Location: Pittsburgh, PA (preferred) or remote with ability to access regional lab or roleplay test facilities
Compensation: $8,000–$10,000/month (1099 contract basis) – contingent on SBIR award
Start Date: Flexible, pending contract award
Position Type: Part-time or full-time, temporary contract (6 to 18 months)
Axyde Analytics is seeking SBIR-ready Principal Investigators (PIs)or senior collaborators to help lead development of SituIQ — a schema-based situational compliance platform that maps emotional risk, legal exposure, and operational behavior into field-deployable UX systems.
SituIQ is designed to choreograph high-pressure decisions in domains like law enforcement, emergency medicine, school safety, private security, and tribal governance. These roles are tied to multiple SBIR proposals and are contingent upon successful award .
Successful candidates will join modular SBIR teams working under Axyde’s Richmond-based program management and Pittsburgh-based system design group.
Use-of-force orchestration for patrol officers and SROs
DDIL-aware decision logging in ER or trauma environments
Emotional compliance overlays in tribal or sovereign settings
Persona-driven safety UX for school crisis response
Private security risk routing in casinos, stadiums, or ports
Portable kits for timestamped, schema-bound incident documentation
Serve as named or supporting Principal Investigator on one or more SituIQ SBIRs
Lead system design, field test planning, or behavioral orchestration UX development
Collaborate with core program managers and engineers in Richmond and Pittsburgh
Coordinate with law enforcement, EMS, tribal, or venue-based stakeholders as needed
Participate in deliverable documentation and milestone reporting
(Optional) Assist with proposal development and pilot configuration
PhD or equivalent applied experience in Human-Centered Design, Behavioral Systems, Public Safety Tech, or Applied Policy
Strong familiarity with risk orchestration, situational awareness, decision audit systems, or UX in high-emotion environments
Experience with any of the following is a plus:
Law enforcement or ER operations
Tribal or sovereign security frameworks
DDIL / degraded ops design
DHS SAFETY Act environments
School safety and behavioral risk programs
Based near Pittsburgh or Richmond, or willing to coordinate remotely with test and integration hubs
$8,000–$10,000/month (1099) under a work-for-hire model
Modular participation across active SBIR pathways
IP fully retained by Axyde — no licensing or co-ownership offered
Flexible, modular execution scope tailored to domain fit and proposal needs
Opportunity to help define a new class of emotionally aware, legally aligned decision orchestration systems
Pathways to Phase II/III execution leadership or long-term systems integration roles