POSTDOCTORAL POSITION – Robotics

The Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering (AC3E) was created on 2014 to group individual research efforts into multi- and inter-disciplinary teams and re-focus research towards industry related problems to spark innovation. The center is hosted by Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, in Valparaiso, Chile, one of the top engineering universities of Chile (listed among the top 300 universities according to Times Higher Education Ranking 2014-2015).

The mission of AC3E is to contribute to the advancement of knowledge, technological development and competitiveness in technology-based economies by achieving excellence in research, forming advanced human resources, and fostering innovation and technology transfer in areas of societal and industrial impact through the field of electrical and electronics engineering. Additional information about the center can be found at www.ac3e.cl and the university can be found at www.usm.cl

We are looking to hire highly qualified individuals as postdoctoral researchers with extensive experience in the following research line and subtopics (but not limited to):

Research Line

1. Robotics
• Sensors and Perception Systems
• Autonomous Navigation
• Robotics in Agriculture

The selected researcher will join the team of Dr. Fernando Auat Cheein (Principal Investigator) in one of his ongoing research projects (http://profesores.elo.utfsm.cl/~fauat/).