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The Intelligent Robotics Group at the NASA Ames Research Center has an immediate opening for a full-time mobile robotics researcher. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in Computer Science or Robotics and have practical experience in mobile robotics projects, particularly in computer vision and outdoor navigation. A strong background in UNIX-based development (including C++ and Java) and object-oriented software engineering techniques (e.g., UML) is required. In addition, interest and knowledge in robot control architectures and robot user interfaces is highly prefered.
U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status is preferred.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please send the following via email:
- a letter describing your background and motivation
- a detailed CV (preferably in text or PDF format)
- contact details for two (or more) references
to Dr. Terry Fong <
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The NASA Ames Research Center is located at Moffett Field, California in the heart of Silicon Valley. NASA Ames is a leader in information technology research, with a focus on intelligent systems, supercomputing, and networking. More than 3,500 personnel are employed at Ames. In addition, approximately 300 graduate students, cooperative education students, post-doctoral fellows, and university faculty work at the Center.
Since 1988, the Intelligent Robotics Group has been building mobile robots to help humans explore and understand extreme environments and uncharted worlds. IRG conducts cross-cutting research in a wide range of areas including: interactive 3D user interfaces, computer vision, panoramic imaging, human-robot interaction, navigation, mobile manipulation, robot architectures and field mobile robots.
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