"Curriculum Developer, Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy - NREC"

Curriculum Developer, Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy - NREC

Company: Carnegie Mellon University

Job Location: Pittsburgh, 15213

Category: Curriculum Design

Type: Full-Time

At the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC), every team member plays a vital role in our collective success. Members of our support staff work closely with leadership, technical experts, and one another to keep daily operations running smoothly and projects progressing efficiently. Whether providing technical or operational support, both internally and externally, coordinating events, managing resources, assisting with logistics, or delivering essential administrative services, each contribution is critical to achieving our shared goals.

The Carnegie Mellon Robotics Academy, based at the National Robotics Engineering Center, is seeking to hire a Curriculum Developer to assist and support in the design, writing, production, and refinement of multiple CS and STEM curricula. This exciting opportunity is ideal for someone who wants the challenge and opportunity to collaborate with a world-class team of subject matter experts, researchers, developers and educators to create authentic, approachable, hands-on lessons for learners in K-12 and beyond, on a variety of STEM topics including robotics, machine learning, and technical soft skills.

The team is supportive, active, and committed to positive change through our work. We use human-centered design, continuous improvement, and agile software development methods to ensure that we produce useful, usable, and valuable learning tools that work in the real world. This position includes frequent opportunities to visit STEM education sites across the city and country to collect user feedback and delivery training.

Your primary responsibilities include:

• Developing concrete instructional materials consistent with high-level instructional concepts and outlines.
• Designing novel lessons that meet the constraints and affordances of diverse environments.
• Organizing and running user testing sessions.
• Collecting and organizing test session data into useful insights.
• Formulating and implementing improvements into curriculum once identified.
• Coordinating additional input from stakeholders including subject matter experts, educational researchers, instructors, administrators, and students.
• Run professional development (or training) sessions using our curricular offerings
• Occasional travel to facilitate on-demand (travel) trainings
• Participating in occasional outreach events to promote programs and interact with local community

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree or equivalent experience
• At least 5 years of teaching or instruction experience.
• Experience authoring content for mixed online media, including text, animations, video, and interactive elements such as quizzes, simulations, and games.
• Technical background in a computing-related field, or a record of curriculum development for computing-related content.
• Background in instructional design or pedagogy.
• At least one completed piece in their portfolio.

We especially want to hear from you if you have experience or qualifications in any of the following areas:

• Experience with designing structured learning programs that align with organization goals and learning outcomes.
• Knowledge in both the academic world and agile team environments.

Other Requirements:

• Successful pre-employment background check
• Child Protection Clearances (Act 153)
• Motor Vehicle Records (MVR): You must hold a valid driver's license

This position will require work on a variety of projects, including projects that involve military/defense applications and/or are funded by military/defense sponsors.

Location
Pittsburgh, PA

Job Function
Academic Program Administration

Position Type
Staff - Regular

Full Time/Part time
Full time

Pay Basis
Salary