ROBOTICS LAB MANAGER

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. 

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty. 

The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington educates tomorrow’s innovators, conducts cutting-edge research in the core and emerging areas of the field, and leads a broad range of multi-disciplinary initiatives that demonstrate the transformative power of computing. Consistently ranked among the top computer science programs in the nation, the Allen School is widely recognized for the excellence and impact of our research and teaching across the region and around the globe. As a leader in efforts to broaden participation in computing, we are committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in our program and in our field. Members of the Allen School actively work to cultivate a welcoming community in which students, faculty, and staff with diverse backgrounds, identities, and experiences can thrive. The Allen School occupies two spectacular buildings — the Paul G. Allen Center and the adjacent Bill & Melinda Gates Center — located at the heart of the UW campus in Seattle.

The Allen School has an outstanding opportunity for a Robotics Lab Manager.

Robotics researchers at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering are engaged in ground-breaking work in mechanism design, sensors, computer vision, robot learning, Bayesian state estimation, control theory, numerical optimization, biomechanics, neural control of movement, computational neuroscience, brain-machine interfaces, natural language instruction, physics-based animation, mobile manipulation, and human-robot interaction. We are currently working to define large-scale joint initiatives that will enable us to leverage our multi-disciplinary expertise to attack the most challenging problems in field.

The Allen School’s robotics capacity greatly increased in 2018, when a new 3,000-square-foot robotics laboratory opened in the Bill & Melinda Gates Center, bringing total robotics shared space to over 4,000 square feet.  In this position, the Robotics Lab Manager will provide cohesive lab management services for this shared space - collectively referred to as the Robotics Lab.  The lab is used by multiple distinct research groups comprised of faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, and staff.  Initially, this position will primarily focus on these four groups: the Human-Centered Robotics lab, the Personal Robotics Lab, the Robot Learning Lab, and the Robotics and State-Estimation Lab, and the Washington Embodied Intelligence and Robotics Development Lab.

The Robotics Lab Manager will utilize independent judgment and decision making to supervise day-to-day activities of lab operations, ensure safety, create policies, and manage assets for the robotics lab and off campus locations, all within the framework of ensuring that the lab mission tracks to the overall vision of the Allen School.  The Robotics Lab Manager will report to the Allen School Director of Facilities, and will work closely with faculty leaders of specific lab groups.  Responsibilities will include the following:

For more information on the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, visit the Allen School website.

This is an 80% FTE position.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Training and Safety Programs