Research Assistant Extended Reality for Space Emergency Medicine

Universität Bern; Bern; On-site; CHF 20,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Bern invites applications for a Master’s student position to review, design, and evaluate XR-enabled care and space emergency medicine technologies. You will help define requirements for HALO-Space, adapt the HALO-Assist XR platform, and support XR-guidance design and visualization.

The role includes simulation-based expert evaluations and usability analyses within an interdisciplinary team. The ideal candidate is pursuing a Master’s in biomedical engineering, medical informatics,

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a Master's programme in biomedical engineering, medical informatics, human-computer interaction, or a related field.
• Strong interest in interdisciplinary research at the interface of engineering, medicine, and space exploration.
• Programming and data-analysis skills, experience with XR development, Unity, Python, C#, or similar tools is an advantage.
• Experience with experimental studies, usability testing, human factors, medical simulation, or related topics is an advantage.
• You work independently, take responsibility for your tasks, and are highly motivated to contribute to this interdisciplinary research project.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing research and existing technologies in space emergency medicine, XR-supported care, and human-XR interaction.
• Defining clinical, technical, and human-factor requirements for the HALO-Space system.
• Contributing to the adaptation and further development of the existing HALO-Assist XR platform.
• Supporting the design and implementation of XR guidance and clinical data visualisation.
• Preparing and conducting simulation-based expert evaluations and feasibility studies.
• Analysing usability and human-factor data, including cognitive workload, situational awareness, and interaction issues.
• Collaborating closely with an interdisciplinary team from emergency medicine, biomedical engineering, and space science.

Skills

XR development

Usability testing

Education

Master's student in related field

Tools

Unity

Python

C#

Job description

UniBE is ambitious.
With us, you deliver top performance and test your skills against the best.

Your tasks

• Reviewing research and existing technologies in space emergency medicine, XR-supported care, and human-XR interaction.
• Defining clinical, technical, and human-factor requirements for the HALO-Space system.
• Contributing to the adaptation and further development of the existing HALO-Assist XR platform.
• Supporting the design and implementation of XR guidance and clinical data visualisation.
• Preparing and conducting simulation-based expert evaluations and feasibility studies.
• Analysing usability and human-factor data, including cognitive workload, situational awareness, and interaction issues.
• Collaborating closely with an interdisciplinary team from emergency medicine, biomedical engineering, and space science.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a Master's programme, preferably in one of the following or a closely related discipline: biomedical engineering, medical informatics, human-computer interaction, or a related field.
• Strong interest in interdisciplinary research at the interface of engineering, medicine, and space exploration.
• Programming and data-analysis skills, experience with XR development, Unity, Python, C#, or similar tools is an advantage.
• Experience with experimental studies, usability testing, human factors, medical simulation, or related topics is an advantage.
• You work independently, take responsibility for your tasks, and are highly motivated to contribute to this interdisciplinary research project.