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Current HCII Opportunities
We are always looking for highly-motivated, creative people to join our growing team. Our current vacancies for HCII faculty, staff and postdocs are listed below.
Student Opportunities
If you are a student looking for a research position with the HCII, please visit our Independent Study or Summer Research Program web pages for more information about how to apply for those opportunities.
SCS and CMU Opportunities
For general information about faculty openings with the CMU School of Computer Science, visit the SCS Faculty Hiring page.
To view all of CMU’s current staff openings, visit Careers @ Carnegie Mellon.
Software Engineer - School of Computer Science - HCII
The PLUS - Personalized Learning Squared project, run by the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University aims to double the rate of math learning in middle school students, particularly those who have been historically underserved. This project is operated in collaboration with Carnegie Learning and Stanford University and is led by Principal Investigator Prof. Ken Koedinger and Shiv Gupta. We are looking for a Software Engineer to join the team!
Program Manager - School of Computer Science - HCII
The PLUS - Personalized Learning Squared project, run by the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, aims to double the rate of math learning in middle school students, particularly those who have been historically underserved. This project is operated in collaboration with Carnegie Learning and Stanford University and is led by Principal Investigator Prof. Ken Koedinger and Shiv Gupta. We are looking for a Program Manager to join the team!
Research Administrator
We are seeking to hire a Research Administrator to join our team! In this role, you will assume responsibility for the day-to-day management of sponsored research and internal accounts awarded to faculty members within the department. You will support the operations of the department, primarily in the areas of finance and accounting, and will serve as a resource and advisor to faculty and staff on matters of policy and administration. For a full job description and to apply online, visit the Workday link below.
Academic Coordinator
The HCI Institute is looking for an Academic Coordinator to join the team! This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in an interesting and challenging work environment. You will contribute to the department by managing classes and other academic requirements across multiple academic programs within the HCII. Your core responsibilities will include:
Postdoctoral Fellow
We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon. The postdoc will contribute to an NSF-funded project that involve the design and evaluation of a tools that helps teachers reflect on their practice when based on analytics from AI-based tutoring software. These projects are led by Profs.
Postdoctoral Fellow
The Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science is searching for a postdoctoral fellow who will do research developing innovative assessments as part of a fellowship program to embed postdoctoral fellows in state education agencies funded by Schmidt Futures and the Walton Foundation. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically-oriented postdoc researcher to make an impact in exciting new research and contribute to innovation in the areas of educational data science, student modeling, and educational assessment.
Learning Sciences Postdoc
Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science department, Human Computer Interaction Institute is searching for a post-doctoral fellow who will do both research and technical work (i.e., programming) for two new National Science Foundation (NSF) grants. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically-oriented post-doc researcher to make an impact in exciting new research, in the areas of gender studies, digital learning games, and intelligent tutors.