AIRC Research Fellow

Stevens Institute of Technology; Hoboken (NJ); On-site; USD 175,000 - 210,000; Part time

Job summary

Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ invites applications for an AIRC Research Fellow to lead advanced technical and policy research in defense acquisition. The role focuses on digital transformation of processes, data governance, and interagency collaboration.

This part-time position (renewable) involves collaboration with government and university teams, managing proposals, and delivering technical briefings and reports to non-specialists.

Qualifications

• PhD or significant related work experience in relevant fields such as CS, data science, information systems, engineering, management, economics or policy.
• Proven excellence in research and development through prior results.
• Ability to lead interdisciplinary teams and execute cooperative research.
• Experience in proposal writing, PI and team development, and publications.
• Strong communication skills to convey acquisition challenges to researchers and non-specialists.

Responsibilities

• Lead formulation, prototyping, and transitioning of innovative approaches for defense acquisition outcomes.
• Assess statutes, regulations, policies, and guidance related to defense acquisition functions.
• Identify waivers or changes to improve outcomes with cost/benefit analysis.
• Interface with government representatives to gather needs, share results, and prepare technical briefings.

Skills

Interdisciplinary leadership

Excellent communications

Proposal writing

Team development

Education

PhD or significant related work experience

Job description

Job Description Summary of Position

The Systems Engineering Research Center/Acquisition Innovation Research Center (SERC/AIRC) at Stevens Institute of Technology is seeking highly motivated senior thought leaders in the greater Washington D.C. area and in Hoboken, NJ, to join as an AIRC Research Fellow to lead advanced technical and policy research activities and ensure the successful execution of defense acquisition innovation projects. Appointments are typically for one year and renewable upon the availability of funds.

Responsibilities

• Lead the conceptual formulation, prototyping, and transitioning of innovative approaches for improving acquisition outcomes through the digital transformation of processes, data collection and governance, data sharing, and analysis.
• Assess statutes, regulations, policies, and guidance related to specific functions in the defense acquisition system, including effects on government and industry performance outcomes.
• Identify potential waivers or changes that could improve acquisition outcomes while assessing their costs, benefits, risks, side effects, and implications for government and industry.
• Interface frequently with government representatives to understand and assess their needs and problems, identify and access data, share preliminary results, identify schedule constraints, prepare status reports, develop technical briefings and reports, and summarize findings for non-specialists.

Requirements

• PhD or significant related work experience in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Management, Operations Research, Law, Business, Public Policy, Economics, or another appropriate field or discipline.
• Evidence of excellence in research and development as demonstrated through academic or industry research results and relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead interdisciplinary and multi-organizational teams in developing innovative approaches to practical operational problems and executing cooperative, multidisciplinary research.
• Faculty, program or line management experience, including proposal writing and reviews, innovative idea generation, drafting technical statements of work, PI and team development and recruiting, financial reviews, and publications.
• Excellent communications skills in conveying acquisition challenges to researchers and explaining technical results to non-specialists.
• Preferences: Extensive experience and reputation in working with DoD acquisition leadership on strategic initiatives and challenges to improve defense acquisition.
• Preferences: Extensive experience in data-driven policy analysis of defense acquisition, including analysis of program management, systems engineering, test and evaluation, contracting, cost estimating, cost and schedule growth, industrial base, cybersecurity, sustainment, and workforce.
• US persons status; active DoD security clearances are a plus.

About AIRC

AIRC was recently established to drive a culture of innovation by linking government acquisition teams with faculty research teams to develop, prototype, and test new ideas across the realms of technology, process, policy, contracting, law, and human capital. AIRC operates within the SERC, a University-Affiliated Research Center of the US Department of Defense, leveraging the research and expertise of senior lead faculty and researchers from over 20 collaborator universities throughout the United States.

This is a part-time position available immediately.

Compensation

Department Program Operations SERC Compensation Range In compliance with the New Jersey Wage Transparency Act, the annual base range for this position is In compliance with the New Jersey Wage Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $175k to $210k.

This range represents the University’s good faith estimate of possible compensation at the time of posting. Stevens Institute of Technology determines compensation based on factors including the position’s scope and responsibilities, the candidate’s experience, education, skills, internal equity, market data, and organizational considerations. The final salary will be set considering departmental budget, qualifications, relevant credentials, and the position's part-time equivalency.

This pay range represents base pay only and excludes additional forms of compensation, such as incentives, stipends, or other applicable pay components. For a full overview of our benefits offerings, please refer to the Stevens Institute of Technology Benefits Guidebook, available at: Benefits Guidebook

Stevens Institute of Technology is a premier, private research university in Hoboken, New Jersey, overlooking the Manhattan skyline. Stevens prepares its more than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students for an increasingly complex and technology-centric world, leveraging finance, computing, engineering and the arts to confront the most challenging problems of our time with innovative teaching and research. The university is in the top 1% nationally of colleges with the highest-paid graduates.

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