Tim Brecht

Professor Emeritus

Davis Center, Room 3508
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave. West
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

E-mail: brecht AT uwaterloo DOT ca

Research Associate Position

Job Description:

We are inventing and commercializing, battery-free, WiFi communication technologies for use with IoT devices. The candidate will help us to design, implement and evaluate prototypes of our system that use different methods for communication. We are looking for someone with programming experience and an engineering, systems programming and/or a research background in a related field to help grow our team.

Required Skills:

Advanced C programming skills
Experience with Linux programming
Scripting experience (e.g., shell scripting)

Desirable Skills / Background:

Knowledge of WiFi protocols (e.g., 802.11n and 802.11ac)
Experience with hostapd, iw
Experience with tcpdump/wireshark/tshark/libpcap
Advanced Computer Science or Computer/Electrical Engineering Degree

Responsibilities:

Writing C programs that will run on an access point and/or mobile device to receive the WiFi compliant communication from an IoT device.
Implementing code on IoT devices (e.g., on a microcontroller) to read data from various sensors and to communicate that data to the receiving WiFi device.
Empirically evaluate and compare various techniques, their power consumption, range, limitations, and advantages and disadvantages when compared with other competing technologies (e.g., Zigbee, Bluetooth, etc.)

Location:

The candidate must work be able to work on site at the University of Waterloo.

Position Duration and Salary:

Salary will depend on experience and background.
1 year position. We might consider two consecutive co-op terms (i.e., an 8 month co-op).
Possible extension to subsequent year(s) depending on funding and/or a possible transition to start-up company.

Contact:

Tim Brecht
brecht@cs.uwaterloo.ca
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