Student Assistant

Here you can find vacancies for jobs as paid student assistant. If you're looking for BA- and MA thesis proposals, please have a look at the appropriate site.

Werkstudenten/-in für Labor-Aufbau und Software/Hardware/Elektronik-Entwicklung

Elektronik-Bastler/-in mit Programmierkenntnissen in C gesucht.

Der Fachbereich Neurowissenschaftliche Systemtheorie sucht Unterstützung beim Ausbau einer Laborumgebung (Elektronik und Feinmechanik), sowie beim Entwickeln grundlegender Elektronik-Schaltungen und der Programmierung von Robotern.

Aufgaben:

Einrichtung und Wartung einer gemischt mechanisch / elektronischen Werkstatt, Bedienung verschiedener kleiner Geräte wie Bohrer, Sägen, Lötstationen, Mikroskoplupe, Oszilloskop, PC-Messplatz
Benutzung eines Platinenfräsgerätes (LPKF), eines Lasercutters (VLS2.30) und eines 3D Druckers (Objet 24)
Installation von Elektronik-Software (Windows / Linux)
Inbetriebnahme / Programmierung / Wartung mehrere kleiner Roboter-Systeme

Anforderungen:

Gute Programmierkenntnisse in C (Mikrocontroller und Linux GCC), ggf. Java
Elektronik/Bastel-Erfahrung, SMD-Löten, etc.
"Hands on" – Einstellung

Die ausgeschriebene Stelle beinhaltet sehr praktische Arbeit, keine Theorie!

Bei Interesse bitte Kontaktaufnahme per Email: Jörg Conradt.
In Ihrer Email in wenigen(!) Zeilen anführen, warum Sie für diese Aufgabe geeignet sind und warum ich Sie aus all denen, die sich bewerben, auswählen soll! Danke!

Hiwi-Student position to design and implement a holonomic mobile robot

We are looking for a hardware tinkerer who loves designing electronic circuits and (microcontroller) software programming.

Many robotic experiments are conducted on mobile robots. Various implementations of mobile robots exist, most of which offer high precision and endurance for a high price. Many experiments in academic environments do not require expensive high-precision mobile robots, but instead might work well on simple self-made systems.

In this job the student will study the existing design of a holonomic (omni-directional) mobile robot and develop and build a larger version. This includes evaluation of appropriate actuators (motors) and basic sensors, such as bump (touch) sensors, infra-red distance, wheel-encoders, possibly acceleration, gyroscope, compass, etc. The student will design and implement an improved version of such a mobile robot. We will provide access to rapid prototyping systems (a 2d laser cutter, a 3d printer, and a PCB-mill), on which students can design and implement mechanic and electronic components. Finally, a microcontroller software library and a separate GUI for robotic motion and sensor display shall be implemented.

Your tasks:

Evaluation of actuators and sensors for a larger omnidirectional robot, including robotic arms
Design and implementation of electronics for robot control
Building of such a robot
Development of software for robot control and sensor interface, low level library and separate GUI
Substantial Documentation of Robot, Software, etc.

This job requires experience in:

hardware development (electronics)
mechanical construction and tools
microcontroller programming (in C) for ARM7 / ARM Cortex M3
C/Java library development on PC (Window, Linux)
vector graphic software such as CorelDraw for mechanical sketches

Please contact Jörg Conradt by email if you are interested in this position.
In your email state concisely (i.e. in a few lines!) why you are well suited for this task and outline your experience in the areas requested above. Thank you!