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Research Engineer
The Rehabilitation Research & Development (RR&D) Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, WA has an opening for a research engineer. This position is available immediately and will remain open until a suitable candidate has been found. The successful candidate will be involved primarily in two projects, but will have room to expand his or her involvement in other research areas related to the Center’s overall mission. The main responsibilities are: 1) to maintain, develop and conduct cadaver experiments with our robotic gait simulator, and 2) to supervise the day-to-day activities of a research project quantifying pre- and post-surgical differences between ankle arthroplasty and ankle arthrodesis patients via a multi-segment kinematic foot model.
Preferred technical competencies include the following: 1) experience (and a level of comfort) with cadaveric specimens, 2) knowledge of motion analysis data acquisition and processing, 3) calibration and routine maintenance of instrumentation (force plates, pressure plates, load cells, etc.), 4) familiarity with LabView, and 5) proficiency with design and fabrication of custom fixtures. Furthermore, strong oral and written communication skills are necessary as the successful candidate will be authoring articles and conference proceedings. This position will also involve supervision of undergraduate researchers, medical students, and to some extent, graduate students.
This position requires a Masters (preferred) or Bachelors degree (with several years experience) in Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, or other biomechanics related field, as well as knowledge of the theories, principles, practices and techniques of biomechanics.
Please note that this position is only open to U.S. citizens.
Qualified applicants should send a cover letter and curriculum vitae with 3 references to:
William R. Ledoux, PhD
wrledoux@uw.edu
The Rehabilitation Research & Development (RR&D) Center of Excellence for Limb Loss Prevention and Prosthetic Engineering at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, WA has an opening for a research engineer. This position is available immediately and will remain open until a suitable candidate has been found. The successful candidate will be involved primarily in two projects, but will have room to expand his or her involvement in other research areas related to the Center’s overall mission. The main responsibilities are: 1) to maintain, develop and conduct cadaver experiments with our robotic gait simulator, and 2) to supervise the day-to-day activities of a research project quantifying pre- and post-surgical differences between ankle arthroplasty and ankle arthrodesis patients via a multi-segment kinematic foot model.
Preferred technical competencies include the following: 1) experience (and a level of comfort) with cadaveric specimens, 2) knowledge of motion analysis data acquisition and processing, 3) calibration and routine maintenance of instrumentation (force plates, pressure plates, load cells, etc.), 4) familiarity with LabView, and 5) proficiency with design and fabrication of custom fixtures. Furthermore, strong oral and written communication skills are necessary as the successful candidate will be authoring articles and conference proceedings. This position will also involve supervision of undergraduate researchers, medical students, and to some extent, graduate students.
This position requires a Masters (preferred) or Bachelors degree (with several years experience) in Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, or other biomechanics related field, as well as knowledge of the theories, principles, practices and techniques of biomechanics.
Please note that this position is only open to U.S. citizens.
Qualified applicants should send a cover letter and curriculum vitae with 3 references to:
William R. Ledoux, PhD
wrledoux@uw.edu