Job Description

Position Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Salary Range: Will commensurate with experience 
Percent Time: 100% 
Anticipated Start: Spring 2023 
Position Duration: Two years, with possibility of an extension depending on performance and availability of funding. 

Application Window
Open date: December 1, 2022
Most Recent Review Date: Monday, Jan 15, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed if the position has not yet been filled.
Final Date: Sunday, Jul 31, 2023 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 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California seeks applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar in Prof. E.S. Kim’s USC MEMS Lab (http://mems.usc.edu/), in the area of Wearable Stethoscope, including the further development of MEMS resonant microphone array (RMA) to develop wearable wireless lung sound tracker for children with asthma. As part of the 5-year NIH-funded project (which started Aug. 1, 2022) you will build on an existing RMA based on piezoelectric MEMS. The RMA will be integrated with a commercial wireless chipset for a noninvasive wearable stethoscope that allows 24/7 constant monitoring of lung sounds over skin near the lung. You will help develop an integrated device that will serve as the primary experimental platform to collect lung sounds continuously over days in pediatric asthma patients. The successful candidate will join a team of faculty, medical doctors, post-docs, and students at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. The multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, team will be developing increasingly sophisticated wearable stethoscopes over the 5-year NIH grant period and using them to collect and analyze lung sounds continuously over days to provide a solution to the unmet need for the quantification of respiratory symptoms for the accurate diagnosis of asthma and assessment of asthma control in 6.8 million infants, young children and other populations with intellectual disability who are unable to report their respiratory symptoms or perform lung function testing in the United States. The job responsibilities entail microfabrication of MEMS RMA, integration of RMA and a wireless chipset, miniaturization of the integrated device, enhancement of wearability of the integrated device, data analysis, and automatic classification of lung sounds through machine learning. Consequently, the successful candidate will collaborate with other team members to develop the wearable stethoscopes and use them in human subject studies. 

Lab: http://mems.usc.edu/

Basic Qualifications (required at time of application): Candidates must hold a Ph.D. degree or be in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. degree at the time of application.
Additional Qualifications (required at time of start): Candidates must have obtained their Ph.D. degree by the start date of the job.
Preferred Qualifications: Substantial knowledge of and experience in microfabrication of MEMS, analog and digital electronics, computer-controlled data acquisition and analysis, and wireless data communication. Experience in wireless chipsets, statistical data analysis, and machine learning. Innovative, self-motivated, and collaborative mindset. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.

Application Requirements: Curriculum Vitae or Resume, Cover Letter, Statement of Research, 3 References (contact information only) 

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