Research Engineer/Senior Research Engineer (1-year contract), SCIS

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together - building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities - all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build device prototypes from end to end, including component selection, circuit and PCB design, assembly andenclosure fabrication.
• Integrate cameras, light sources and embedded processors, and develop the firmware needed to operate thesystem.
• Test, calibrate and troubleshoot devices to improve performance, power efficiency and reliability.
• Work with the research team to integrate eye-tracking software and prepare devices for experiments and userstudies.
• Maintain design and assembly documentation, and perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Hands-on experience developing FPGA-based embedded systems using Xilinx platforms andVerilog/SystemVerilog.
• Experience in C/C++ firmware and driver development, including STM32 microcontrollers and embeddedLinux/PetaLinux.
• Experience in PCB design using Altium and integrating hardware and firmware into complete working systems.
• Familiarity with high-speed data transfer and hardware interfaces, such as DMA, AXI, SPI, I2C and JESD204B.
• Experience in hardware characterization, performance optimization, and real-time signal processing would bean advantage.

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