Curriculum Developer, Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy

Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious university in Pittsburgh is seeking a Curriculum Developer to create and enhance STEM curricula for K-12 education. The role involves developing instructional materials, conducting user testing, and collaborating with educational experts. Ideal candidates will have experience in curriculum design and data analysis. This position offers opportunities for travel and training facilitation, promoting engagement with local communities and educational sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing instructional materials and curricula for K-12 or higher education.
• Ability to design lessons adaptable to diverse learning environments.
• Strong analytical skills to collect and interpret data for curriculum improvements.

Responsibilities

• Develop instructional materials aligned with high-level concepts.
• Design engaging lessons for various educational settings.
• Organize and conduct user testing to gather feedback.
• Implement improvements based on testing insights.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to enhance curriculum offerings.
• Facilitate professional development sessions.

Skills

Curriculum design

User testing

Data analysis

Instructional materials development

Training facilitation

Job description

At the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC), every team member plays a vital role in our collective success. Members of our support staff work closely with leadership, technical experts, and one another to keep daily operations running smoothly and projects progressing efficiently. Whether providing technical or operational support, both internally and externally, coordinating events, managing resources, assisting with logistics, or delivering essential administrative services, each contribution is critical to achieving our shared goals.

The Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy, based at the National Robotics Engineering Center, is seeking to hire a Curriculum Developer to assist and support in the design, writing, production, and refinement of multiple CS and STEM curricula. This exciting opportunity is ideal for someone who wants the challenge and opportunity to collaborate with a world-class team of subject matter experts, researchers, developers and educators to create authentic, approachable, hands-on lessons for learners in K-12 and beyond, on a variety of STEM topics including robotics, machine learning, and technical soft skills.

The team is supportive, active, and committed to positive change through our work. We use human-centered design, continuous improvement, and agile software development methods to ensure that we produce useful, usable, and valuable learning tools that work in the real world. This position includes frequent opportunities to visit STEM education sites across the city and country to collect user feedback and delivery training.

• Developing concrete instructional materials consistent with high-level instructional concepts and outlines.
• Designing novel lessons that meet the constraints and affordances of diverse environments.
• Organizing and running user testing sessions.
• Collecting and organizing test session data into useful insights.
• Formulating and implementing improvements into curriculum once identified.
• Coordinating additional input from stakeholders including subject matter experts, educational researchers, instructors, administrators, and students.
• Run professional development (or training) sessions using our curricular offerings
• Occasional travel to facilitate on-demand (travel) trainings
• Participating in occasional outreach events to promote programs and interact with local community

Join our talented team at NREC where you will have a direct impact on operations and meaningful projects as you collaborate with experts and build your career helping solve industrial and government challenges and deploying technology to real world operations.

Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.