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**Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Research Associate, or Junior Faculty aiming Principal Investigator-ship
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**at Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory (www.snrlab.org)
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**Image Guided Therapy Program,
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**Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
  
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SNR Laboratory, Image Guided Therapy Program,
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*Reporting to
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Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
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**Nobuhiko Hata, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology
  
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=Robotics programmer and engineer (Full-time)=
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*Title of position and grade:
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**Develop and clinically validate innovative Medical Robots for Image-Guided Therapy
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Robotics programmer and engineer
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**Learn to publish results in premier journals and to acquire research funding
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**Aim at independent principal investigator-ship in academic and industry research setting
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*Name of employing hospital and department:
 
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Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory in the Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
 
  
 
*Minimum degree and field of specialized knowledge required to perform the job:  
 
*Minimum degree and field of specialized knowledge required to perform the job:  
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Candidate must have a minimum of a BS degree in engineering or physics.
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**Candidate must have recent PhD degree in computer science, mechanical engineering, or biomedical engineering.
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**Excellent technical, analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills and an ability to work independently are necessary.
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**Skill for CAD/CAM design, fabrication, machining, and control program development are must.
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**Programing skill related to surgical navigation, medical image processing are highly desirable.
  
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*Minimum years of experience required in the field:
 
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At least three years proven experience developing and/or modifying robots, preferably in an academic or industrial research setting.
 
  
 
*Characteristic duties and responsibilities:
 
*Characteristic duties and responsibilities:
 
**Design, test, and build surgical robots
 
**Design, test, and build surgical robots
 
**Develop control software for surgical robots
 
**Develop control software for surgical robots
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**Document details of the robots
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**Assess and validate surgical robots in pre-clinical AND clinical setting.
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**Technically assist academic researchers in robotics research
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**Attend and actively participate in discussion at laboratory meetings.
 
**Interface with external collaborators and assist in their application of the developed tools and software
 
**Interface with external collaborators and assist in their application of the developed tools and software
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**Reports updates, plans, documents in the laboratory wiki page.
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**Share source codes, mechanical drawings, and documents with laboratory members through wiki page.
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**[For Junior Faculty position] Obtain research grants and get trained for PI- and directorship.
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**[For Junior Faculty position] Report and interact with the other investigator at National Center for Image Guided Therapy
  
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*Licenses or special skills necessary to perform the job:
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*Initial assignment
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**Strong skill in C++ programming is needed
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**Robot for CT and/or MRI-guided per-cutaneous therapy
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**Experience in developing PC-based motion control systems is needed
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**Visual servoing in MRI-guided robots
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**Knowledge of any of the following is a plus:  MATLAB, SimuLink, motion controllers, coordinate transformations, programmable logic controllers (PLC), network programming, linux administration, and machine vision technology.
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**Hybrid optical/electro-magnetic tracking sensor for neurosurgery
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*Compensation:
 
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Competitive according to experience.
 
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Contact:
 
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. Dr. Nobuhiko Hata, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 617-732-5809
 
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. Posting to appear soon at XXXX
 
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=Research Assistant=
 
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*Title of position and grade:
 
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Laboratory Administrative Secretary
 
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*Name of employing hospital and department:
 
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Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory in the Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
 
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*Minimum degree and field of specialized knowledge required to perform the job:
 
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Required: High School Diploma or GED,
 
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Preferred: Two years college or equivalent work experience
 
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*Minimum years of experience required in the field:
 
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Two years administrative/office experience required, three years preferred. Additional education may be substituted for years of experience. Experience working with the various software applications listed below is required.
 
