Job Title: Graduate Research Assistant - VR
PVN ID: HC-2104-003959
Category: Research
Location: HUNTER COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

The Visualization and Virtual Reality Lab in the Computer Science department at Hunter College has a Virtual Reality (VR) Research Assistant opening for a short-term research project in Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. The Graduate Research Assistants (GRA) will work with a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science, Hunter College. The GRA will be responsible for desigining and building a VR application in Unity3D, running user studies and writing up the results into a publication. The position is paid hourly without benefits at $18-20 per hour (depending on qualifications), 10 hours per week for about six months.

Other Duties

Qualifications

All applicants should be able to demonstrate prior experience with 3D modeling, Unity3D development and has written a research publication.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Computer Science
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$18.00-$20.00
Hour(s) a week
10.00-15.00
Closing Date
Jun 05, 2021 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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