104 faculty engineering jobs found in Boston, MA

Title Postdoctoral Fellow in Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling School Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department/Area Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Position Description A postdoctoral position is available in the Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group at Harvard University. Visit us at http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/ . The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on a range of problems related to air quality and global atmospheric chemistry. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in atmospheric science and substantial experience in 3-D modeling of atmospheric chemistry. Basic Qualifications Ph.D. in atmospheric science.  Additional Qualifications Experience in 3-D modeling of atmospheric chemistry. Special Instructions To apply please submit a curriculum vitae, contact information for three references, and 1- paragraph...

Title Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical Neuroscience and/or Theory of Neural Computation School Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department/Area Applied Mathematics Position Description A postdoctoral position is available in Cengiz Pehlevan’s group at Harvard University. We are looking for candidates with strong analytical and numerical skills, and backgrounds in (theoretical) neuroscience, applied mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science, or related fields. Our research areas are in theoretical neuroscience and the theory of neural computation in natural and artificial systems. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to join our ongoing projects and/or pursue new directions. For recent publications, see  pehlevan.seas.harvard.edu . For questions, please send an e-mail to  cpehlevan@seas.harvard.edu .The position is funded for multiple years, with an...

Title Research Fellow in Bioprinting School Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department/Area   Position Description The Lewis Lab seeks a talented and enthusiastic Research Fellow to help in the development and application of novel 3D bioprinting methods for disease modeling and therapeutic tissues. The ideal candidate will report to the Principal Investigator in the Lewis Research Group and work closely with a senior postdoctoral research associate. This is a 1-year position with an opportunity to be extended.  Please note that this position is not benefits-eligible. The Research Fellow candidate will have the following responsibilities: Assist in the development, preparation, and execution of bioprinting protocols to fabricate disease models and therapeutic tissues. Contribute to a multidisciplinary team encompassing tissue engineering, mechanical design, materials science,...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS PROCESSING ,   Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) , to work in the area of sustainable materials processing as part of the Allanore Research Group. The group recently developed new directions of research in the area of materials recycling and sustainable materials production.  It is putting together a team to further the understanding of those new process conditions and accelerate their demonstration at larger scale and characterize their performances at scale. Materials of current interest include aluminum alloys, K+P fertilizers, e-wastes or iron+copper. The corresponding processes include sulfidation, metallothermic reduction, minerals separation, or electrowinning.   Job Requirements REQUIRED : Ph.D. in materials science or a similar field; familiarity with chemical...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, RAPID PROTOTYPING TECHNOLOGY , Mechanical Engineering, to work on design, manufacturing, and rapid prototyping in a collaborative effort between the Culpepper Lab and MIT Environment, Health and Safety.  This collaboration is researching tools and technologies that enable the safe use of emerging rapid prototyping technologies in university research and innovation activities.  The ever-accelerating rate of new fabrication technologies poses problematic technical (complimentary machining, tooling, fixturing, simulation) and safety (chemical, biological, radiation, etc.) issues.  In the absence of proven means to address these issues, university researchers/innovators are limited in how they may employ these technologies.  Specifically, overly restrictive safety limits may preclude using these technologies when they...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. LECTURER ,  Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) , to perform the duties of a lecturer, with a focus on analog, digital, and mixed-signal electronic circuits and systems.  There will be full-time participation in educational activities during the academic terms (fall, Independent Activities Period (IAP), and spring).  Course assignments will include some of the following and may include other related courses: Electrical Circuits: Modeling and Design of Physical Systems, Analog Electronics Laboratory, Digital Systems Laboratory, Introduction to Electronic Circuits, Solid-State Circuits, and Medical Device Design.  Responsibilities include interacting with students (e.g., lecturing, leading recitations, or staffing lab and office hours); participating substantial one-on-one, hands-on mentoring of student laboratory projects;...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE I/DATA SCIENTIST ,  Biological Engineering , to implement, design, and build supervised and unsupervised algorithms to predict human performance in behavioral, cognitive, and physical tasks from their molecular features as part of the data science and engineering team within the Fraenkel Lab. Technological advances in the acquisition of biological data over the past decade have resulted in an explosion of information. Computational integration of different data modalities remains a key challenge, however, for researchers aiming to understand the underlying spatial and temporal biological processes.  Will address this challenge through the application of state-of-the-art machine learning tools with the goal of generating new testable hypotheses. The main responsibilities include researching, designing, implementing, and comparing...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE I/DATA ENGINEER ,  Biological Engineering , to join the research group of Professor Ernest Fraenkel and participate in the development of computational and experimental approaches to understanding human biology. Computational integration of multi-omics data enables them to reconstruct signaling pathways and identify previously unrecognized regulatory mechanisms. This integration entails mining, analyses, and modeling of vast repositories of structured and unstructured data within different domains.  Will develop and test database solutions and collaborate on the implementation of natural language processing algorithms and other models in the area of multi-omics integration, contribute to the area of human metabolomics, and perform other duties as assigne.   Job Requirements REQUIRED : bachelor’s degree in...