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*Characteristic duties and responsibilities:
 
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('''Duty class I''')
 
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**Prepare expense reports for business trips
 
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**Coordinate special projects and events, office activities and committee meetings
 
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**Locate and compile information and format reports, graphs, tables, records and other sources of information
 
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**Assemble and categorize facts and figures for written computation and calculations
 
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**Use various software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages, and graphics packages, to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports
 
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**Maintain records through filing, retrieval, retention, storage, compilation, coding, updating and destruction
 
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**Type routine correspondence and reports from dictation or handwritten copy using a personal computer
 
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**Operate a personal computer to access e-mail, electronic calendars, and other basic office support software
 
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**Complete various request forms for office supplies and equipment as directed
 
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('''Duty class II''')
 
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**Organize a publication list in a computer database
 
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**Write summary reports of laboratory projects using document material provided by laboratory members
 
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**Use a personal computer to prepare manuscripts, grant proposals, statistical reports, tables, and charts using knowledge of scientific, medical, literary, or other technical terms
 
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**Process and track purchase orders
 
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**Monitor monthly expenditure statements for budgets and prepare documents required to maintain balanced accounts for review and approval by supervisor
 
  
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*Licenses necessary to perform the job:
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*Compensation, benefit, employment condition:
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**No Requirements
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**Per the hospital post-doctoral policy
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**http://www.brighamandwomens.org/research/OPRC/Benefits_And_Policies.aspx
  
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*Compensation:
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*Duration
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Competitive according to experience.
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**One year, or two year for Junior faculty  Renewal subject to annual review (see Post-doc policy above) AND funding availability.
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**Start day (by taking into account US visa petition process) is part of consideration in selecting candidates due to obligatory time requirement to the agencies funding the position.  
  
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Contact:
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*Applicants should submit:
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. Dr. MXXXXXXXX.
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**A cover letter describing areas of research interest
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. Posting to appear soon at XXXX
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**A curriculum vitae with bibliography
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**Copies of 1 or 2 recent publications
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**Contact information for 3 individuals serving as references
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**Send the material to Dr. Nobuhiko Hata, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, hata@bwh.harvard.edu

Latest revision as of 18:04, 21 June 2010

Home < SNRLab:job-opening2010

Job Posting

    • Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Research Associate, or Junior Faculty aiming Principal Investigator-ship
    • at Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory (www.snrlab.org)
    • Image Guided Therapy Program,
    • Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
  • Reporting to
    • Nobuhiko Hata, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology
  • Objective
    • Develop and clinically validate innovative Medical Robots for Image-Guided Therapy
    • Learn to publish results in premier journals and to acquire research funding
    • Aim at independent principal investigator-ship in academic and industry research setting
  • Minimum degree and field of specialized knowledge required to perform the job:
    • Candidate must have recent PhD degree in computer science, mechanical engineering, or biomedical engineering.
    • Excellent technical, analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills and an ability to work independently are necessary.
    • Skill for CAD/CAM design, fabrication, machining, and control program development are must.
    • Programing skill related to surgical navigation, medical image processing are highly desirable.


  • Characteristic duties and responsibilities:
    • Design, test, and build surgical robots
    • Develop control software for surgical robots
    • Assess and validate surgical robots in pre-clinical AND clinical setting.
    • Attend and actively participate in discussion at laboratory meetings.
    • Interface with external collaborators and assist in their application of the developed tools and software
    • Reports updates, plans, documents in the laboratory wiki page.
    • Share source codes, mechanical drawings, and documents with laboratory members through wiki page.
    • [For Junior Faculty position] Obtain research grants and get trained for PI- and directorship.
    • [For Junior Faculty position] Report and interact with the other investigator at National Center for Image Guided Therapy
  • Initial assignment
    • Robot for CT and/or MRI-guided per-cutaneous therapy
    • Visual servoing in MRI-guided robots
    • Hybrid optical/electro-magnetic tracking sensor for neurosurgery
  • Duration
    • One year, or two year for Junior faculty Renewal subject to annual review (see Post-doc policy above) AND funding availability.
    • Start day (by taking into account US visa petition process) is part of consideration in selecting candidates due to obligatory time requirement to the agencies funding the position.
  • Applicants should submit:
    • A cover letter describing areas of research interest
    • A curriculum vitae with bibliography
    • Copies of 1 or 2 recent publications
    • Contact information for 3 individuals serving as references
    • Send the material to Dr. Nobuhiko Hata, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, hata@bwh.harvard.edu
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