Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies
Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR)
Reference no. 568/0416

• Opportunity to develop and support processes that secure and increase the intellectual property capacity of the ACFR
• Utilise your IP protection and management experience
• Full-time fixed term for 12 months, remuneration package: $139,818 p.a. which includes base salary, leave loading and up to 17% super

The University of Sydney is Australia's first university and has an outstanding global reputation for academic and research excellence. It employs over 7600 permanent staff, supporting over 60,000 students.

The Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) is based in the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering at the University of Sydney, and is dedicated to the research, development, application and dissemination of field robotics principles and intelligent software. The ACFR is the largest robotics and automation research group in Australia and is also one of the largest of its kind in the world.

The position has both an operational and strategic responsibility for developing and supporting processes that secure and increase the intellectual property capacity of the ACFR, its implementation/commercialisation, and its protection for export.

Position duties include:

• intellectual property portfolio development and exploitation
• development of IP control export processes and its management
• developing new industry engagement and commercialisation opportunities.

Position requirements include:

• appropriate academic qualification and/or extensive equivalent relevant experience or postgraduate qualifications in an appropriate engineering or scientific field
• experience of IP protection and management
• ability to undertake operational and strategic initiatives to develop new opportunities for commercialisation of research
• demonstrated management skills with a research or commercial engineering or technology sector.

Remuneration package: $139,818 p.a. (which includes a base salary $118,148 p.a., leave loading and up to 17% employer’s contribution to superannuation).

All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website.  Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number for more information and to apply.

CLOSING DATE: 11:30pm 8 May 2016 (Sydney time)

The University is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity and social inclusion. Applications from equity target groups, including women and people with disabilities are encouraged. As the University of Sydney has established a scheme to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff employed across the institution, applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are also encouraged.

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