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. DIGITAL LEARNING LAB FELLOW, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DECISION MAKING (AI+DM) ,  Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) , to oversee and lead the running of one or more of the AI+DM courses that comprise the MicroMasters program. Responsibilities include contributing to the development, revamping, and management of AI+DM MicroMasters courses (which span probability, statistical data analysis, machine learning, optimization, game theory, and computer vision), managing course materials and related content; designing, building, and optimizing learner assessment tools (e.g., problem sets and exams); overseeing and managing live courses, including key aspects of learner communication, performance tracking, and online exam administration; leading teaching assistants and community teaching assistants in facilitating instructive, productive...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE ,  Aeronautics and Astronautics , to conduct independent research on wavefront control for high-contrast imaging.  Responsibilities will include advancing the state of the art in exoplanet direct imaging by developing and testing new techniques for wavefront sensing and control for future NASA flagship missions; performing simulations and statistical analyses of these new methodologies; publishing research results in leading journals and conferences in the fields of astronomical science and instrumentation; helping to supervise graduate students at the S.M. and Ph.D. levels; regularly engaging with project sponsors from government and industry; taking on roles of project leadership, program development, and management; and performing duties as needed.   Job Requirements REQUIRED :  expertise with...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE ,  Mechanical Engineering (MechE) , to join the research group of Professor Domitilla Del Vecchio.  Professor Del Vecchio’s group is developing a number of bacterial genetic controllers for a variety of applications, including bacterial co-culture stabilization, growth rate regulation, and neutralization of competition in CRISPRi/a systems.  Seek a self-motivated experimentalist with a predominantly theoretical background who can effectively communicate and collaborate with students in order to: design and build the genetic controllers in bacterial cells, design appropriate positive and negative controls to assess performance, analyze data using proper statistics, and interpret the results.  Will co-author a number of manuscripts stemming from the collaborations with a few Ph.D. students, assist with grant...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. BIOENGINEERING AND LIFE SCIENCE POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE ,  Chemical Engineering-Strano Research Group ,   to develop new and groundbreaking methods to reveal the neuromodulator spatiotemporal dynamics in the retina.  The insights gained from this project will aid in the understanding of how brain states such as wakefulness and mood adjust the retinal function according to human behavioral needs. Will develop a new set of nanotechnology-enabled tools that will probe the retina as a neuronal tissue where all visual processing begins. Working with collaborators at the Weismann Institute of Science in Israel, this project will uncover the origins of neuromodulation within retinopetal axons, which to date, remain largely unknown.  In order to improve the human condition, the  Strano Research Group seeks to understand nanometer-scale phenomena...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE I, HELDT LAB ,  Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES) , to join a dynamic team of MIT investigators in a lab that focuses on data acquisition, signal processing, and mathematical modeling of physiological systems to support real-time decision making and monitoring of disease progression.   Responsibilities include collecting data from human subjects, abstracting data from questionnaires into coded format, maintaining experimental logs and human subject protocols, and merging heterogeneous data elements into a unified database; preprocessing, archiving, auditing data, and analyzing data using standard software packages and custom-made algorithms; supporting experimental and analysis design to developing technologies for improved data mining; recording, summarizing, and documenting findings; coordinating multiple...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE ,  Mechanical Engineering (MechE) , to join Professor Domitilla Del Vecchio's research group which aims at developing tools for predicting the effect of context on genetic circuits and on their composition, in cell free, bacterial, and mammalian systems. Approaches merge physics-based models with data-driven approaches such as (recurrent) neural networks. The ultimate goal is to obtain subsystem models that are composable such that quantitative prediction of composed subsystems is possible in combinations and contexts that have not been considered for identification/learning. Accordingly, the group seeks to develop genetic controllers for mitigating context-dependence in a variety of setups, including bacterial co-culture stabilization, growth rate control, and  transcription/translation resource regulation. This is part of an...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. PROGRAM MANAGER ,  School of Engineering-Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Engineering Excellence (PDPEE) , to be responsible for the development and implementation of a program that seeks to discover and develop the next generation of faculty leaders.  Will manage PFPEE operations and administration, including outreach, communications, marketing, and budgets.  Responsibilities include overseeing program functions, policies, and procedures; representing the program internally and externally; partnering on long-term fundraising efforts; working with faculty advisors to track individual development plans and progress; providing information, counsel, and support to prospective/current fellows; developing communications and training; planning, promoting, and/or coordinating events/conferences/lecturers/research talks; developing and managing outreach...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. TECHNICAL ASSOCIATE 2 ,  Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE)-Photovoltaic Research Laboratory (PV Lab) ,  to perform mechanical duties on high-throughput liquid synthesis, materials fabrication, characterization, and performance measurement. Will work with lab researchers on fabricating solar devices, developing experiment protocols, co-supervising junior team members, and leading the lab’s fabrication facilities. Duties include every aspect of the research life cycle.  Responsibilities include managing experimental data collection; designing and conducting experiments in a wet lab, including thin-film deposition and solar cell fabrications; supporting team members and a range of research projects and developing experimental procedures into scalable prototypes; performing structural, optical, and electrical characterizations of thin-film...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE ,  Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)-Howland Lab , to collaborate on a project with and supported by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.  Wind farm turbines are typically operated to maximize only their own power production resulting in wake losses that reduce farm energy. Recent work has demonstrated that operating wind turbines collectively can increase total wind farm power production through flow control (wake steering and induction control). Existing wind farm flow control methods are principally open-loop, where a controls-oriented flow model is optimized offline to identify a predetermined control strategy. This project will develop improved methods for closed-loop wind farm flow control, assimilating wind farm data into the flow control decision-making. The methods will be tested first in large eddy simulation (LES) and...

