Research Assistant supporting the development of AI and Wearable Systems for Healthcare South Kensington, England
Job description
The Biomechatronics Laboratory at Imperial College London (https://www.biomechatronicslab.co.uk/) currently has multiple research projects focussing on the development of wearable systems, mechatronic design, and machine learning.
The postholder will be a primary contact point with patients, clinicians for work on advanced methods of tracking fetal movement for prenatal health. This will feed into the development and monitoring of data from wearable sensors for health monitoring as part of the wider engineering team.
The goal of these projects are to combine machine learning with mechatronic fabrication and artificial intelligence (AI) data analysis in prenatal health..
This represents a unique opportunity for a graduate or junior researcher to begin their career in clinician testing and engineering research in neural recording, stimulation, signal processing, and wearable systems.
Due to the nature of this role we will be shortlisting candidate as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy as soon as a suitable candidate has been appointed. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Duties and responsibilities
- You will interact with patients directly, collecting data as part of the patients health plans.
- You will work closely with clinical doctors and behavioural therapists to extract key features from data gathered in relation to human-robot cognitive engagement.
- You will support the development of telemedicine wearable systems to gather data from medical patients both in and out-of-clinic.
- You will assist in conducting large scale data analysis using signal processing, machine learning for diagnostics and artificial intelligence for treatment of medical conditions.
Essential requirements
Due to the need for this postholder to interact with patients, experience in a customer facing role where tact and empathy was required is essential. This does not need to be in a healthcare setting.
- You must be highly interpersonal / have a good bed-side manner.
- You will need some experience in using Python or MATLAB (or similar).
- You need to have a basic understanding of research methods and statistical procedures.
- An understanding of general laboratory practices, techniques and instrumentation is important.
Further information
This role is available for up to 24 months in the first instance. The position will be subject to a 6-month probationary period.
This position is eligible for a hybrid working structure, with a minimum of 2 days per week on site.
Queries relating to the position should be directed to Dr Ravi Vaidyanathan at [email protected]
To apply, please click “APPLY NOW” to go through to the online application form. Should you have any queries regarding the application process please contact [email protected].
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The College believes that the use of animals in research is vital to improve human and animal health and welfare. Animals may only be used in research programmes where their use is shown to be necessary for developing new treatments and making medical advances. Imperial is committed to ensuring that, in cases where this research is deemed essential, all animals in the College’s care are treated with full respect, and that all staff involved with this work show due consideration at every level.
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Documents
- Job Description ENG02764.pdf
