Assistant/ Associate Specialist - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The University of California, Berkeley
About this position
Position Overview
Position title: Assistant/Associate Specialist Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See the following tables(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position: T24 B . A reasonable full-time salary estimated for this position is $65,800 - $91,100 Percent time: 100% Anticipated start: Fall 2026 Position duration: One year, with the possibility of reappointment based on performance and availability of funding.
Application Deadline
Open date: September 4, 2026 Next review date:Friday, Sep 18, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Sunday, Oct 4, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position Description
The Biomimetic Millisystems Lab, in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley seeks to hire a Assistant/Associate Specialist. The Biomimetic Millisystems Lab works to radically improve milli-robot locomotion capabilities by combining insights from nature with novel fabrication technology. The lab's current research is centered on medical applications of milli-robots. The goal of this research project is to develop an untethered 5 mm diameter soft crawling robot capable of navigating through tortuous anatomy. The micro-robot will be based on fluidically driven IMPRINT actuators("Multi-Layer LDPE Pouch Robots Enabled by Inkjet-Printed Masking Layers." Advanced Materials Technologies 2025). Duties: Design of the actuation system, including the development of the IMPRINT contraction muscles and the arrangement of the IMPRINT actuators with elastic elements to enable omnidirectional articulation and contraction for steering and locomotion. Development of a miniaturized fluidic pump which has sufficient flow and pressure to drive the robot segment, foot, and biopsy actuators. Development of custom micro surgical tooling for soft tissue biopsy sampling, which is integrated into the microbot body. Additional duties include: • Focused work towards technical milestones • Complete documentation of intermediate results for reports and publications • Close cooperation with other project team members.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications(required at time of application)Bachelor's degree or any equivalent international degree Preferred qualificationsMaster's degree or any equivalent international degree in Mechanical Engineering, or Bioengineering Experience with design, fabrication and prototyping Experience with mechatronics including actuators, sensors, electronics, and software Overall strong record of experimental robotics research Experience with fabrication of multi-degree of freedom micro-robots Experience with magnetic actuation and sensing systems for untethered robots Experience with fluidic millirobots Experience with MEMS fabrication Experience with soft robotics
Application Requirements
Document requirementsCurriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V. Cover Letter - Summarize research interests and professional goals. Demonstatre the expertise in related areas Reference requirements 3 required (contact information only) Apply link:https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05534 Help contact:pdatta@berkeley.edu