Research Associate

3 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**The Opportunity**:
This position is part of a collaborative multi-disciplinary project between the Center for Inflammation Research and School of Informatics at University of Edinburgh. This project aims to develop robust, flexible, and safe surgical platform for use in lung interventions by making fundamental contributions in cognitive mechatronic technologies.

For this we need to make several fundamental contributions to existing mechatronic technologies, i.e., a combination of better machines, modular designs as well as a better sensing and awareness. The success of our project also relies on integrating these technologies into a user-intuitive framework, ultimately enabling robotic platform that can integrate seamlessly into existing clinical pathway without the need to fully re-engineer our environments for robot operation.

This role is full time (35 hours per week) and fixed term (12 months).

**Your skills and attributes for success**:
Essential:

- PhD degree (or near completion) in robotics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a closely related field.
- Background in robotics.
- Background in Computer Vision.
- Background in programming C/C++ or python, experience with ROS.
- Proficient oral and written English skills.

Desirable:

- Proficiency in Linux, physics simulators (Gazebo), ROS1/ROS2.

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**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:

- A competitive salary of UE07 £39,347 - £46,974 per annum
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our **staff benefits page **(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits

**Championing equality, diversity and inclusion**

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

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