Transportation Modeling Scientist — Hybrid

Boston-Region-Metropolitan-Planning-Organization; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization seeks a Data Scientist-Model Developer to research, design, implement, adapt, and maintain models of travel behavior and transportation systems in various platforms.

The Data Scientist-Model Developer will join a team at the forefront of advancing the state of the practice in transportation modeling, designing, building, and maintaining critical tools that support planning across the Boston Region and Massachusetts.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree and 1–3 years of relevant experience.
• Strong Python programming and data analysis skills.
• Experience with data visualization and statistical modeling.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted approaches and version control.

Responsibilities

• Develop, update, and refine model input data in spatial data formats.
• Contribute to development and maintenance of custom software for transportation modeling.
• Perform research and develop modeling features for emerging transportation technologies.
• Ensure credibility of tools and support policy analysis through QA/QC processes.
• Collaborate to advance modeling practices within the agency.
• Translate requirements into efficient, testable scripts with user-friendly features.

Skills

Python

GitHub

AI approaches

Statistics

Data visualization

R

Data management

Version control

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Advanced degree in transportation modeling, computer science, data analytics, data science, statistics, mathematics, engineering or related field

Tools

TransCAD

Job description

The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization seeks a Data Scientist-Model Developer to research, design, implement, adapt, and maintain models of travel behavior and transportation systems in various platforms.

The Data Scientist-Model Developer will join a team at the forefront of advancing the state of the practice in transportation modeling, designing, building, and maintaining critical tools that support planning across the Boston Region and Massachusetts.