https://www.merl.com/employment/postdoctoral-research

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.; Cambridge, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel support for conferences

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) invites qualified postdoctoral candidates to apply for the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow. This role allows early career scientists to define and pursue their own original research agenda, connect with MERL initiatives, and publish in leading venues.

MERL, located in Kendall Square near MIT and Harvard, supports collaboration across disciplines with resources, travel support to conferences, and excellent benefits, fostering a productive

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related fields.
• Strong publication record demonstrating independent and innovative research achievements.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and pursue your own original research agenda.
• Explore connections to established laboratory initiatives.
• Publish high-impact articles in leading venues.
• Collaborate with MERL researchers across disciplines.

Skills

Strong publication record

Excellent teamwork

Excellent communication skills

Education

PhD in Computer Science

PhD in Engineering

Job description

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories (MERL) invites qualified postdoctoral candidates to apply for the position of PostdoctoralResearch Fellow. This position provides early career scientists the opportunity to work at a unique, academically-oriented industrialresearch laboratory. Successful candidates will be expected to define and pursue their own original research agenda, explore connectionsto established laboratory initiatives, and publish high impact articles in leading venues.

MERL is located in the heart of Kendall Square, with close proximity to MIT and Harvard, and serves as the North American Research & Developmentarm of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation , a $40B global manufacturer of electrical products. With over 30 years of innovation, MERL fosters anenvironment that gives researchers the opportunity to set their own agenda and pursue their passions. The culture at MERL values bothfundamental scientific contributions and their application to real business problems and encourages our researchers to become leadersin their respective fields. Collaboration is highly incentivized, and bureaucracy is minimized. MERL's strengths lie at the intersectionof computer science, engineering, physics, and applied mathematics, specializing in the areas of machine learning, robotics, signal processing,control, optimization, and perception. Candidates are expected to leverage these strengths and expand into new areas in collaboration with our researchers.

As a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at MERL, you will have access to resources that will expand your thinking and accelerate your career trajectory,and you will be embedded in an academically-oriented environment that allows for collaborations across disciplines. The primary benefits of this position include:

• Latitude to explore your own research agenda, drawing inspiration from relevant industry and societal challenges that are being addressed by MERL researchers. There is no other industrial laboratory with this level of research freedom and opportunity for industrial impact.
• Collaboration with leading researchers at MERL across multiple fields. MERL is small enough and information exchange happens freely and frequently, so it is very easy to know what researchers in other groups are working on and connect with them on new topics.
• Opportunity to collaborate with extensive network of existing academic partners. New academic collaborations that align with particular research goals may also be considered.
• Stable funding from the parent company to pursue long-term research initiatives, so there is no need to write grant proposals. You will also have access to our high-performance computing infrastructure and lab equipment, as well as generous travel support to participate in conferences.
• Excellent work/life balance with flexible work time, great benefits, and competitive compensation.

The expected appointment for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow is 2 years and may lead to subsequent full-time employment at MERL. In any case,the position is more valuable as a steppingstone to a future career in academia or industrial research than a postdoctoral position at a university.The experience gained at MERL is highly valuable, leading to collaborative relationships that are likely to last beyond the appointment's tenure,and providing relevant industrial experience to develop more compelling research proposals in the future. Many MERL researchers and alumni have comefrom, or gone to, academic appointments at top universities.

Qualifications for this position are:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or related fields.
• Strong publication record demonstrating independent and innovative research achievements.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.

We offer an interdisciplinary and collaborative research environment with excellent benefits where talented people apply their skills and grow professionally.

We offer many opportunities to participate in exciting research in a stimulating environment with the likelihood of a publication as a result.