Postdoctoral Fellow — Data-Driven Sensing & AI Systems

University of Minnesota; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 62,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Paid holidays and time off

Professional training opportunities

Medical, dental, and pharmacy plans

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

The University of Minnesota invites applications for a 100% time postdoctoral associate position in the SAGE Lab (Sensing, AI & Green Systems Engineering) within the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering.

The role focuses on advancing data analysis, algorithm development, modeling, and translation of measurements into practical decision-support tools across agricultural, environmental, and energy systems.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in engineering, computer science, or closely related discipline.
• Experience applying statistical, machine-learning, deep-learning, chemometric, or related computational methods to imaging, spectral, sensor, process, environmental, or other complex scientific data.
• Strong quantitative data-analysis and scientific-programming skills in Python, MATLAB, or R with reproducible workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct independent research, formulate data-driven questions, evaluate models, and communicate results.
• Ability to connect data analysis to physical, biological, or process systems and understand measurement limitations.
• Excellent oral and written communication and ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• 65% Research and technical development: develop and apply data-science, statistical, ML/DL, and decision-oriented methods for complex datasets; build models for classification, regression, forecasting, and sensor fusion.
• 25% Proposal development, scientific writing, and publication: strengthen externally funded portfolio, draft and revise technical sections of proposals and manuscripts.
• 10% Lab participation, collaboration, mentoring, and dissemination: join lab activities, mentor students, publish reports and present findings.

Job description

The University of Minnesota invites applications for a 100% time postdoctoral associate position in the SAGE Lab (Sensing, AI & Green Systems Engineering) within the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering.

The role focuses on advancing data analysis, algorithm development, modeling, and translation of measurements into practical decision-support tools across agricultural, environmental, and energy systems.