Jobs at Carnegie Mellon University

Design and pilot AI-native, architecture-scale solutions and agentic workflows to modernize and rearchitect systems. Assess customer systems, recommend technical strategies, prototype architectures, coach engineering teams, and share practices via publications and presentations.

Coordinate academic program operations for the School of Public Policy: support leadership projects, plan events, supervise student workers, manage capstone processes, handle financial and administrative tasks, and serve as primary school contact.

Lead research applying AI to large-scale software engineering: assess AI model capabilities, design agentic workflows, establish metrics and practices, pilot improvements with government and industry, measure outcomes, and disseminate results. Mentor junior staff, write proposals, and help organizations adopt AI-native engineering without sacrificing software quality.

Lead architecture-scale modernization and design efforts using AI to create agentic workflows and reference architectures. Assess customer systems, recommend technical solutions, prototype architectures, coach engineering teams, and measure transitions while sharing findings via publications and presentations.

Conduct research applying AI to large-scale software engineering problems, create agentic workflows and metrics, pilot improvements with government and industry, measure impact, publish results, and mentor junior team members.

Lead embedded C/C++ development and architecture analysis for Navy maintenance and readiness applications. Provide technical leadership across acquisition, sustainment, prototyping, code analysis, and stakeholder engagements, ensuring scalable, maintainable, and mission-critical solutions.

Design, build, and maintain data architectures, pipelines, and BI tools to consolidate multi-source program and institutional data. Ensure data quality and governance, produce dashboards and automated reports, conduct quantitative analyses and forecasting, and deliver actionable insights. Provide technical assistance and training to partner institutions and collaborate with stakeholders to support monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and strategic decision-making.

The Reverse Engineer Researcher will reverse engineer malware, develop analysis tools, identify security threats, and mentor others. Involves travel and requires a security clearance.

Lead and operationalize the Center's Knowledge Creation pillar across CMU-Africa and Afretec. Develop and execute a multidisciplinary research and innovation agenda, strengthen institutional research capacity, secure external funding, build strategic partnerships, and promote knowledge dissemination. Oversee budgets, staffing, and programs that develop researchers, translate research into impact, and integrate activities with teaching and entrepreneurship. Represent the Center as a thought leader and drive cross-institutional collaboration across Africa.

Manage day-to-day operations of CMU-Africa's online certificate portfolio, coordinating course development, admissions, enrollment, learner support, stakeholder engagement, marketing, LMS administration, reporting, and continuous improvement to scale employer-recognized, stackable credentials across Africa.

The Cybersecurity Operations Researcher conducts analytical studies on risk and security data while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Responsibilities include applying cybersecurity knowledge, analyzing network security challenges, and producing technical documentation. The role involves engaging with international stakeholders and delivering training and tools to enhance cybersecurity operations.

The Associate Cybersecurity Operations Researcher conducts analytical studies, collaborates on cybersecurity initiatives, and produces technical documentation while engaging with international stakeholders.

Lead a software development team building high-performance C/C++ systems for ground and space domains: design architectures, develop prototypes, analyze source code, mentor juniors, run static analysis, and lead customer engagements.

Lead technical execution and delivery of a portfolio of cybersecurity projects for Intelligence Community partners. Oversee planning, schedules, risk tracking, quality reviews, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional coordination while contributing technical guidance in malware analysis, vulnerability research, and AI security.

Lead and oversee a portfolio of technical cybersecurity projects for Intelligence Community partners, coordinating project planning, execution, risk management, and deliverable quality. Serve as primary technical liaison, translate partner needs into technical requirements, foster cross-team collaboration and innovation, and contribute technically to malware analysis, vulnerability research, and AI security.

The research scientist will design neural interfaces, conduct electrophysiology experiments, lead research goals, and contribute to findings and documentation.

Perform full accounts payable duties including invoice data entry and payment processing in Oracle, credit memo and refund handling, supplier statement reconciliation, resolving payable issues with campus and external partners, maintaining Oracle Holds and supplier records, providing customer service, and backing up departmental accounting tasks.

Manage pre-award administration and provide expert post-award budget support for Chemistry and Biological Sciences. Responsibilities include proposal development/submission, budget preparation, compliance routing (SPARCS), coordination with PIs and institutional offices, training faculty, and reporting award data. Ensure adherence to sponsor and university regulations and provide daily support to faculty and research teams.

Postdoctoral researcher will develop and analyze computational and mathematical models of decision-making, link models to human and rodent data, collect and analyze experimental data, run experiments, and assist with lab maintenance and supplies while collaborating across psychology, neuroscience, and applied mathematics.

You will develop resources for adopting AI solutions in mathematics, support mathematicians, maintain software, and encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration.