Senior Research Assistant / Research Assistant

Company Description

PRECISE represents people from Griffith University, the Gold Coast University Hospital, and other hospitals on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane, that are passionate about innovation, research and education across the ‘Lifecycle’ of orthopaedic, cardiovascular and neuromusculoskeletal conditions. PRECISE embraces an active collaborative environment between researchers, engineers, designers, ICT, clinicians and health professionals, and organisational partnerships. PRECISE also has a large range of training and engagement activities, including promoting knowledge and skills exchange, and connecting through new disruptive technologies to engage with the world through innovative advancement in the management of orthopaedic and neuromusculoskeletal conditions.

This position is a member of the Australian Centre for Precision Health and Technology (PRECISE), formally identified as the Griffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE), and will be employed on funded project(s) within the research centre.

Job Description

As a Research Assistant or Senior Research Assistant, you’ll join the BioSpine team to develop, test and validate hardware and embedded systems used in neurorehabilitation research. Here’s how you’ll make it matter:

• You will join a team that is developing BioSpine technologies to support research and rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injury.
• You will conduct and, at the Senior Research Assistant level, lead research involving wearable sensors, embedded systems and biosignal acquisition technologies.
• You will build verification and validation capability across the BioSpine programme, supporting the translation of research systems towards regulatory submission and clinical use.
• You will translate technical designs into tested systems that can be deployed in laboratory, clinical and home based research.
• You will collaborate with researchers, engineers, clinicians and industry partners to solve technical problems and support the delivery of the BioSpine research programme.

About you

The successful candidate will be appointed at the Research Assistant or Senior Research Assistant level based on their qualifications and experience. You will have experience working across hardware and software systems, with the ability to investigate technical problems, document your work and collaborate within a research team.

For appointment at the Research Assistant level, you will have:

• Experience integrating hardware into real-time systems, including mixed signal electronics or biosignal acquisition hardware, with skills in bench testing using oscilloscopes, logic analysers and multimeters.
• Embedded firmware development skills using C++ and ESP32, with experience in Python and communication interfaces such as SPI and I2C. Experience with BLE or ESP NOW would be beneficial.
• Software engineering and debugging skills, including automated unit and integration testing, version control using Git, and development using Windows or Linux environments.

For appointment at the Senior Research Assistant level, you will also have:

• Experience leading hardware and firmware verification and validation across individual sub-systems and hardware in the loop integration, including the preparation of supporting documentation.
• Skills in systems architecture, technical decision making and resolution of system issues, with the ability to guide or supervise research and technical staff.

This is a fixed-term position until 30 June 2028 based at Griffith University Gold Coast. The position may be offered on a full-time or part-time basis, with level depending on the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. As Griffith is a multi-site university you may be required to work across other locations.

Griffith University’s sites are located on the lands of the Yugarabul, Yuggera, Jagera, Turrbal, Yugambeh and Kombumerri peoples.

Salary Range

Research Assistant

The full-time equivalent base salary will be Research Assistant range $78,199 - $91,705 per annum + 17% superannuation. The total FTE package will be in the range $91,493 - $107,295 per annum.

Senior Research Assistant

The full-time equivalent base salary will be Research Assistant range $96,208 - $121,467 per annum + 17% superannuation. The total FTE package will be in the range $112,563 - $142,117 per annum.

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