Technical position on mechatronics and laboratory operations

at  Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

TECHNICAL POSITION ON MECHATRONICS AND LABORATORY OPERATIONS

• (2500000D)
  Commitment & contract: 1-year, temporary employee contract, extendable
  Location: IIT – Center for Human Technologies, Via Enrico Melen 83B, 16152 Genova & Center for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Via S. Quirico, 19d, 16163 Genova

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• A master’s or bachelor’s degree in bioengineering, computer science or related fields.
• Strong skills in Python and C++
• Experience with computer vision/machine learning libraries and frameworks such as OpenCV, PyTorch, or TensorFlow.
• Confidence with version control tools (specifically git)
• Excellent problem-solving skills, positive and innovative.
• Strong interpersonal skills and team working attitude.
• Good communication skills in English.

VALUE ADDING QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in running measures with human participants will be considered a plus.
• Experience with vision-based system and motion capture is a plus.
• Experience with Docker or virtual environments.
• Experience with ROS.
• High motivation to learn.
• Spirit of innovation and creativity.
• Good in time and priority management.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a highly interdisciplinary and multicultural environment.

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a diverse, interdisciplinary team.
• A proactive and resourceful approach to problem-solving.
• Friendly and approachable, with a team-oriented attitude. Flexibility and willingness to learn and adapt to evolving tasks and responsibilities.

THE ROLE

You’d be working in a multicultural and multi-disciplinary group, where engineers, psychologists, computer scientists and cognitive scientists collaborate, each with their own expertise, to carry out common research.
The Cognitive Architecture for Collaborative Technologies (CONTACT) Research Line, led by Dr. Alessandra Sciutti, investigates the sensory, motor, and cognitive bases of human social abilities, to integrate them in our technologies to support their social awareness, adaptability, and autonomous learning. The Human-Robot interfaces and Interaction (HRI²) Research line is coordinated by Dr. Arash Ajoudani, who has extensive experience in physical human-robot interaction, applied machine learning, mobile manipulation, robust and adaptive control, assistive robotics, and tele-robotics. U-VIP is a multidisciplinary unit that has the goal of i) studying cognitive neuroscientific development of children and adults with and without sensory impairment and ii) developing and validating new multisensory technology to improve quality of life of children. The research line is coordinated by Monica Gori who has extensive experience on multisensory development and technology.
We are looking for a dedicated technician to join our teams: CONTACT, HRI² and UVIP, in the framework of the Technologies for Healthy Living flagship. In this role, you will support the development and testing of a novel technology to perform cognitive assessments of human participants, by integrating algorithms and devices developed by the three IIT units. This is an ideal opportunity for someone with strong organizational skills, an interest in multidisciplinary lab environments, and the desire to develop technologies helpful for the society.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Integration (e.g., learn the features and functions of the available technologies for cognitive assessment and develop an integrated system.).
• Testing (e.g., collaborate with the researchers to define the appropriate testing procedure for the resulting technology and support the testing process).
• Documentation (e.g., develop the documentation of the resulting technology and for the testing procedure