Research Scientist - STEM Education

WIL is seeking a Research Scientist in STEM education to lead research design and methods on engineering, computer science, and technician education projects with university and community college partners.

About AlphaHire Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL)

The AlphaHire Workforce Intelligence Lab (WIL) is an applied research initiative studying how workforce conditions influence delivery of mission-critical investments and public programs. WIL builds methodology-transparent workforce intelligence and STEM education and workforce research partnerships with universities, community colleges, and K-14 partners — packaged for grant and sponsored-research pursuits.

Learn more: https://wilinstitute.org

We engage experienced researchers and practitioners for both full-time employment and project-based contract roles, depending on the award and staffing model. Engagements are remote-first with travel as required for partner campuses, school districts, and field sites. We build ready teams for live grant and sponsored-research pursuits — not speculative staffing banks.

This opportunity is contingent upon grant or sponsored-project award and final staffing approval. Permission will be requested before including a candidate's name or resume in a proposal or funding package.

What you'll do:

• Contribute STEM education or engineering/CS education research design, methods, and scholarly framing for university-hosted sponsored projects
• Collaborate with institutional PIs, school-district or community-college partners, and WIL research leads on research questions, curricula translation, and broader-impacts narratives
• Support K-14 educator research-experience models, classroom/curriculum follow-on, and workforce pathway documentation when the project design calls for it
• Produce high-quality written products — literature framing, methods sections, evaluation plans, progress reports, and past-performance narrative — suitable for NSF-style and related education packages
• Contribute specialist qualifications and citeable past projects to WIL grant and sponsored-research packages when permissioned

Requirements

• Required: Doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials in engineering education, STEM education, computer science education, learning sciences, or a closely related field — or substantial faculty-equivalent research experience in those domains
• Demonstrated record of STEM education, teacher professional development, technician education, or engineering/CS education research (publications, funded projects, or citeable institutional roles)
• Ability to collaborate with university or community-college sponsored-research teams and K-14 or industry education partners
• Open to full-time employment or project-based contract engagement; remote-first with travel as partner and field work requires
• Nice to have: Prior NSF STEM education, RET Site, ATE, RIEF/RFE, IUSE, or related education-research experience as PI, co-PI, senior personnel, or key collaborator
• Experience mentoring engineering faculty new to education research, or translating authentic research into K-14 classroom practice
• Prior projects you can cite (agency or institution, your role, year)