Research Intern

CP11 University of New Hampshire; Durham (NH); On-site; USD 41,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of New Hampshire in Durham is seeking a full-time software engineer for a research study deploying autonomous robots in homes of older adults with dementia to assist with daily living activities.

You will write new code for the existing framework, maintain software, and perform deployment visits, troubleshooting, and data analysis for dissemination. The role requires hands-on field work in participants' homes and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in robotics or a related discipline.
• Prior experience with robotics and ROS2.
• Large scale robot software development experience.

Responsibilities

• Writing new codes to expand the existing software framework.
• Maintaining the current software.
• Making deployment visits to participants home.
• Troubleshoot the system whenever needed.
• Collect and analyze data for dissemination.

Skills

Robotics

Data analysis

Field visits

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in robotics

Tools

ROS2

Job description

The candidate will be working full time in a research study where fully autonomous robots are deployed in the homes of older adults with dementia to offer them assistance with activities of daily living.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Writing new codes to expand the existing software framework
• Maintaining the current software
• Making deployment visits to participants home
• Troubleshoot the system whenever needed
• Collect and analyze data for dissemination

Minimum Qualifications

• bachelor's or master's degree in robotics or a related discipline

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Prior experience with robotics
• Knowledge of ROS2
• Large scale robot software development

Preferred Qualifications

• Some field deployment experiences

Pay Range $30.00 - $35.00/Hour

Please be advised that this position is supported by external sponsor funding. As such, continued employment in this role is contingent upon the availability of those external funds. If, for any reason, the sponsor funding is reduced or discontinued, employment may be subject to modification or termination in accordance with applicable policies and procedures.

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire's lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

The pay range for this position is listed above. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations.

More information on benefits can be found here: USNH Employee Benefits | Human Resources

Location: Durham

Salary Grade: Adjunct Hourly Staff 00

The University System of New Hampshire is the largest provider of postsecondary education in the Granite State. With approximately 30,000 enrolled students annually and more than 90,000 alumni living in state, the institutions of the University System - the University of New Hampshire - Durham, the University of New Hampshire School of Law, the University of New Hampshire at Manchester, Plymouth State University, and Keene State College - have a direct impact on hundreds of thousands of New Hampshire citizens every year.