engineer, european design centre

Sharp Corporation is a world leader in optoelectronic components and related technology. Our European Design Centre supports the design, development and commercialisation of advanced optoelectronic components for the European telecom and automotive markets.

Sharp Laboratories of Europe is currently seeking an exceptional and competent Electrical Engineer with a passion for the development of automotive LCD products to join our Munich office.

The post holder responsibilities will include:

• Managing customer projects including project control, module specification, technical communication and sample planning

• Leading customer project meetings in both English and German including presentations and technical negotiations

• Effective project management including time and resource planning, risk evaluations and consideration of the commercial environment of Sharp and the commercial aspects of the projects

• Developing the European Design Centre office in Munich through developing office systems, testing technical equipment and establishing processes that support customer requirements and specifications

Successful candidates will have a strong electronics background; 1st or 2:1 degree in Electronics or related discipline and relevant industrial design and development experience. In addition, you should have a strong drive to create innovative solutions to the most challenging technical problems. You must be fluent in English and German, have strong communication and interpersonal skills and be able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

in return we offer an excellent relocation and employment package with good training and career development prospects.

Location: Munich

Salary: Competitive plus excellent benefits package

researcher, Information Technology and Systems

Sharp Corporation is internationally recognised for its innovation in consumer products such as mobile phones, Aquos LCD TVs, e-dictionaries and large-area displays. Sharp is building a strategy to move these and future products into the education market.

Sharp Laboratories of Europe is seeking exceptional candidates with a passion for R&D to help us develop next-generation educational technologies and systems. As part of a team, you will lead and contribute to projects in the emerging field of mobile and ubiquitous learning.

Responsibilities will include:

• Conducting innovative research on software technologies for education

• Building and evaluating prototypes of developed concepts

• Keeping up with the latest developments in the field

• Promoting and transferring your results within Sharp

Ideally you will have a Masters or PhD, or equivalent postgraduate experience, in computer science, engineering or a related discipline. Successful candidates will have good software programming skills and experience or interest in m-learning or e-learning. Experience of ubiquitous computing would be advantageous. In addition, you should have a proven ability to generate new ideas, a strong drive to solve the most challenging technical problems, and be motivated by seeing the results of your research in commercial use.

In return, we offer an excellent employment package including competitve salary, pension, life assurance and local amenity benefits, with excellent training and career development prospects.

Location: Oxford

Salary: Competitive plus benefits

Graduate Programme, general

If so, we would like to meet you. Sharp Corporation is well known for its innovative consumer electronic products. Our Aquos liquid crystal televisions are made at Kameyama, the most advanced and environmentally friendly LCD production site in the world. Sharp also has the largest solar panel manufacturing capacity of any company.

Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd has built an outstanding reputation for technology leadership within Sharp Corporation through innovative R&D and strong collaboration with product development. Our structured graduate level programme will immerse you in the technologies of the future and give you the scope and choice to develop your potential.

We are looking for the very best people with excellent academic credentials, leadership potential, and the drive and passion for turning technology into innovative products. In exchange we offer a stimulating and challenging environment, a structured graduate level programme, and an excellent remuneration package.

Location: Oxford

Salary: Excellent plus benefits

researcher, Information Technology and Systems

Sharp Laboratories of Europe is looking for a bright and enthusiastic researcher to join a growing team developing future systems using language technology.

We are researching and developing novel technologies to enhance Sharp devices and create future business opportunities for Sharp. We are working in areas such as example based machine translation and language e-learning on mobile devices.

Main Responsibilities:

Performing innovative applied research in computational linguistics

Building working software prototypes

Requirements:

You have a passion for technology

An MSc or PhD in computer science, mathematics, or a related field

Experience of natural language processing and/or information retrieval

Good software programming skills

Experience or interest in any of the following areas is also beneficial:

Chinese and/or Japanese linguistics

User interfaces and human-computer interaction

Computer-assisted language learning (CALL)

Experience of working in an R&D environment is beneficial

Good people skills on top of your technical skills

Sharp Corporation is internationally recognized for its innovation in consumer products such as e-dictionaries, mobile phones, and Aquos LCD TVs. Sharp Laboratories is a subsidiary of Sharp Corporation and one of the leading European research centers in consumer electronics.

Location: Oxford

Salary: Competitive salary, staff pension plan and excellent career opportunties.

engineer, system display group

The System Display Group comprises of approximately 25 engineers and scientists, developing next-generation technology for mobile devices. The main areas of research are display, sensor and wireless electronics, smartcards and bio-sciences.

The Display Integration team is responsible for the short and medium term development of CMOS display electronics on glass, using Sharps CG-Silicon and next-generation thin film transistor processes. The main outputs of the team are prototype systems and patent IP, which are transferred to business groups in Japan.

The post holder will provide analogue design expertise for both display and non-display projects within the group. The focus is on developing novel, low-power, high yield architectures in CG-Silicon which are suitable for mass production. There is also scope for development of IC-based solutions.

