Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychology & Human Factors

About the role

Michigan Technological University is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar for our Psychology and Human Factors department. The new post-doc will support a multi-university research initiative to study and model decision and judgment variability (i.e. noise).

Responsibilities

• Design, conduct, and analyze behavioral decision-making studies
• Write and submit research publications
• Perform literature reviews
• Attend regular research meetings
• Generate ideas
• Aid and mentor graduate and undergraduate researchers
• Commit to learning about continuous improvement strategies and applying them to everyday work
• Actively engage in University continuous improvement initiatives
• Apply safety-related knowledge, skills, and practices to everyday work

Requirements

• A Ph.D. (completed by start of employment) in cognitive science, psychology, human factors engineering, engineering or computer science with experience in behavioral science
• Training in behavioral science research methods and statistical analyses
• Experience with statistical software (preferably R, others acceptable)

Qualifications

• Desirable Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities: Experience working with interdisciplinary, collaborative teams, and managing research assistants; demonstrated success in, or potential future contributions to, working with persons with a wide variety of backgrounds and viewpoints

Skills

• Desirable Knowledge, Skills, And/or Abilities: Cognitive modeling experience

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

The minimum salary for this position is $63,000. The final salary will depend on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) % (1=100%) 1 FLSA Status Exempt Appointment Term 12 months Shift Pay Rate/Salary