CareerPlan

Postdoctoral position in assistive robotics: shared autonomy for real-world support F/M

Vernayaz, Saint-MauriceFull-time2026-10-13 → 2026-10-18

Core

Develop autonomy methods for assistive robots, conduct participatory design, and perform rigorous laboratory and field evaluations to prepare robots for deployment in participants' homes.

Role type

Postdoctoral researcher (assistive robotics)

Builds

Autonomous assistive robot systems for real-world home support

Domain

Robotics, Human-Robot Interaction, Assistive Technology

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Human-robot interaction, shared autonomy, robot learning, physical robot system development and evaluation, Python, C++, ROS, experimental design, quantitative and qualitative data analysis

Preferred skills

Participatory design, intent inference, teleoperation, learning from demonstration, mobile manipulation, multimodal interaction, field deployment, ethical home studies

Technologies

Python, C++, ROS

Responsibilities

Develop autonomy methods, coordinate system integration, publish scientific results, contribute to documented software and project reports, conduct field evaluations

Seniority

Postdoctoral researcher