Institute for the Augmented Human Research Software Engineer (fixed-term)

About the role

The Bath Institute for the Augmented Human (IAH) at the University of Bath is seeking to appoint a Research Software Engineer to provide expert, creative software development and redevelopment support for accelerating technology relevant to human health, wellbeing and augmentation across a broad range of thematic areas including Neurotechnology, Virtual/Augmented Realities, Wearables, Virtual Digital Assistants, and Exoskeletons/Prosthetics. 

We are looking for someone with passion for programming, a range of specialist skills and the flexibility to work across projects, to join a new research institute aiming to shape the technology of the future in a vibrant and inclusive environment.

About the IAH

The IAH is the University’s newest research Institute and was established in 2023 as an innovative and agile leader in Human Augmentation R&D in the UK and Internationally. 

Our vision is a complete multidisciplinary training and innovation ecosystem that revolutionises the way that humans interface, interact, improve, and evolve with technology. 

The Institute is a unique body of interdisciplinary research focusing on research excellence and developing researchers that have the skills to develop, trial, regulate and deploy human augmentation technologies. 

We’re setting ourselves an ambitious programme involving 60+ academics from an excellent mix of disciplines, from robotics, engineering and computer science to health, neuroscience, and psychology. 

Together, we’re establishing a world-leading research Institute, and we want you to be a part of it.

About you

You will have a broad range of software skills, and be able to demonstrate depth and breadth of specialist knowledge of technologies such as cross-platform application development, signal processing and data analytics skills, industry standard games development, AI research including deep-learning, good knowledge of Agile development practices and the software development lifecycle, understanding of version control software and Cloud systems. 

You will be passionate about computing, about the future of technology and about being part of an institute that is targeting real world impact. 

This role will suit you if you have experience across several of the areas listed below:  

• Algorithm and software programming using Python, Matlab, or C/C++/C#, 
• Optimising the performance of software for high performance computing on CPU and GPU clusters.
• Human Computer Interaction practices and user experience and user interface design
• API development for hardware interfacing experience and hardware driver development
• Cross platform application development using tools such as Visual Studio and MAUI
• Medical device standard and regulatory processes for software as medical device e.g., IEC 60601 – Medical Device; IEC 62304 – Software as a Medical Device; IEC 82304-1 – Health software 
• Industry standard games development software e.g. 3DS Max, Photoshop, Unity3D, UDK, and HTML5 
• Signal processing and data analytics skills 
• AI research, developing and applying technologies including deep-learning using platforms such as Keras, Pytorch or Tensor Flow HTML and CSS (SCSS preferable), database technologies Javascript, RESTful architecture
• Good knowledge of Agile development practices and the software development lifecycle
• Good understanding of version control software, specifically Git
• Mobile App development 
• Infrastructure / DevOps (provisioning servers, running applications in a production environment etc.)
• Cloud systems AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform

Additional info

Informal enquiries about the post may be made to: 

• Prof Damien Coyle, Prof of Neurotechnology and Director of the IAH, at dhc30@bath.ac.uk

Please ensure you submit your application through our website, and please upload an up-to-date CV.

Interviews will be held on the 16th, 17th or 18th July and will be conducted online. 

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