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Research Engineer - Energy Resources Center

University of Illinois Chicago

Hiring Department: Energy Resources Center

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1041088

Posting Close Date: Thursday, July 9, 2026

Salary: The previously determined salary range for this position was $60,000.00 to $85.000.00.

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation?s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent Best Colleges rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has over 300,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

Position Summary

This position develops partnerships with private and public sector sponsors via the Energy Resource Center to secure research funding and complete research projects. Through the use of energy assessments and technical/financial analyses, employee is responsible for identifying practical answers to energy and environmental problems in industrial, commercial, institutional and residential markets.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaboratively generate/develop energy and environmental research ideas and convert into fundable projects. Participate in the planning, development, and implementation of projects (energy efficiency, energy use, energy conversion, energy storage, emission reduction).
• Identify underserved markets and untapped consumers in need of technical education and/or assistance in energy matters.
• Develop relationships with private and public organizations to improve the efficient use of energy and emission reductions in the industrial, commercial and institutional market sectors.
• Conduct energy assessments and on-site consultation and evaluation for clients, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce energy costs. Apply advanced engineering principles to specific energy and/or environmental research tasks (analysis, technical writing, independent technical research and independent judgment). Collect and analyze data and present analysis to clientele both verbally and in writing.
• Lead energy projects by developing project plan, determining scope of project, establishing timelines, calculating cost structure of project, carrying out project tasks, computing energy savings, and delivering results on time and within cost.
• Compose technical writing components in proposals, document research results, prepare reports and project deliverables.
• Cooperate with interdisciplinary project members as an energy expert providing technical ideas, knowledge and writing capabilities to develop new programs, ensuring energy efficiency and environmental stewardship principles are included.
• Conduct independent and group research under the direction and guidance of senior engineering staff.
• Staff Management: train student engineers in energy efficiency technologies, energy instrumentation use, and field assessment procedures. Oversee and advise student engineer data collection and analysis work. Review, edit and finalize project deliverables produced by student engineers.
• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor?s degree in Engineering or related is required. Master's degree preferred.
• Excellent communication and technical writing skills. Ability to work independently and in team environments.
• In depth working knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and some knowledge of energy software tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience calculating energy efficiency measures and/or modeling distributed generation power systems.

For fullest consideration, please submit a letter of interest, resume and list of three references to uic.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/19930?c=uic by Thursday, July 9, 2026.

The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including but not limited to disability and/or veteran status, and complies with all applicable state and federal employment mandates. Please visit Required Employment Notices and Posters to view our non-discrimination statement and find additional information about required background checks, sexual harassment/misconduct disclosures, and employment eligibility review through E-Verify.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.