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Noby at 18:04, 21 June 2010

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Noby at 02:27, 2 May 2010

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Noby at 01:59, 2 May 2010

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Noby: Created page with '=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)= *Ti…'

2010-05-02T01:46:33Z

Created page with '=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)= *Ti…'

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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 three years proven experience developing and/or modifying robots, preferably in an academic or industrial research setting.

*Characteristic duties and responsibilities:
**Design, test, and build surgical robots
**Develop control software for surgical robots
**Document details of the robots
**Technically assist academic researchers in robotics research
**Interface with external collaborators and assist in their application of 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 control systems is needed
**Knowledge of any of the following is a plus: MATLAB, SimuLink, motion controllers, coordinate transformations, programmable logic controllers (PLC), network programming, linux administration, and machine vision technology.

*Compensation:
Competitive according to experience.

Contact:
. Dr. Nobuhiko Hata, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 617-732-5809
. 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 the various software applications listed below is required.

*Characteristic duties and responsibilities:
('''Duty class I''')
**Prepare expense reports for business trips
**Coordinate special projects and events, office activities and committee meetings
**Locate and compile information and format reports, graphs, tables, records and other sources of information
**Assemble and categorize facts and figures for written computation and calculations
**Use various software applications, such as spreadsheets, relational databases, statistical packages, and graphics packages, to assemble, manipulate and/or format data and/or reports
**Maintain records through filing, retrieval, retention, storage, compilation, coding, updating and destruction
**Type routine correspondence and reports from dictation or handwritten copy using a personal computer
**Operate a personal computer to access e-mail, electronic calendars, and other basic office support software
**Complete various request forms for office supplies and equipment as directed

('''Duty class II''')
**Organize a publication list in a computer database
**Write summary reports of laboratory projects using document material provided by laboratory members
**Use a 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 orders
**Monitor monthly expenditure statements for budgets and prepare 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

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 =Job Posting=
-**Post-doctoral Research Fellow
+**Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Research Associate, or Junior Faculty aiming Principal Investigator-ship
 **at Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory (www.snrlab.org)
 **Image Guided Therapy Program,
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 **Reports updates, plans, documents in the laboratory wiki page.
 **Share source codes, mechanical drawings, and documents with laboratory members through wiki page.
 *Initial assignment
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 *Duration
-**One year. Renewal subject to annual review (see Post-doc policy above) AND funding availability.
+**One year, or two year for Junior faculty  Renewal subject to annual review (see Post-doc policy above) AND funding availability.
 **Start day (by taking into account US visa petition process) is part of consideration in selecting candidates due to obligatory time requirement to the agencies funding the position.
 *Applicants should submit:
-**A letter describing areas of research interest
+**A cover letter describing areas of research interest
 **A curriculum vitae with bibliography
 **Copies of 1 or 2 recent publications
 **Contact information for 3 individuals serving as references
 **Send the material to Dr. Nobuhiko Hata, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, hata@bwh.harvard.edu

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 *Duration
-**One year. Renewal subject to funding availability.
+**One year. Renewal subject to annual review (see Post-doc policy above) AND funding availability.
 **Start day (by taking into account US visa petition process) is part of consideration in selecting candidates due to obligatory time requirement to the agencies funding the position.

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 **Skill for CAD/CAM design, fabrication, machining, and control program development are must.
 **Programing skill related to surgical navigation, medical image processing are highly desirable.
-**Start day (by taking into account US visa petition process) are part of consideration in selecting candidates due to obligatory time requirement to the agencies funding the position.
 *Characteristic duties and responsibilities:
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 **Develop control software for surgical robots
 **Assess and validate surgical robots in pre-clinical AND clinical setting.
 **Interface with external collaborators and assist in their application of the developed tools and software
 *Initial assignment
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 *Duration
 **One year. Renewal subject to funding availability.
 *Applicants should submit:

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 =Job Posting=
-Post-doctoral Research Fellow
+**Post-doctoral Research Fellow
-SNR Laboratory, Image Guided Therapy Program,
+**at Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory (www.snrlab.org)
-Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
+**Image Guided Therapy Program,
-*Name of employing hospital and department:
+*Objective
-**Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory in the Department of Radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
+**Develop and clinically validate innovative Medical Robots for Image-Guided Therapy
+**Learn to publish results in premier journals and to acquire research funding
-*Report to*
+**Aim at independent principal investigator-ship in academic and industry research setting
 *Minimum degree and field of specialized knowledge required to perform the job:
 **Candidate must have recent PhD degree in computer science, mechanical engineering, or biomedical engineering.
 **Skill for CAD/CAM design, fabrication, machining, and control program development are must.
-**Programing skill related to surgical navigation, medical image processing are plus.
+**Programing skill related to surgical navigation, medical image processing are highly desirable.
 *Characteristic duties and responsibilities:
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 *Compensation, benefit, employment condition:
-Per the hospital post-doctoral policy.
+**Per the hospital post-doctoral policy
 *Duration
-One year. Renewal subject to funding availability.
+**One year. Renewal subject to funding availability.
-*Contact:
+*Applicants should submit:
-. Dr. Nobuhiko Hata, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, hata@bwh.harvard.edu
+**A letter describing areas of research interest