TTAD Group leader / Job leader: AI research in Autonomy and Knowledge Capture

About the role

TEL Technology AI and Design Inc is a cutting-edge AI lab within Tokyo Electron (TEL), focusing on autonomous operation of semiconductor equipment through long-term research and technology development in AI.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a highly talented team
• Establish and manage project roadmap with stakeholders in TTAD and TEL Group
• Hands-on contribution to the development of software modules
• Embrace and contribute to AI-assisted coding best practices

Requirements

• Creative, out-of-the-box thinker
• Good communicator who works well in a team and across cultural barriers
• Low prestige problem solver: willing to be wrong and accept a better solution
• Productive in translating ideas to code
• Present to support colleagues – gives freely of own time
• Willing and able to learn complex application domains and new programming languages
• Willing and able to travel overseas (east Asia) 1-3 times per year
• Willing and able to collaborate with colleagues in east Asia some evenings

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant engineering experience (such as computer science/AI research, software engineering, machine learning, scheduling and planning, or knowledge representation)
• 4+ years of experience with complex hardware + software systems
• 2+ years of small-group leadership experience
• Expertise in leading techniques for semantic capture, search, and embedding spaces
• PhD or MSc in Computer Science or adjacent areas, or BSc with 10+ years of AI/ML/Comp Sci research excellence required

Skills

• Embedded control
• Complex software/hardware systems
• Autonomy/planning
• Semantic and symbolic knowledge capture from unstructured data
• Transfer learning
• Advanced UI design

Benefits

Diversity creates an innovative culture. TEL US is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.