CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Soft Robotics

• Do you have a PhD in soft robotics, machine learning, computer science, computational design, physics or mathematics?
• Create powerful AI-based computational design software for soft robots
• Join the CSIRO Robotic Design and Interaction Group for this exciting 3-year postdoctoral role

CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships provide opportunities to scientists and engineers who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years of relevant postdoctoral work experience. These fellowships aim to develop the next generation of future leaders of the innovation system.

CSIRO’s Robotic Design and Interaction Group is looking for an enthusiastic and skilled CERC Fellow to lead cutting-edge research in the computational design of novel soft robotic manipulation systems.  The focus is primarily on computational design, and hybrid design systems blending experimentation with simulated testing.   The CERC Fellow will create powerful AI-based design software that allows for principled exploration of unconventional soft robotic design spaces.  The CERC Fellow will create new, highly functional morphologies (structure, shape, and material composition) for novel soft robots, and contribute to the growth of this exciting research area.  These soft robotic systems have the potential to be deployed into targeted industries through our engaged external partners.

The CERC Fellow will be supported in bringing their designs to reality by our excellent engineering teams, and on-site 3D printing, testing, and characterisation facilities including state of the art automated testing systems.