Publications at major conferences and in leading journals are encouraged. The main role will involve front-to-back analogue and mixed signal VLSI design using Cadence, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys tools. An ability to verify and support the testing of the silicon functionality is essential.

researcher, advanced optoelectronic devices

Sharp is a world leader in solar cell manufacture and is a driving force in the development of future renewable energy technologies. In 2007 Sharp will increase its commitment to this area by constructing the world\\\\\\\'s largest solar cell manufacturing facility. Sharp Laboratories of Europe Limited carries out research and development activities that play a key role in helping Sharp to innovate and create the technologies of the future.

SLE is building a comprehensive research and development programme on innovative technologies for renewable energy, primarily based on expoiting the power of the sun. We are seeking candidates to drive innovation in this area, from materials through device and product.

Candidates are sought with an interest in the any of the following areas:

New high efficiency materials for photovoltaic devices

Physics and simulation of photovoltaic devices and systems

Nanomaterials for energy technologies

Technologies for solid-state generation and storage of hydrogen

Biomimetic processes for solar energy

Applicants should have strong academic qualifications with at minimum a graduate qualification (2:1 or 1st) in physics, engineering, chemistry or a related discipline. In the case of more experienced candidates, a track record of quality and innovation in research as evidenced by significant publications, patents or other achievements is required. Experience in solar energy technologies will be an advantage. Relevant industrial experience will also be beneficial. In addition, candidates should be strongly motivated, possess good communication skills and show evidence of an ability to work effectively as part of a team.

engineer, system display group

The System Display Group comprises of approximately 25 engineers and scientists, developing next-generation technology for mobile devices. The main areas of research are display, sensor and wireless electronics, smartcards and bio-sciences.

The Display Integration team is responsible for the short and medium term development of CMOS display electronics on glass, using Sharps CG-Silicon and next generation thin film transistor processes. The main outputs of the team are prototype systems and patent IP, which are transferred to business groups in Japan.

The post holder will be responsible for system-level design of display projects within the gorup, including system and block specification, transistor level design of timing circuits and top-level simulation. The focus is on developing novel, low-power, high yield architectures in CG-Silicon which are suitable for mass production. There is also scope for development of module-level solutions.

Publications at major conferences and in leading journals are encouraged. The main role will involve front-and-back analogue and mixed signal VLSI design using Cadence, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys tools. An ability to verify and support the testing of the silicon functionality is essential.

researcher, system display group

Working in a group of approximately 25 engineers and scientists engaged in research and development in the areas of cutting-edge mobile devices using proprietary Silicon on Insulator technology, Smartcards and the biosciences. A prime output of the group is patent IP in devices, circuits and systems to support a broad range of applications such as displays with monolithic drivers, controllers and interactive sensing through to audio, RFID and even future healthcare technologies.

The post holder will be involved in the research of novel devices and microelectronic circuits using proprietary Thin Film Transistor technologies. The primary aim of the research is to develop IP which can be patented and transferred to business groups in Japan. Publications at major conferences and in leading journals are encouraged. The main role will involve the design, characterisation, modelling and analysis of both existing and novel thin film device structures and sub-circuits. A strong understanding of the underlying semiconductor physical principles is essential for this role, as is a high level of proficiency in analysis and problem solving. For more senior positions, project management skills are essential for assessing feasinility, resource requirements and timescales of research projects.

researcher, advanced optoelectronic devices

Sharp Corporation is a world leader in optoelectronic components and related technology. Sharp Laboratories of Europe carries out research and development activities that play a key role in helping Sharp to maintain this lead.

Sharp Laboratories of Europe is currently seeking exceptional candidates with a passion for R&D to help us develop optoelectronic devices of tomorrow. You will lead or contribute to research projects that are expected to have a significant impact on Sharp.

We have several openings for highly qualified Research Scientists in the following areas:

Optoelectronic materials and devices (Ref: RES-AOD/0052A)
Successful candidates will have an excellent understanding of semiconductor physics and experience in semiconductor spectroscopy

Semiconductor device design and simulation (Ref: RES-AOD/0052B)
Successful candidates will have an excellent understanding of semiconductor device physics and experience in optoelectronic device design or simulation

Semiconductor device fabrication, design and characterisation (Ref: RES-AOD/0052C)
Successful candidates will have a very good understanding of semiconductor device physics and experience in semiconductor device fabrication and characterisation

You will have a PhD in physics, electrical engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent postgraduate experience. In addition, you should have a strong drive to create innovative solutions to the most challenging technical problems and ideally experience of semiconductor optoelectronics. Successful candidates are expected to interact very strongly with other team members experienced in material growth, device physics and characterisation.

In return we offer an excellent relocation and employment package including pension, life assurance and local amenity benefits with good training and career development prospects.