[Jobs] Postdoctoral Researcher in Energy-Aware Swarm Programming

[Roderich Gross]

Reminder - closing date: 17th January 2023
The University of Sheffield
Job title: Research Associate in Energy-Aware Swarm Programming
Contract type: Fixed-term for 28 months
Salary: 35,333 GBP to 39,745 GBP per annum

We are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher (Research
Associate) to engage in groundbreaking research on energy-aware
programming of robot swarms. You will build novel design tools
enabling swarms of low-power devices to collaborate long-term and meet
formal specifications while coping with severe resource constraints
and changing environments.

The role sits within the new Horizon Europe project, OpenSwarm,
coordinated by the Inria Paris Research Centre. This is an exciting
collaboration that brings together internationally leading partners
from academia and industry. Energy-aware swarm programming will be
demonstrated on our 1,000-robot platform in Sheffield, and in the
context of real-world use cases in application domains including
cities & communities, environmental, industrial & health, and
mobility.

Applicants should have a PhD (or near completion) in robotics,
computer science, or related fields. You will work with a high degree
of autonomy alongside a large team. You need a keen passion to work
across disciplinary boundaries such as formal methods, swarm robotics
or multi-robot systems, machine learning or optimisation, and software
development. You will also contribute to coordinating scientific
workshops and outreach events.

The post is based in the Natural Robotics Lab
(https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/naturalrobotics) led by Dr Roderich
Gross, which is part of both Sheffield Robotics and the Department of
Automatic Control and Systems Engineering.

The preferred start date is early 2023. Applicants with later start
dates are still encouraged to apply.

We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the
UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive
salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as
well as access to a range of learning and development courses to
support your personal and professional development.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from
across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other
to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers
greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

Further information about this job (Job Reference Number: UOS035800):
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs

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Dr Roderich Gross, SMIEEE (he, him, his)
Senior Lecturer (Assoc. Prof.), The University of Sheffield
Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/acse/department/people/academic/roderich-gross