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Job Posting in draft

SNR Laboratory, Image Guided Therapy Program Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Robotics programmer and engineer (Full-time)

  • Title of position and grade

Robotics programmer and engineer

  • Name of employing Hospital and Department:

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:

Candidate must have a minimum of a BS degree in Engineering or Physics.

  • Minimum years of experience required in the field:

At least 3 years proven experience with developing and/or modifying robot, preferably in the academic and industrial research setting.

  • Characteristic duties and responsibilities
    • Design, test, and build surgical robots
    • Develop control software for surgical robot
    • Document the detail of the robot
    • Technically assist in academic researchers for robotics research
    • Interface external collaborators and assist in their application using the developed tools and software
  • Licenses or special skills necessary to perform the job:
    • Strong skill in C++ programming is needed.
    • Experience in developing PC-based motion controllers system is needed.
    • Knowledge of any of the following is a plus: MATLAB, SimuLink, motion controllers, coordinate transformation, programmable logic controllers (PLC), network programming, linux administration, and machine vision technology.


  • Compensation

Competitive according to experience.

Contact . Dr. MXXXXXXXX. . Posting to appear soon at XXXX

Research Assistant

  • Title of position and grade

Laboratory Administrative Secretary

  • Name of employing Hospital and Department:

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:

Required: High School Diploma or GED Preferred: Two years college or equivalent work experience

  • Minimum years of experience required in the field:

Two years administrative/office experience required. Three years preferred. Additional education may be substituted for years of experience. Experience working with various software applications required.

  • Characteristic duties and responsibilities

(Duty class I)

    • Prepare expense report of the business trips
    • Coordinates special projects and events, office activities and committee meetings.
    • Locates and compiles information and formats reports, graphs, tables, records and other sources of information.
    • Assembles and categorizes facts and figures for written computation and calculations.
    • Uses various software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages, and graphics packages to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports.
    • Maintains records through filing, retrieval, retention, storage, compilation, coding, updating and destruction.
    • Types routine correspondence and reports from dictation or handwritten copy using personal computer.
    • Operates personal computer to access e-mail, electronic calendars, and other basic office support software.
    • Completes various request forms for office supplies and equipment as directed.

(Duty class II)

    • Organize publication list in a computer database
    • Write summery report of the projects from document material provided by the laboratory members
    • Uses personal computer to prepare manuscripts, grant proposals, statistical reports, tables, and charts using knowledge of scientific, medical, literary, or other technical terms.
    • Process and track purchase order
    • Monitors monthly expenditure statements for budgets and prepares documents required to maintain balanced accounts for review and approval by supervisor.



  • Licenses necessary to perform the job:
    • No Requirements
  • Compensation

Competitive according to experience.

Contact . Dr. MXXXXXXXX. . Posting to appear soon at XXXX