Associate Research Scientist

Job Details

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 - $75,000

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 (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. ... Research Title: Robotics and Perception Engineer: Perception Performance of Robotic Systems

Position Description: The Intelligent Systems Division at NIST is investigating the performance of 3D machine vision systems for various manufacturing applications. ...

Duties

• Integrate robot arms and commercial bin-picking systems into the NIST/ISD bin-picking testbed.
• Program collaborative robot arms for conducting various tasks and experiments.
• Research the effects of various factors on bin picking performance.
• Collect data from various 3D imaging systems.
• Design and develop 3D printed artifacts and optimize 3D printer parameters.
• Use metrology systems for establishing reference measurements.
• Use analysis software to interpret results and produce visualizations.
• Assist in the development of demonstrations for trade shows and conferences.
• Write reports and contribute to peer-reviewed publications.
• Work schedule: On-campus (Gaithersburg, MD), Full-time (40hrs/week)