Dementia Care Robotics Researcher (PhD-ready)

Imperial Enterprise; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

43 days off a year

Job summary

Imperial College London is seeking a researcher to advance social robotics, NLP, wearable systems and ML for dementia care. The role combines machine learning, mechatronics, AI and signal processing to support independence, safety, wellbeing and psychosocial engagement for people living with dementia.

You will work with clinicians and engineers to collect and analyse behavioural, movement and wellbeing data to inform preventative care interventions and test conversational agents for dementia

Qualifications

• PhD or close to completing in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering or equivalent research/industry experience.
• Practical experience in signal processing, programming and/or neurorobotics.
• Experience testing and deploying social robots and/or intelligent voice agents.
• Knowledge of neurorobotics and voice agents.
• Knowledge of app development and programming languages such as Python and C/C++.

Responsibilities

• Plan and carry out research for the project: Robotics to Enhance Independence and Safety in dementia care and technology.
• Collaborate with psychiatrists, neurologists and engineers to develop robot behaviour and map voice activity during engagement.
• Develop a conversational agent to encourage psychosocial interactions with dementia patients.

Skills

Signal processing

Programming

Neurorobotics

Voice agents

Python

C/C++

Education

PhD (or near completion) in Computer Science / Mechanical Engineering / Electrical Engineering

Tools

Python

C

C++

Job description

Imperial College London is seeking a researcher to advance social robotics, NLP, wearable systems and ML for dementia care. The role combines machine learning, mechatronics, AI and signal processing to support independence, safety, wellbeing and psychosocial engagement for people living with dementia.

You will work with clinicians and engineers to collect and analyse behavioural, movement and wellbeing data to inform preventative care interventions and test conversational agents for dementia