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The University of Texas at Austin · 3 weeks ago

Research Associate, Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory

Austin, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$110K/yr - $110K/yr

4+ years exp

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking a Research Associate for the Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory. The role involves conducting research in applied robotics for extreme environments and supervising graduate students while securing research funding.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Carry out research in the area of applied robotics for use in extreme environments, particularly in the defense, space, nuclear, and oil & gas industries. Research areas of particular interest include autonomy, human-machine interfaces, mobile manipulation, control, and hardware/sensor integration. The high-level goals focus on advancing the systems’ autonomous capabilities in uncertain environments to reduce the burden on the operator and improve task efficiency and safe operation

Serve as co-principal investigator or senior research personnel to obtain research funding from federal agencies and industry

Help maintain laboratory equipment and group’s software repositories

Supervise and educate graduate students and postdoctoral researchers as well as support publication efforts related to the program’s research

Qualification

Robot Operating System (ROS)PythonC++Applied robotics experienceResearch grant writingSupervision skillsPublication skillsCAD3D printingMicrocontrollersTeam collaborationCommunication skillsProblem-solving skillsLeadership skills

Required

Ph.D. in engineering or computer science in robotics

The researcher should have at least four years of experience using the Robot Operating System (ROS) with knowledge of both Python and C++ well as a history of creating or contributing to the ROS software base. The ideal candidate would have experience as a software engineer

Two years of experience in the area of applied robotics related to at least one of the research topics above. The experience could be as a postdoctoral researcher and/or in industry

Established record of completing independent research, as demonstrated by scholarly publications in archival journals, filing of patent applications, and/or having received research funding from governmental and private funding agencies

Experience writing research grants in addition to experience in writing proposals and obtaining research funding

Based on research funding requirements, candidates must be U.S. Citizens

Preferred

Experience with CAD, 3D printing, basic wiring, DC circuits, and/or microcontrollers is desired

Working knowledge in one or more of the application areas: defense, space, nuclear and/or the oil & gas industries

Benefits

Retirement Plan Eligibility: The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length. This position has the option to elect the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) instead of TRS, subject to the position being 40 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.