[CogSci] Job: Robotics/EEG Laboratories Manager at Vassar College

[Josh de Leeuw]

The Vassar College Cognitive Science Department is hiring a Laboratories
Manager for our Robotics and EEG labs.

The Laboratories Manager will provide leadership and oversight of the
Cognitive Science department’s research and teaching laboratories and the
activities that those facilities support. The laboratory activities include
but are not limited to academic courses, independent studies, research
intensives, senior theses, summer research fellowships, and faculty
research. This position requires training and experience in the use,
design, maintenance, and replacement of scientific equipment and their
software, hardware, infrastructure, and workflows. The Manager, who reports
to the Chair of the Department of Cognitive Science, is responsible for the
laboratories’ daily operations, including, but not limited to, safety
training and compliance of users, coordinating use by faculty members and
students, and assisting students and faculty in the use of equipment and
the enactment of workflows involving the equipment and the laboratories.

This is a part-time, 25 hour per week, benefit eligible position.

Responsibilities:

   - Supervise and support the daily operations of the department’s two
   shared laboratories that are used for teaching and research: (1) the
   Interdisciplinary Robotics Research Laboratory and (2) the EEG/Eye Tracking
   Laboratory.
   - Learn to operate existing and new equipment and their workflows.
   - In collaboration with faculty, design, build, and program robots for
   teaching and research.
   - Program, operate, and trouble-shoot EEG and eye-tracking systems.
   - Create, build, purchase, maintain, and upgrade equipment and their
   workflows in collaboration with faculty.
   - Assist students and faculty in the use of the equipment and their
   workflows.
   - Trouble-shoot and fix, or have fixed, equipment and workflows that
   fail.
   - Create and maintain clean, safe, orderly, and accessible laboratories.
   - Create and maintain an up-to-date inventory of equipment, and critical
   software and data
   - Manage the budgets associated with the laboratories in collaboration
   with faculty.
   - Liaise with students and faculty of other programs and departments to
   coordinate the sharing of laboratories, software, and equipment with and
   among different facilities.
   - Supervise and support laboratory safety.


Qualifications:

   - Master’s degree in computer science, natural science, engineering, or
   related field.
   - Expertise in the operation of two or more types of scientific
   equipment or workflow, including an understanding of their principles of
   operation, their calibration or validation, and their limitations and
   artifacts.
   - Working knowledge of one or more programming languages, including, but
   not limited to R, MatLab, Python, and C.
   - Experience performing independent research, managing projects, or
   collaborating on research teams is preferred.


To apply and view the full details of the position, please visit
https://employment.vassar.edu/postings/3204
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