About the company
MERL's overriding vision is to deliver innovation that has a lasting impact on the world — innovation that will be remembered 100 years from now. For more than two decades we have produced cutting edge technological advances, fundamentally rethinking a number of problems and delivering radical improvements. MERL is home to some of the world's leading experts in a variety of areas, such as Computer Vision, Audio & Video Processing, Digital Communications, Data Analytics, Mechatronics and Algorithms. As a member of our staff you will enjoy a high level of collaboration, driving rapid progress on large interdisciplinary problems. We are hiring highly qualified and motivated individuals who share our vision. As part of our team, your research will focus on fundamental problems with wide applicability. If you share our vision and motivation, take a look at our job openings or our internship positions and apply!
Job Summary
Responsibilities for this position include:
📍Conducting innovative and relevant research in optimization algorithms, possibly with applications to electric grids, robotics, transportation, and supply chain optimization, 📍Developing a research agenda impacting both the scientific community and the future company technology, 📍Publishing results in leading technical journals, conferences, and in patent applications, 📍Applying the research results to company-relevant R&D projects, 📍Collaborating with research staff, academic partners, and mentoring interns, 📍Transferring results and technology to Mitsubishi Electric corporate research laboratories.
Qualifications for this position are:
📍A Ph.D. from an internationally-recognized institution in computer science, mathematics, numerical analysis, or chemical, industrial engineering, electrical, or a related discipline, with a focus on optimization, 📍A strong publication record, consistent with experience, 📍Extensive knowledge of a numerical optimization algorithms for convex programming and possibly mixed integer programming, 📍Strong programming skills, in at least some of C/C++, Python, Julia, Matlab, 📍Strong teamwork, communication, listening and teaching skills. 📍Seniority of the candidate will be considered to determine the position level. Interested parties must submit a cover letter and an up to one-page statement of research interests.
