Research Assistant

24 hours ago

South Kensington, United Kingdom Imperial College London Full time

Job number

**ENG03419**
- Faculties

**Faculty of Engineering**
- Salary or Salary range

**£43,003 - £46,297 per annum**
- Location/campus

**South Kensington Campus - On site only**
- Contract type work pattern

**Full time - Fixed term**
- Posting End Date

**5 Mar 2025**

**About the role**:
An opportunity has arisen in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for a Research Assistant to carry out research and development activities in support of the Head of Department, Professor Washington Yotto Ochieng, CBE, EBS, CEng, FREng.

**What you would be doing**:
You will work on strategy and business development underpinned by the development of security, resilience, computer vision, Simultaneous localization and Mapping (SLAM), resilient PNT and integrated models, algorithms and tools for autonomous navigation and wayfinding, situational awareness, and object detection (including prohibited items) for mission critical services.

**What we are looking for**:

- MSc in computer vision, any branch of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics
- Experience in research in SLAM
- Experience in the development of computer vision and machine learning algorithms.
- Knowledge of systems engineering including requirements, design, development/prototyping, testing and validation.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

**What we can offer you**:

- Grow your career: Gain access to Imperial’s sector-leading dedicated career support for researchers as well as opportunities for promotion and progression
- The opportunity to continue your career at a world-leading institution
- Sector-leading salary and remuneration package (including 38 days off a year)

**Further information**:
As Imperial College staff, in addition to a competitive salary and package of attractive terms and conditions of service, we offer many more benefits to enjoy. This includes career development tailored to your ambitions, an attractive pension scheme, and generous family leave packages. We have a flexible, supportive work environment and encourage you to achieve and maintain a healthy work-life balance

Full information about the post is available in the job description.

**Available documents**:

- Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.- Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.

**About Imperial**:
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