Research Associate
6 months ago
**Grade 7, Salary Range: £37,099 - £44,263**
**School/Department - College of Science and Engineering, School of Informatics**
**Contract Type - Full Time, 35 Hours Per Week - 18 months (Fixed term until 30th March 2026)**
**1 post available**
**The Opportunity**:
Evidence of high-quality research - e.g., through high-quality publications or high-quality research artifacts - is desirable.
**Knowledge, skills and experience**
Essential criteria:
- PhD degree (or near completion) in robotics, control, computer science or closely related field.
- Research expertise in control, motion planning and optimisation.
- Track record of excellent research: publications in high-quality conferences and journals in the robotics, control, and machine learning fields.
- Excellent programming skills in C++, Python and/or Matlab.
Desirable criteria:
- Working proficiency, skills and expertise in Linux, dynamic simulators
- Hands-on experience in conducting experiments and debugging on real robots; experience with torque controlled, compliant robots, and series elastic actuators
- Understanding of basics of optimal control theory and experience with motion planning
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**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits **pension scheme **, **staff discounts, **family friendly initiatives **, flexible working and much more. Access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our **reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
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.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages
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