University of Huddersfield

School of Computing & Engineering

Research Assistant in Intelligent Robotics

£25,747 - £31,632

Huddersfield

Full Time, Fixed term appointment for 18 months (January 2015 to June 2016)

Ref: R1331

The Department of Informatics in the School of Computing and Engineering has an international reputation for its research in artificial intelligence (AI) in areas of automated planning and knowledge representation. We are expanding our work in the application of such AI software to the control of physical robots and we are seeking a Research Assistant to help support this research program.

You will be expected to assist in the commissioning, programming and software maintenance of a range of robots, supporting research projects in intelligent autonomous behaviour within the University’s Centre for High Performance Intelligent Computing. An understanding of methods and techniques in AI, knowledge of robot operating systems and experience in programming robots is desirable.

You must possess:

• a PhD in an area of computer science related to robotics, or equivalent experience

• a good honours degree in computing or a related subject

• excellent programming skills in a range of programming languages

• excellent written and spoken English language skills.

For further details about the post and to make an application, visitwww.hud.ac.uk/jobs

Closing date: 24 November 2014.

Interview date: 16 December 2014.