伦敦帝国理工学院机器人，机械工程设计博士后招聘

Location: South Kensington

Job Summary

Applications are invited for a fully funded position at the Research Assistant / Associate (PostDoc) level within the Aerial Robotics Laboratory at Imperial College London. The project will investigate automated environmental sensing and interaction methods for extreme and hazardous environments. Main research thrusts will include smart mechanism design, morphing body structures as well as system integration, optimization and testing.

The project will directly benefit from outstanding facilities in Aerial Robotics manufacturing and testing, including a new Vicon equipped flight arena, 13 wind/water tunnels and the rapid prototyping and composite fabrication centre at the Aeronautics Department. The work location will be the central London South Kensington campus next to Hyde Park offering an excellent ecosystem for furtherance of the project and for personal development in a variety of areas

Duties and responsibilities

Conceive, develop and test novel robot prototypes employing new ways of multi-modal mobility using shape-morphing technologies.

Contribute to system documentation and the overall maintenance of manufacturing and design tools as well as the robot control infrastructure.

Write progress reports and prepare results for publication and dissemination via presentations, scientific papers, outreach activities and public/industrial engagement.

Coordinate the collaborative project as a key member of the project management team.

Be key member of the research group and perform reasonable tasks related to the furtherance of the project aims and the laboratory as a whole.

Supervision of PhD and graduate level student projects. Contribution to teaching and proposal writing is possible.

Essential requirements

Applicants must have a strong publication record preferably with relevant experience in Aerial Robot prototyping and testing.

Those appointed at Research Associate level

Hold a PhD (or equivalent) in robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related discipline.

Those appointed at Research Assistant level

Near completion of a PhD (or equivalent) in robotics, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related discipline.

Further Information

Candidates must complete an online application.

For information regarding the recruitment process please contact Lisa Kelly on l.kelly@imperial.ac.uk

For further details contact: Dr Mirko Kovac (Aeronautics) m.kovac@imperial.ac.uk

For technical issues applying online please email recruitment@imperial.ac.uk

The College is a proud signatory to the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published. For more information, see https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-evaluation/

The College believes that the use of animals in research is vital to improve human and animal health and welfare. Animals may only be used in research programmes where their use is shown to be necessary for developing new treatments and making medical advances. Imperial is committed to ensuring that, in cases where this research is deemed essential, all animals in the College’s care are treated with full respect, and that all staff involved with this work show due consideration at every level.

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Imperial College is committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment. We are an Athena SWAN Silver award winner, a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident Employer and work in partnership with GIRES to promote respect for trans people.

Closing date: 9th March 2020

To apply, visit www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs and search by the job reference ENG01195.