Location: | Bath |
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Salary: | £37,099 to £44,263 Grade 7 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 3rd June 2024 |
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Closes: | 21st June 2024 |
Job Ref: | ED11769 |
About the role
The Bath Institute for the Augmented Human (IAH) at the University of Bath is seeking to appoint a Research Associate to assist in delivering our strategy to accelerate technology development relevant to human augmentation technology 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 specialist skills and the flexibility to work across these areas, to join a new research institute aiming to shape the technology of the future in a vibrant and inclusive environment.
This is a full-time, fixed-term position.
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 PhD (or equivalent experience and an undergraduate degree in a subject of direct relevance to the Institute, such as computer science, engineering, health sciences, neuroscience, or psychology, and be able demonstrate breadth and depth of specialist knowledge to contribute to our research programmes.
You should have experience of designing and delivering on research projects, and the ambition to publish in high quality, peer reviewed journals.
You will be passionate 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:
Additional info
Informal enquiries about the post may be made to:
Please ensure you submit your application through our website, and please upload an up-to-date CV.
Interviews are planned for 16th, 17th or 18th July and will be held online.
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