Research Assistant

Research Assistant in reinforcement learning for its application to disassembly tasks.

We are opening a position for ONE research assistant to work at the Automation Research Team (ART) on:

Reinforcement learning for disassembly tasks by a robotic manipulator

 

Qualifications:

• Applicants must be a Master or Doctoral course student
• Applicants must have a written consent from his/her research (thesis) supervisor.
• Do not fall under (a)-(c) during the employment period.

1.  Recipients of scholarships that prohibit work at the same time,
2.  Enrolled in any other research assistant system,
3.  Employed in other institutions (part-time students employed by companies, universities, etc.) ＊Except for those whose work is related to research support and/or academia.

 

Salary:

• ¥1,700 per hour for master students and ¥2,100 per hour for Ph.D students (Up to ¥184,450 per month for master students, and up to ¥227,850 per month for Ph.D. students).

 

Employment duration:

• From as soon as possible to March 31 of 2025, with possibility of renewal until March 31 of 2027 (contract renewal done per fiscal year).

 

Work place:

• Automation Research Team, Industrial CPS Research Center

  AIST Tokyo Waterfront Center, Aomi 2-4-7, Koto-ku, 135-0064, Tokyo, Japan.

  https://unit.aist.go.jp/icps/icps-am/en/

 

Working hours:

• From 4 days and up tp 14 days per month, 7 hours and 45 minutes per day (preferably from 9:00 to 17:45 but can be negociated, lunch break of 1 hour).

 

Holidays:

• Saturday, Sunday, year ending holidays and Japanese National holidays.

 

Treatment:

• There is a paid leave system and a commuting allowance system according to AIST’s regulations.

 

Documents to be submitted:

• Resume (either in Japanese or English)

  https://unit.aist.go.jp/deihrd/keiyaku_koubo/rirekisho.xlsx (in Japanese)

  https://unit.aist.go.jp/icps/icps-am/docs/Sample_CV.docx (in English)

• List of achievements (journals, conferences, patents, etc., free style format)
• Written consent of supervisor (AIST format, to be submitted after interview)
• Applicant’s research summary until now (free style format)

 

Application deadline:

• August 30th of 2024 (13:00 hrs, GMT+9).

 

Selection method:

• Document selection and interview examination.

 

Notification of the result:

• The result of the selection will be notified to the applicant directly as soon as it is decided.
• There will be no notification in case that the applicant is not selected.

 

Inquires:

• ixchel-ramirezalpizar[at]aist.go.jp, Automation Research Team

 

Application method:

• Send the required documents by e-mail to:

    Ixchel Ramirez-Alpizar (ixchel-ramirezalpizar[at]aist.go.jp)

  Or send the required documents by mail to:

    Ixchel Ramirez-Alpizar, Automation Research Team

    AIST Tokyo Waterfront Center, Aomi 2-4-7, Koto-ku, 135-0064, Tokyo, Japan.

 

• When sending the documents by mail, please write “Contract employee application documents” in red on the envelope.

  In any case, please specify the open call number (2024-icps-_0022) in the upper left of the resume.

 

Handling of the resumes:

• The submitted documents will be used only for recruitment screening purposes.
• There is a strict control to avoid leakage of private information.
• Only the staff in charge of the selection is allowed to refer to it.

 

Job post website (in Japanese):

• https://unit.aist.go.jp/deihrd/keiyaku_koubo/2024-icps_0022.html