Assistant Research Scientist; PREP

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.

Salary : $68,000 - $70,000

Johns Hopkins University:
Whiting School of Engineering:
Office of Research and Translation

Description

PREP Research Associate

This position is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Professional Research Experience Program (PREP).NIST recognizes that its research staff may want to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects ofmutual interest and, therefore, requires those institutions to be recipients of a PREP award. The PREP program involves staff from awide range of backgrounds conducting scientific research across various fields.

Individuals in this position will perform technical work supporting the collaboration's scientific research.

Research

Title:

ROBOTICS AND PERCEPTION SYSTEMS ENGINEER

U.S. Citizen Preferred

Position Description :
The Intelligent Systems Division at NIST is investigating the performance of 3D vision systems for various manufacturing and automation applications. The research will focus on conducting experiments and analyzing data to understand the performance of these systems. This will support the development of performance metrics for these systems for various industrial applications.

Duties:

• Conduct experiments to realize several existing and novel test methods for 3D vision systems.
• Research the effects of various physical properties of an objectand sensor settings on the test metrics.
• Program collaborative robot arms for conducting various automation tasks.
• Use metrology systems (e.g., laser trackers, CMMs, etc.) for establishing reference measurements.
• Use analysis software (e.g., Python, MATLAB, Spatial Analyzer,Polyworks, Excel, etc.) to interpret results and produce visualizations.
• Write reports and contribute to peer-reviewed publications.
• Work with commercial bin-picking systems.
• Assist in the development of demonstrations for trade shows and conferences.
• Assisting in performing market research for purchases required for the laboratories.
• Using CAD software to design parts, end-of-arm tooling, and fixtures.
• Working with NIST and/or external resources to have parts fabricated.
• Recording knowledge and best practices to help improve efficiency and productivity.
• Write reports and contribute to peer-reviewed publications.
• Work schedule:
  
  On-campus (Gaithersburg, MD), Full-time(40hrs/week)

Qualifications

Not all the qualifications below are required.

• Education:
  
  Engineering majors with bachelor’s/master’s degree, orin final or penultimate years of bachelor’s/master’s degree.
• Experience with working on robotic systems such as robot arms,mobile manipulators, etc.
• Experience with CAD software such as Solid Works
• Experience using MATLAB and Python.
• Basic understanding of using PyTorch, Tensor Flow
• Programming experience in one or more of the following computer languages: C++, Java
• Experience using 3D printers.
• Basic understanding of 3D sensors such as LiDAR or RGBDcameras
• Basic understanding of the Unix/Linux operating systems
• Working knowledge of 3D point cloud data processing techniques,Cloud Compare, or other similar tools