Postdoctoral Scholar, UAV Swarm Simulation 609675 Flagstaff, Arizona, United States Radiant Center Post Doctoral Scholar Closing at: Oct 14 2026 - 11:55pm MST Special Information This position is an on-site position which requires the incumbent to complete their work primarily at an NAU site, campus, or facility with or without accommodation. Opportunities for remote work are rare. This position is subject to the
availability of funding. Driving a vehicle on behalf of the university is anticipated to be a regular part of this position. Arizona Administrative Code Fleet Safety Policy requires all employees who drive on university business become authorized by submitting Driver’s license information for driving record monitoring, and completion of training appropriate to the level of driving performed. The law applies to all
faculty, staff, and students who drive personal or university-owned motorized vehicles for any business purpose. More information on the NAU Authorized Driver Policy can be found on the NAU website. The anticipated start date for this position is 2/1/27. Due to this project’s funding source, this position is open only to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents (green card holders). The position may require
handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in accordance with sponsor and university data-security requirements. Work on this project may involve technical data, hardware, or software subject to U.S. export control regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR); the incumbent must be able to comply with applicable export control
requirements and with any project-specific technology control plan. About the Department/College The Radiant Center for Remote Sensing, in partnership with the Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics (RSG) Lab in the Steve Sanghi College of Engineering at Northern Arizona University, seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate to serve as lead technical researcher on a sponsored research project focused on using UAV
lidar-based forest models to simulate UAV swarm flights to identify optimum configurations with the highest performance. This is one of several concurrent postdoctoral scholar recruitments at Radiant Center, and the successful candidate will collaborate closely with fellow postdoctoral researchers and faculty working simultaneously on related projects. About the Position The project includes a gradient of forested
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