Modeler Jobs in Austin, TX

We are seeking a Travel Demand Modeler to estimate, calibrate, and apply statewide and urban area multimodal travel demand models for State Departments of Transportation and Metropolitan Planning Organizations throughout the U.S.

Responsibilities :

• Assist with the designs of travel model architecture customized to meet transportation analysis objectives in the state or metropolitan area under study.
• Statistically analyzes household and transit onboard travel survey data in order to develop model parameters and estimate model.
• Works with and creates CUBE Voyager and TransCAD GISDK scripts.
• Performs computer programming related to travel demand modeling and traffic analysis.
• Conducting statistical analyses of travel survey and passively collected transportation data.
• Defines variables, coefficients, and constants to estimate a model likely to replicate observed transportation system travel behavior.
• Perform GIS analysis using ArcGIS, TransCAD or QGIS
• Using iterative testing, calibrates the model coefficients to produce statistically reliable results to match target confidence and error levels based on project objectives.
• Using the calibrated model, validates the model to existing conditions to insure performance.
• Develop macros and scripts to execute individual model components, manage input-output data handling among the models and provide a user interface to organize output data into exhibits and reports to provide results in a format designed to meet analysis objectives.
• Applies the models to forecast future transportation system performance under varying conditions and project scenarios to test the feasibility and economic viability of major highway and transit infrastructure projects.
• Produces and contributes to the presentation of technical memorandum, analysis reports and formal and informal technical presentations on model development, application, results and recommendations to a variety of groups including professional peers, policy makers and elected officials, civic and business leaders and the general public.

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Equal Opportunity Employer | Veterans | Disabled