POSITION SUMMARY

The O’Brien Lab has research facilities in the Danforth and Medical Campus, including extensive collaboration with the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the Biophotonics Research Center housed in the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, and the Institute for Global Health. The successful candidate will be part of a highly collaborative team focused on developing light-based devices that improve health for women everywhere.
Support the faculty investigator by assisting with the development and conducting of research projects, including equipment design, prototyping and maintenance, experimental design and data acquisition involving use of custom software, data analysis involving use of statistical software, documentation of experimental results, assisting in writing scientific manuscripts, research proposals and reports, and training other lab members.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

No specific work experience is required for this position.

SKILLS:

Not Applicable

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or physics, or four years of equivalent education/experience in an engineering or sciences laboratory or research setting.

EDUCATION:

M.S. - Master of Science

WORK EXPERIENCE:

No additional work experience beyond what is stated in the Required Qualifications section.

SKILLS:

Computer Coding, Effective Written Communication, Engineering Disciplines, Learning New Technologies, Oral Communications, Physics, Science Lab

• Support the faculty investigator by assisting with optics and electronics hardware and firmware to develop optimized wearable sensor prototypes.
• At direction of faculty investigator, conduct biomedical optics experiments including imaging, sensing, wet lab sample preparation, building and testing tissue mimicking phantoms, and optical performance characterization.
• Assist lab members in data collection during experiments.
• Monitor/evaluate experiments.
• Maintain records/reports.
• Support the faculty member by assisting with design and prototype data collection and experiment software to support research projects that may include use of machine shops, rapid prototyping tools, Python, MATLAB, and R
• Perform other duties as assigned.