Engineering Applications Tutor, Virtual Probability, Statistics

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $60 - $100 / hour

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🟡 Mid-level

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Thrive Education Partners

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

📚 Education

💼 Consulting

Education • Consulting

Thrive Education Partners is an organization focused on education and support services. Based on the company name and the provided website markup, it appears to offer advisory, partnership, or program-support services aimed at schools, educators, or educational institutions. Public-facing site content is limited in the supplied text, so this description is conservative and based primarily on the name and context clues in the website structure.

📋 Description

• Meet virtually with the student twice per week on a consistent evening schedule • Preview upcoming course material so the student arrives at each lecture already familiar with the concepts • Break down mathematically complex material into clear, sequential steps while maintaining rigor • Work through representative problems and course assignments to build problem-solving fluency • Connect probability and statistics principles to engineering applications across civil, mechanical, chemical, biomedical, and electrical contexts • Identify and strengthen gaps in prerequisite mathematics or statistics • Support preparation for homework, midterms, and the cumulative final exam • Coordinate directly with the student on scheduling, priorities, and session focus • Adjust session frequency around assessments when needed • Teach graduate-level applied probability, statistics, Monte Carlo simulation, uncertainty quantification, and reliability-based engineering design

🎯 Requirements

• Has completed graduate-level coursework in probability and mathematical statistics, or has taught it • Has worked directly with reliability analysis, including limit state functions, the reliability index, and first- and second-order reliability methods • Can derive and work with distributions of functions of random variables • Has built or run Monte Carlo simulations for uncertainty quantification • Is comfortable with parameter estimation, regression, and correlated random variables at the level of a graduate statistics sequence • Can read an assigned problem set or textbook section and work through it without extensive preparation • Has taught or tutored quantitative material at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level • Is available evenings Central time, can begin immediately, and can hold a consistent schedule through the end of the fall semester • Current background check required; Thrive facilitates this process • Verifiable references from prior teaching, tutoring, or academic roles • Strong professionalism, reliability, discretion, and communication • PhD or PhD candidacy in statistics, applied mathematics, reliability engineering, or a related quantitative field (preferred) • Experience as a teaching assistant or instructor for a probability, statistics, or reliability course (preferred) • Direct work in structural or system reliability, risk analysis, or uncertainty quantification, in research or industry (preferred) • Working knowledge of Python, R, or MATLAB (preferred) • Experience tutoring virtually, with a tablet or equivalent setup for working through mathematics on screen (preferred) • Familiarity with Vanderbilt's graduate engineering curriculum or a comparable program (preferred)

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation, with opportunities for rate increases based on experience, performance, and continued work with Thrive • Consistent recurring weekly schedule through the fall semester • Opportunities for additional placements with Thrive based on availability and fit • Increased frequency available around midterms and the cumulative final • Personalized matching • Dedicated placement coordinator throughout the hiring process • Access to Thrive's educator network and resources • Ongoing placement opportunities with Thrive Education Partners • Virtual work with flexible evening scheduling • Direct coordination with the student on scheduling and priorities

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