Information on MIT’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement can be found at the bottom of this posting. POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE ,  Mechanical Engineering- Mechatronics Research Lab, to join a group that aims to develop intelligent mechatronic systems by applying data-driven learning techniques to mechanical systems. The focus of this position is on predictive maintenance of industrial manufacturing systems.  A custom automatic scale model fault condition synthesis system had been developed in the lab to automatically generate datasets for normal and fault conditions with multiple integrated sensing modalities. An advanced data-driven algorithm is needed to analyze the data for fault detection, in-line production parameter adjustment, maintenance decision-making, etc.  Specific project match will be determined based on background and research interest. Projects are expected to be interdisciplinary and involve collaboration with internal/external...

Title Postdoctoral Fellow in Geometric Machine Learning School Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department/Area Applied Mathematics Position Description A postdoctoral position is available in Melanie Weber’s group at Harvard University. The group works at the intersection of Geometry and Machine Learning, with a focus on recognizing and exploiting geometric structure in data and models. Research areas include Representation Learning, Machine learning and Optimization on Graphs and Manifolds, as well as applications of geometric methods in the sciences. For more information and recent publications, see  http://melanie-weber.com/ . For questions, please email  mweber@seas.harvard.edu . This is a one-year position, with possible extension. The start date is flexible, but ideally around August 2023. Review of applications will begin in January 2023, but applications will be...

Title Research Fellow in Evaluation of Wearable Technology-Walsh Lab School Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Department/Area Bioengineering Position Description We are seeking a Research Fellow with an undergraduate or masters degree in Biomechanics, Kinesiology, Movement Science, Physiology, or Biomedical Engineering, to assist with data collection and processing for lab and field based studies of back assisting wearable robots. The Research Fellow should be a collaborative problem solver who is proficient at building a strong rapport with study participants and key stakeholders. The candidate should be extremely organized, exhibit excellent communication skills, and enjoy working with diverse groups of people. A strong candidate can tackle challenging projects with minimal oversight in a fast-paced, industry-focused environment while maintaining great attention to detail. We have developed a...