Team Leader/Senior Principal Member of Technical Staff
Multimedia

Responsibilities:

• Develop strategic R&D plan for the team in the areas of voice search, speech interfaces, and audio processing. This includes identifying new research opportunities that are technically significant and beneficial to the company.
• Transfer developed technology to business units and R&D labs in Japan, including software, documentation and experimental results.
• Work with external partners including product vendors and university collaborators. Travel to Mitsubishi Electric facilities in Japan and elsewhere is required.
• Strengthen and maintain patent portfolio for voice search, speech interfaces, and audio processing technologies.
• Take an active role in promoting team activities including presentation of research results in academic conferences and participation in industry forums.

Qualifications:

• Applicants are expected to hold a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field.
• Applicants must have at least 10+ years of industrial experience including a minimum of 2-3 years in a management or project leadership role.
• Thorough knowledge and expertise in voice search, speech interfaces, and audio processing technologies. Topics of interest include contextualized speech recognition, text-to-speech, information retrieval, and audio analysis and processing.
• Strong publication record demonstrating novel research achievements and visibility in research communities.
• Excellent presentation, written, inter-personal communication and organizational skills.

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Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist
Mechatronics and Control

The Mechatronics Group at MERL has expertise in multivariable, nonlinear and optimal control, nonlinear estimation, mechatronic design, laser sensing, 3D CAD and rapid prototyping and is growing its R&D portfolio in these areas with an emphasis on control systems and dynamical systems. Facilities include a Linux cluster, a mechatronics laboratory with dSpace / Matlab hardware and software, a range of simulation, analysis and design software and a fully capable machine shop for rapid prototyping. Fundamental areas of current research interest include but are not limited to nonlinear and hybrid control, adaptive control, nonlinear dynamical systems and control of large-scale heterogeneous systems. Areas of application include building systems (elevators, HVAC), energy systems (power generation and distribution), space systems (satellites, telescopes), and factory automation equipment (robot manipulators, servo systems).

Responsibilities for these positions include: Conducting innovative research in mechatronics, control systems and/or dynamical systems, publishing results in leading technical journals, conferences, and patent applications, transferring results and technology to MELCO corporate research laboratories and business units, and drafting project proposals and leading research projects. For the senior position, this opportunity is especially to shape and drive a corporate R&D agenda in mechatronics, control and dynamical systems with the intent to impact broadly Mitsubishi Electric businesses. Additional responsibilities may include strategic planning, mentoring and supervision of technical staff, and establishment of academic partnerships depending on seniority.

Qualifications for these positions are:

• A Ph.D. in mechatronics or controls from an internationally-recognized institution in mechatronics, controls or dynamical systems,
• At least three years of post-Ph.D. industrial and/or academic experience,
• A strong publication record consistent with experience,
• A record for independently proposing and executing research programs with academic and/or corporate impact,
• Extensive knowledge and ability to apply control theory / dynamical systems theory,
• Experience and interest in implementing control systems in hardware and software, and
• Strong teamwork, communication, strategic leadership, teaching, and technical skills.

Interested parties should contact Dr. Scott A. Bortoff, Group Manager, Mechatronics, at
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Research Scientist/Member Technical Staff
Multimedia

Responsibilities:

• Conduct innovative research on digital video compression and processing. Specific topics of interest include 3D video coding and stereo/multiview video processing.
• Prepare patent disclosures on newly developed work and assist legal department in finalizing patent applications.
• Transfer developed technology to business units through R&D labs in Japan including software, documentation and experimental results.
• Contribute to international video coding standardization activities and participate in standardization meetings when necessary.
• Propose new research directions in digital video and related 3D technologies, and contribute to overall research agenda of the group.
• Publish results in major international conferences and peer-reviewed journals, and maintain a presence in the academic community.

Qualifications:

• Applicants are expected to hold a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or closely related field.
• Applicants with 3+ years of industrial experience are preferred, but exceptional candidates including recent Ph.D. graduates and post-doctoral researchers are also strongly encouraged to apply.
• Extensive signal processing background and understanding of image and video compression is required. Direct experience with standard compression schemes including H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, its scalable or multiview extensions, as well as corresponding reference software, is also required.
• Experience with stereo and multiview video processing, including depth estimation, view synthesis and display processing algorithms is expected.
• Applicants must have a strong publication record demonstrating novel research achievements.
• Excellent programming skills (C/C++, Matlab, etc) are required.
• Excellent presentation, written and inter-personal communication skills are expected.

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Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Research Scientist/Member Technical Staff
Electrical Power Systems

Responsibilities:

• Conduct research and development in the area of electrical power systems. Specific topics include power system load-flow analysis and steady-state and transient stability analysis. Devise new research ideas and pursue them all the way to realization in prototypes. Assist in preparing patent applications. Publication in major conferences and journals is encouraged.
• Propose new directions and projects related to electrical power systems and applications thereof. Assist in preparing research proposals.
• Transfer technology to business units. Travel to Mitsubishi Electric locations in Japan and elsewhere will be necessary.

Qualifications:

• A Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a closely related field. For applicants without industrial work experience, dissertation topic should be related to modeling and operation of electrical power systems
• Strong background in load-flow analysis and circuit modeling, analysis, and simulation.
• Good programming skills in Matlab and C/C++ and experience in using them for analysis and simulation of power systems; experience with Simulink/SimPowerSystems a plus.
• Experience with one or more of the following areas desired: distributed generation, microgrids, renewable power sources, power systems reliability and protection, power engineering operations and planning, unit commitment, economic dispatch, load forecasting and scheduling, power systems dynamics and control, model-based diagnostics, stability analysis, large-scale dynamic systems, power grid information technology, cyber-security, and energy markets and policy.
• Good verbal and written communication skills are a must. Good inter-personal skills are essential.
• Applicant must be quick to adapt to project needs, and able to work on multiple projects.

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Postdoctoral Researcher
Optimization and Inference

MERL seeks a highly motivated individual to collaborate in one or more research projects on the optimization of discrete network flows in problems relating to transport and inference. Some of the application areas we are currently studying include exotic people-moving systems, wireless communications, image denoising and enhancement, and medical image interpretation. Duties will include original research, algorithm development, software implementation, and extensive simulation, testing, and analysis. The candidate may also elect to devote part of each week to independent research.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A Ph.D. in computer science or allied fields from a well-recognized institution (or equivalent training and experience); MERL will also consider exceptional candidates regardless of credentials.
• A balance of theoretical and practical orientation.
• Software prototyping and development skills.
• Background in probability, statistics, and discrete/continuous/convex optimization. Knowledge of computer vision, audition, and/or graphics a plus.
• The proven ability to make and publish fundamental innovations.
• Some relevant industrial experience.

This is a ground floor opportunity in a world-class research laboratory.

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Postdoctoral Researcher
Compressive Sensing

MERL is seeking qualified and high-caliber applicants for a postdoctoral researcher position in the Multimedia Group. The successful candidate will be expected to perform original research in the area of Compressive Sensing, with particular application in remote sensing and radar signal processing. The candidate may also elect to devote part of his time to independent research. This is a 1-year appointment with possibility for extension.

Qualifications:

• Applicants are expected to hold a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or closely related field.
• Background in signal and/or image processing, especially in the area of sparse approximation and Compressive Sensing.
• Experience with processing remotely sensed data (SAR, radar, multispectral imaging) and/or array processing.
• Applicants must have a strong publication record demonstrating novel research achievements.
• Excellent programming skills (C/C++, Matlab, etc) are required.
• Excellent presentation, written and inter-personal communication skills are expected.

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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