Jobs at University of Central Florida

Develop predictive pressure-load models for external hypersonic aerodynamics under a DARPA project. Responsibilities include data-informed model development, testing, deployment, scientific publication, conference presentations, collaborator meetings, quarterly reporting, and mentoring junior researchers. The role requires machine learning, Python, end-to-end training, and high-speed aerodynamics expertise, with preferred experience in multiphysics modeling, explainable ML, physics-based loss functions, surface pressure models, and panel methods.

Conduct complex investigations involving financial fraud, waste, abuse, employee misconduct, and policy or legal violations. Manage cases from complaint intake and triage through planning, interviews, evidence analysis, findings, documentation, and final reporting. Prepare investigative reports and workpapers, communicate with leadership and stakeholders, support fraud prevention initiatives, review investigative work, and guide interns. The role requires discretion, independent judgment, strong analytical and investigative writing skills, and collaboration across the university.

Coordinates administrative and operational functions for UCF’s career development center. Responsibilities include supervising student employees, managing front desk and call center services, coordinating space reservations, handling facilities and asset needs, maintaining procedures and documentation, tracking operational metrics, supporting purchasing and scheduling, and contributing to strategic initiatives and process improvements.

Provides front-line technical support for UCF faculty, staff, and students across Windows, macOS, and Linux environments. Responsibilities include diagnosing hardware, software, endpoint, and connectivity issues; deploying and maintaining devices; managing tickets in ServiceNow; supporting IT service management processes; documenting solutions; coordinating with vendors; and assisting with vulnerability remediation. The role also provides walk-up, remote, desk-side, and field support, with occasional after-hours emergency coverage and equipment transportation.

Performs post-award accounting for sponsored research grants and contracts, including invoicing, financial reporting, cash management, transaction review, journal entries, compliance analysis, cost-share documentation, and award closeout. Advises investigators and administrators on fiscal issues, coordinates with awarding agencies and accounting staff, supports month- and year-end activities, and trains personnel. Ensures compliance with federal Uniform Guidance, sponsor terms, state statutes, and university policies.

Serves as the technical subject matter expert for UCF’s ServiceNow platform. Designs, develops, configures, administers, and supports ITSM and SPM solutions, workflows, portals, integrations, CMDB/CSDM data governance, reports, dashboards, and automation. Collaborates with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable, secure, upgrade-safe solutions using configuration-first and low-code approaches. Provides platform guidance, monitors performance, and drives continuous improvement across enterprise service management processes.

Leads engineering, maintenance, troubleshooting, upgrades, and lifecycle management for broadcast and instructional media systems. Supports live and recorded productions, designs signal-flow documentation, performs preventive maintenance and component-level repairs, manages technical procurement and inventories, and oversees shared storage and equipment checkout. The role also mentors student workers, supports budgeting and vendor negotiations, and provides engineering leadership across media production environments.

Coordinates strategic projects and divisional initiatives for University Operations and the Chief of Staff. Develops project plans, monitors milestones, manages risks, prepares executive briefings, and maintains governance documents and approval workflows. Creates dashboards, metrics, reports, and tracking tools; analyzes data; coordinates stakeholders and meetings; and supports policy, committee, and special project activities.

Leads university development and advancement fundraising teams, overseeing senior fundraisers, major and principal gift strategies, prospect portfolios, campaign execution, and performance against philanthropic goals. Provides coaching, mentorship, and operational leadership while partnering with deans, faculty, executives, advancement services, and donors. Supports comprehensive campaign planning, cross-unit fundraising initiatives, pipeline development, and data-informed performance management.

Directs major-gift fundraising for UCF’s College of Sciences by managing donor portfolios, cultivating and soliciting gifts of $25,000 or more, developing fundraising strategies, conducting donor visits, creating proposals, maintaining CRM records, and partnering with university leadership to advance philanthropic priorities.

Provides legal counsel to university leaders on labor and employment matters, including workplace advice, discrimination and accommodation issues, collective bargaining, litigation, administrative proceedings, contracts, garnishments, and regulatory developments. The attorney represents or supports the University before agencies and in litigation, manages outside counsel, advises bargaining teams, drafts legal documents and policies, and delivers practical guidance across a complex public higher education organization.

Develop and evaluate computer vision, machine learning, and deep learning methods for laryngeal videoendoscopy and biomedical data. Integrate multimodal imaging, acoustic, physiological, and wearable-sensor datasets; publish findings; present at conferences; mentor student researchers; and support collaborative NIH-funded research, grant proposals, and new initiatives.

Manages digital learning application portfolios and performs business and systems analysis across the software development lifecycle. Responsibilities include requirements gathering, process documentation, workflow analysis, functional testing, troubleshooting, release support, minor configuration or code updates, stakeholder communication, training, and change management. The role uses reporting and analytics tools to improve digital learning systems and supports collaboration between university stakeholders and development teams.

Founding Executive Director will establish and lead NCTI’s operations, staff, governance, partnerships, commercialization-support processes, budget, federal award compliance, reporting, and risk management. The role oversees milestone-based participant funding, board and investor engagement, NSF relations, national competitions, cohort activities, and annual showcases. The leader will build a transferable operating model and ensure timely delivery of institute objectives in collaboration with university administrators, research partners, investors, industry, and government stakeholders.

Manage operations for a federally funded national commercialization institute, including competition administration, data collection, NSF reporting, compliance documentation, governance meetings, integrated schedules, travel and event logistics, and stakeholder coordination. The role maintains auditable records, tracks milestones and deliverables, supports external evaluation, and identifies project risks while working with university leaders, federal partners, review committees, investors, and participating companies.

Conduct mixed-method behavioral research on cybersecurity, privacy, artificial intelligence, risk, trust, and human behavior. Design and lead interviews, focus groups, surveys, and experiments; analyze quantitative and qualitative data; publish findings; support grant proposals; mentor student researchers; manage project milestones; and disseminate results with interdisciplinary and international collaborators.

Conduct research and development integrating AI and machine learning algorithms into simulation and training architectures. Lead C++ and Unreal Engine software engineering, build networking bridges and APIs, synchronize simulation data with Python-based AI models, and support hardware acceleration, headless simulation, and hardware-in-the-loop systems. Prepare research articles and present findings at conferences.