Job Purpose

• To conduct high quality, internationally competitive research as evidenced by top quality journal publications and other research outputs, thereby contributing to the academic and research mission of the University.
• The Postdoctoral Fellow will acquire the varied skills necessary to advance their career with guidance from the faculty supervisor. These skills include, but are not limited to, the ability to present research plans and findings in a convincing style both in oral and written modes of communication, the ability to understand research group management and supervision of others, the ability to establish contacts and network with colleagues pursuing a similar research agenda, and the ability to organize and teach a course.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Strategic Responsibilities

• Participates in scientific research as a professionally responsible member of the research team. participates in problem definition, planning and execution of the research approach, execution of experiments, interpretation of findings, documentation and reporting of results and progress, maintenance of research records and compliance with KU policies and procedures.
• Regularly meetings with the Supervisor to communicate research results, to review focus, discuss concerns, troubleshoot and manage expectations.  
• Publish research results in top journals in the field in a timely manner. Present research findings at meetings.
• Participate in writing grant applications.
• Contributes to the overall activities of the research team and the Center.
• Undertake a limited amount of teaching in related subjects and mentors graduate students and/or undergraduate students.
• Performs other duties as and when assigned by the Advisor.

The candidate will be working on the following specific tasks

1. Design and development of a soft-robotic fingers
2. Developing a compliant soft-robotic gripper
3. Modeling the compliant soft-robotic gripper and verify the model with experiments
4. Conduct experiments to validate proposed models
5. Publish high-quality journal and international conference papers based on the obtained research results.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience

Required Qualifications

PhD Degree in Robotics related Field (Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering. Mechatronics)  

Required Experience

• Research excellence as evidenced by a strong publications record appropriate for career stage.
• Design, fabrication, system integration, modeling and control of robot manipulators.
• Sensing, and programming using Matlab, C++, Python, ROS, etc.
• Experience related to complaint manipulators and variable stiffness actuators is a plus.
• Excellent writing and communication skills

Should you require further assistance or if you face any issue with the online application, please feel to contact the Recruitment Team (recruitmentteam@ku.ac.ae).

Primary Location: KUK – Khalifa University
Job: Post Doctoral Fellow
Schedule: Regular
Shift: Standard
Job Type: Full-time