What are the responsibilities and job description for the Visiting Research Engineer - Coordinated Science Laboratory position at illinois?
· Hardware and software development and maintenance
o Develop and build new hardware and software for research and education (e.g., developing novel prototypes/methods as part of research projects, conducting experiments, contributing to research design, implementing and evaluating new algorithms/sensing pipelines, etc.).
o Develop, maintain, and evolve robotics platform software and device drivers to support research workflows, including rapid prototyping of new capabilities, integration of emerging hardware/sensors, and instrumentation for data capture and experimental evaluation; design and support shared robotics infrastructure; and coordinate with stakeholders (e.g., EngrIT) to ensure operational readiness.
· Laboratory equipment and facilities maintenance
o Research and implement hardware and software upgrades as necessary, working with equipment providers and service providers (e.g., Vicon, Optitrack motion capture systems, networking)
o Design and implement facilities upgrades as necessary, working with facility managers, equipment providers, and service providers
· Research Communication
o Contribute to publications, technical reports, visualizations, and documentation in collaboration with scientists.
o Communicate findings from research development activities above with project colleagues, primary investigators, to be used as needed in current programming and design efforts.
· Training researchers and students on robotics equipment
o Develop safety guidelines to operate equipment and shared facilities.
o Develop instructions and tutorials to operate equipment and shared facilities
o Assume other appropriate related duties to further the mission of the center and laboratory