Postdoctoral Robotics & Lab Automation for Biomaterials

RFCUNY; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 73,000; Full time

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Job summary

RFCUNY invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Nanoscience Initiative at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. You will lead hardware-software automation for high-throughput biomaterials discovery, working with robotics, embedded systems, AI, and cloud-connected platforms.

You will collaborate with Prof. XiChen, Prof. Rein Ulijn, and facility directors to accelerate materials discovery and publish in leading journals while engaging with national labs and partners.

Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or closely related field.
• Strong experience in scientific instrument control and laboratory automation.
• Embedded systems development with hardware programming and sensor integration.
• Experience with microcontroller-based design and motion-control systems.
• Interfacing instruments via Serial/USB/Ethernet; data acquisition hardware.
• Experience with Linux or Windows software development.

Responsibilities

• Design and build motorized sample stages for automated experimentation.
• Develop embedded hardware and firmware for precision motion control and instrument interfacing.
• Create software frameworks and API-based instrument control for automated data acquisition and experiment execution.
• Integrate microscopy, imaging, and surface science instruments into unified automation workflows.
• Develop automated workflows for peptide synthesis, biomaterial characterization, and high-throughput experimentation.
• Develop scheduling, scripting, and remote-control capabilities for cloud-enabled laboratories.
• Collaborate with National Laboratories and other nodes to deploy automation solutions.
• Document hardware and software designs and contribute to open-source tools.
• Publish research and present findings at conferences.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Embedded systems development

Hardware programming

Sensor integration

Linux/Windows software dev

Education

PhD in Electrical/Computer/Mechanical Eng or Physics

Tools

C/C++

Python

LabVIEW

Job description

RFCUNY invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Nanoscience Initiative at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. You will lead hardware-software automation for high-throughput biomaterials discovery, working with robotics, embedded systems, AI, and cloud-connected platforms.

You will collaborate with Prof. XiChen, Prof. Rein Ulijn, and facility directors to accelerate materials discovery and publish in leading journals while engaging with national labs and partners.