Research Assistant / Research Engineer Full-time

Research Assistant / Research Engineer

This position is a fixed term for a period of 2 years appointment to contribute to the maintenance of physical robots hardware and software, robotics experiments, and robotics software development at the Robots@ANUComputing Lab. Please see Position Description for details. This position is suitable for recent graduates with robotics experience who like to explore if robotics research is a suitable career for them. It provides opportunities to collaborate with researchers and practitioners at the ANU, ARC ARIAM Hub and the Australian Defence Science & Technology group.

The position will be hosted at the Robotics Lab within the ANU School of Computing. The ANU School of Computing has a strong foundation in computing and information sciences at ANU with four activity clusters:

• Intelligent Systems: artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, robotics
• Computing Foundations: software systems, programming languages, compilers, operating systems, software testing, software engineering, computer architecture, computer security, logic and verification, theory of computation, formal methods
• Data Science: data mining and statistical analysis, data storage and management, cloud storage and distributed computing, data engineering, data warehousing, data modeling and visualization, data analytics, database management and architecture, health informatics, data privacy
• Computational Science: scientific computing, high-performance computing, large-scale parallel systems, modeling and simulation, bioinformatics, computational biology/chemistry/physics/engineering

To enquire about this role, please contact Professor Hanna Kurniawati via email on robotics.comp.cecc@anu.edu.au or phone on +612 6125 1577.

ANU is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, and particularly welcomes applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. For more information about staff equity at ANU, visit https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/respect-inclusion

We welcome and develop diversity of backgrounds, experiences and ideas and encourage applications from individuals who may have had non-traditional career paths, who may have taken a career break, had career disruptions or who have achieved excellence in careers outside of the higher education sector. We support applicants who require flexible arrangements in their work environments or patterns. If your experience looks a little different to what we've described, but you're passionate and motivated by this position, we welcome your enquiry and application.

The ANU provides attractive benefits and excellent support to maintain a healthy work/life balance and offers generous remuneration benefits, including four weeks paid vacation per year, assistance with relocation expenses and 17% employer contribution to superannuation. We also offer generous parental leave, the possibility of flexible and part time working arrangements, a parental and aged care support program, dual career hire programs, staff and family tuition fee discounts, ANU school holiday programs, and childcare facilities on campus. For more information, visit: https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources

Applicants must apply online via the ANU recruitment portal and should upload the following separate documents:

• A detailed curriculum vitae (CV) including examples of past projects and the names and contact details of at least three referees (preferably including a current or previous supervisor). If your CV does not include referees, you can complete these online when prompted in the application form.
• A response of no more than 4 A4 pages addressing each selection criteria.
• A showcase of your past project(s). This can be in the form of a link to your published code OR a short video (no more than 3 minutes) OR slides (no more than 3 slides) OR other ways you think is best to showcase your project(s).

Applications which do not address the selection criteria may not be considered for the position. Please note: The successful candidate must have rights to live and work in this country and will be required to undergo a background check during the recruitment process. An offer of employment is conditional on satisfactory results.