Remote Postdoc: Transportation Digital Twins & HPC

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

Job summary

National Laboratory of the Rockies seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher to advance transportation digital twins, large-scale simulation, and high-performance computing. The role focuses on developing and validating traffic and vehicle models, and building scalable computing workflows for connected and automated vehicle studies.

The candidate will conduct independent research and collaborate with NLR scientists and external partners, with responsibilities spanning model development, optimization, and

Qualifications

• Must be a PhD graduate within the last three years.
• Ph.D. in a relevant engineering, computing, or mathematical discipline.
• Research 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.
• Experience with traffic or vehicle simulation tools (e.g., SUMO, CARLA) is preferred.
• Experience with parallel computing (MPI, CUDA) and HPC clusters is preferred.
• Background in CAV control, traffic signal operations, or traffic flow theory is preferred.
• Familiarity with V2X communication, transportation energy models, or co-simulation is preferred.
• Record of peer-reviewed publications and collaborative software practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop, calibrate, and validate traffic digital twin and co-simulation models.
• Design and evaluate vehicle and traffic signal control strategies using optimization or machine learning.
• 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, reports, and presentations.

Skills

Python

C/C++

MATLAB

Transportation modeling

Large-scale simulation

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Ph.D. in engineering/computing/math

Tools

SUMO

CARLA

MPI

CUDA

Job description

National Laboratory of the Rockies seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher to advance transportation digital twins, large-scale simulation, and high-performance computing. The role focuses on developing and validating traffic and vehicle models, and building scalable computing workflows for connected and automated vehicle studies.

The candidate will conduct independent research and collaborate with NLR scientists and external partners, with responsibilities spanning model development, optimization, and