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Paradigm Hardware Developer

Employer
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Location
London (Greater) (GB)
Salary
Maximum salary, including London Weighting is £34,442
Closing date
3 Sep 2021

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Job description

The Department of Neuroimaging hosts cutting-edge research facilities based at King’s College London. Its primary area of focus is functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, but it is also involved in psychological and other neuroimaging modalities. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the development team who are responsible for the planning and development of the hardware systems required to support a dynamic range of innovative research activities. Such hardware systems include fibre optic controllers and instruments for: 

• Pneumatic stimulation 

• Delivery of liquids for consumption 

• Circulation of hot and cold fluids 

• Electrical stimulation 

• Laser stimulation including optogenetics 

• Detection and logging of overt, covert and physiological responses 

The post holder will be responsible for interfacing with our collaborators to interpret requirements, and to plan and design novel hardware solutions. The post holder will require a strong background in the design and development of electronic and mechanical instruments. 

 

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract. 

This is a full-time post.

 

Key responsibilities

• Liaise with our research collaborators to plan and design bespoke hardware solutions. 

• Design, prototype, produce and troubleshoot a wide range of electronic, mechanical and pneumatic instruments for the presentation of stimuli and the recording of participant feedback. 

• Design and print 3d structures used to house bespoke hardware systems. 

• Ensure equipment is maintained in good working order. 

• Ensure all hardware used within the Magnetic Resonance (MR) environment complies with relevant Health and Safety regulations and has been appropriately tested to ensure MR safety. 

• Provide training and support to our research teams in the use of bespoke equipment. 

• Provide input into the development of research protocols, documentation and related procedures. 

 

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.  

Skills, knowledge, and experience 

Essential criteria 

• Proven knowledge of hardware development principles and good engineering practices. 

• Experience with hardware and software fault finding and fault resolution. 

• Knowledge of micro-controller programming for precise timing of solenoid, switch and signal control. 

• Ability to work unsupervised as part of a multidisciplinary team. 

• Flexibility and adaptability to cope with frequent and unpredictable interruptions and shifting priorities. 

• Analytical and problem-solving skills. 

 

Desirable criteria 

• Familiarity with state-of-the-art functional MR paradigm hardware and software 

• Experience of building systems to operate within an MR environment. 

• Knowledge of one or more computer programming languages such as C#, C++, Rust 

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Further information

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Health clearance. 

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King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.

King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.

King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.

King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.

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