone who thrives in an interesting and challenging work environment. In this role, you will contribute to the department by providing professional level support for proposal development and submission, including but not limited to proposal and budget review, review of agency solicitations and RFPs, as well...

Carnegie Mellon University is dedicated to creating and disseminating knowledge through research. The Office of Research Integrity and Compliance (ORIC) supports research at Carnegie Mellon University and works with researchers to ensure that research is conducted in accordance with federal and state regulations.  ORIC assists researchers in the following areas: Human Subjects Research, Conflict of Interest, Organizational Conflict of Interest, Responsible Conduct of Research, Global Export Compliance, Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee, and Research Misconduct. We are seeking an IRB (Institutional Review Board) Analyst to ensure appropriate steps are taken to protect the rights and welfare of humans participating in research. The IRB functions according to the guidelines of the Office of Human Research Protection (OHRP) and other federal regulatory agencies. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in an interesting and challenging work...