Research Assistant / Research Engineer

About This Role

Research Assistants and Research Engineers at ANU contribute to the maintenance of physical robot hardware and software, robotics experiments, and robotics software development. This position is suitable for recent graduates with robotics experience who wish to explore a career in robotics research, with opportunities to collaborate with researchers and practitioners from universities and industry.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the maintenance of physical robot hardware and software
• Conduct robotics experiments
• Develop robotics software at the Robots@ANUComputing Lab

Requirements

• Recent graduate with robotics experience
• Rights to live and work in Australia

Benefits

• 17% employer contribution to superannuation
• Four weeks paid vacation per year
• Assistance with relocation expenses
• Generous parental leave
• Possibility of flexible and part-time working arrangements
• Parental and aged care support program
• Dual career hire programs
• Staff and family tuition fee discounts
• ANU school holiday programs
• Childcare facilities on campus

Important Details

• Term: Fixed term, full-time (up to 24 months)

Application Process

• Upload 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)
• Provide a response of no more than 4 A4 pages addressing each selection criterion
• Showcase your past project(s) via a link to published code, a short video (no more than 3 minutes), slides (no more than 3 slides), or other suitable method
• Complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks relevant to the role

About the Company

ANU was founded in 1946 with a mission to help rebuild a changing world. The ANU College of Systems and Society (CSS) hosts key disciplines for designing, building, regulating, and securing the future, bringing together expertise in social, technical, computational, ecological, and scientific systems. CSS is comprised of the School of Computing, School of Cybernetics, School of Engineering, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Mathematical Sciences Institute, and the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science.