Alternance: Haptics Signal Encoding

InterDigital R&D France, SAS; Rennes; Sur place; EUR 11 160 - 15 624; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

InterDigital R&D France, SAS recherche un étudiant chercheur pour rejoindre son équipe de médias interactifs, en se concentrant sur l'encoding de signaux en contextes de normalisation.

Le candidat retenu participera à la recherche et au développement de technologies liées à l'haptique et à l'encoding des données de capteurs, en réalisant des prototypes et des études utilisateur.

Le poste offre des possibilités de travail à distance à temps partiel.

Qualifications

• Diplôme de master dans un domaine connexe ou expérience équivalente.
• Compétences solides en programmation C++.
• Excellentes capacités de communication écrite et verbale.
• Passion pour la recherche et l'innovation, notamment en matière de haptique ou de réalité étendue.

Responsabilités

• Étudier les formats de représentation de signaux.
• Comparer les normes existantes à l'aide de métriques objectives.
• Développer des prototypes et effectuer des évaluations utilisateur.

Connaissances

C++ programming

Signal processing

Computer graphics

VR/AR/XR

Computer vision

Robotics

Team collaboration

Complex algorithm development

Formation

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science

Outils

Unity

C#

Description du poste

Job Summary

Alternance: Sensing signal encoding. InterDigital is looking for a student researcher to join its Interactive Media team to research and develop technologies related to sensing signal encoding in a standardization context. The role focuses on haptics and sensor data encoding, including studying state‑of‑the‑art formats, proposing new representation methods, and developing proof‑of‑concept prototypes.

Responsibilities

• Study state of the art sensing signal representation formats and compression.
• Study existing sensing standards.
• Compare these standards using different objective metrics.
• Propose improved methods to encode and decode sensing signals.
• Develop proof‑of‑concept prototypes to showcase proposed solutions.
• Conduct user evaluations to ensure the viability of the proposed methods.
• Research and develop technologies related to sensing signal encoding (inc. haptics and robotics).
• Provide corresponding Proof‑of‑concept software implementation and demos.
• Contribute to the team publication of research results in various forms, including patent applications, standards contributions, implementation, conference and journal publications, technical white papers.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field; internship, summer job, or school project experience is accepted.
• Proficient in C++ programming.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong team player; comfortable in English.
• Experience in signal processing, computer graphics, VR/AR/XR, computer vision, electronics, or robotics.
• Passion for research and innovation, especially in haptics or extended reality.
• Bonus: experience in Unity/C#, Computer Graphics, or Virtual Reality.
• Comfortable with complex algorithm development.

Location

Rennes, France (some remote work possible).

Equal Employment Opportunity

InterDigital is an equal employment opportunity employer. InterDigital will not engage in or tolerate unlawful discrimination with regard to any employment decision, policy or practice based on a person’s sex, gender, pregnancy (including childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), age, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, assignments, evaluations, coaching, promotion, discipline, discharge and layoff.