Postdoc: Transportation Digital Twins & HPC Research

National Laboratory of the Rockies; Golden (CO); On-site; USD 77,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden, CO invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in transportation digital twins, large-scale simulation, and high-performance computing (HPC). You will develop and validate traffic and vehicle simulation models and build scalable workflows to study connected and automated vehicle operations, mobility, safety, and energy impacts.

Join a collaborative team of scientists and external partners.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in engineering, computing, or mathematics (recent graduate within the last 3 years).
• Experience in transportation modeling, large-scale simulation, or scientific computing.
• Proficiency in Python, C/C++, or MATLAB for modeling and data analysis.
• Ability to conduct independent research and collaborate in interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop, calibrate, and validate traffic digital twin and co-simulation models.
• Design and evaluate vehicle and traffic signal control strategies using optimization or ML.
• Build and optimize scalable HPC workflows for large-scale simulation and scenario studies.
• Integrate traffic, vehicle, communication, and energy models into reproducible research tools.
• Analyze results and communicate findings through publications and reports.

Skills

Python

C/C++

MATLAB

Independent research

Education

PhD in engineering/computing/math

Tools

SUMO

CARLA

MPI

CUDA

Job description

The National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden, CO invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in transportation digital twins, large-scale simulation, and high-performance computing (HPC). You will develop and validate traffic and vehicle simulation models and build scalable workflows to study connected and automated vehicle operations, mobility, safety, and energy impacts.

Join a collaborative team of scientists and external partners.