JOB DESCRIPTIONThe Robotics and Automation Unit of Eurecat Technology Center (Barcelona) is looking for a highly motivated researcher to work in Social and Assistive robotics for healthcare. Our group is specialized in applied research and development on Service and Industrial Robotics. Our objective is to increase the level of robot autonomy and intelligence to enable more complex robotics behaviours. We focus on the following topics: aerial and terrestrial autonomous navigation, industrial robotics, manipulation, social robots, human-robot cooperation, perception, cognition, and robot behavior.Over the last 15 years, our group has developed extensive experience in solutions and developments for our industrial and service private customers, as well as in several of the most successful European and Spanish projects in robotics. We are a team of energetic young people passionate about robotics. Come join us!RESPONSIBILITIESThe main responsibilities will focus on the scientific contribution and technological developments including:Participate in the definition and development of new concepts and robotic ideasScientific contribution to the advances of the projectsSoftware development, validation and maintenance of good quality (product oriented) applied researchSporadic support/supervision to robot integration, field trials and robot maintenanceParticipate in scientific publicationsSupport to project management to ensure proper project executionEstablish and maintain contact with clients and partners in consortiumWHAT EURECAT CAN OFFER YOU?Our laboratory is located in Cerdanyola del Vallès, in the outskirts of Barcelona city (Spain). Barcelona, besides being easily connected to the rest of Europe, provides a great quality of life and a great robotics ecosystem full of initiatives, research groups, robotics companies and interesting events.And:Permanent contractHybrid work (home office/ work in the office)Flexible ScheduleShorter workday on Friday and Summer ScheduleFlexible remuneration package (health insurance, transport, lunch, studies - training and kindergarten)Eurecat workers can join the Eurecat Academy coursesEurecat workers can attend our weekly thematic sessions to be aware of Eurecat areas of knowledgeLanguage training (EN, Catalan and Spanish)REQUIRED SKILLSMSc or PhD or equivalent experience in Robotics, AI, Computer Vision or related disciplineScientific background in Healthcare roboticsScientific background in any of the following topics: BehaviorTree.CPP, Social Robots, Assistive robotics, Human robot interaction, Task Planning and advanced computer vision is an assetKnowledge about ROS (Robot Operating System) or ROS2 and good programming skills (C++ mostly)Experience with cloud robotics and Android development would be an assetTeam spirit and ability to work independentlyExcellent communication skills, flexibility, and creativityExcellent knowledge of English is requiredAvailability to travel occasionally
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