Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was founded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000 with the mission of enhancing Hong Kong’s competitiveness through applied research.

ASTRI’s core R&D competence in various areas is grouped under five Technology Divisions: Advanced Electronic Components and Systems; Artificial Intelligence and Trust Technologies; Communications Technologies; IoT Sensing and AI Technologies; and Intelligent Perception and Control Technologies.

It is applied across six core areas which are Smart City, Financial Technologies, New Industrialisation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Digital Health, Application Specific Integrated Circuits and Metaverse.

Over the years, ASTRI has nurtured a pool of research, I&T talents and received numerous international awards for its pioneering innovations as well as outstanding business and community contributions.

As of 2023/24, ASTRI has transferred more than 1,500 technologies to the industry and has been granted over 1,100 patents in the Mainland, the US, and other countries.

To support our constant endeavour to position Hong Kong as a world-class smart city and an international hub of innovation and technology, we are seeking qualified professionals to fill the following position(s):

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop high-performance wireless communications Digital Signal Processing (DSP) solutions for 5G/6G L1 Physical (PHY) layer
• Engage in project tasks listed as follows:
• Develop and maintain test infrastructure software for verifying integrated System/DSP/FPGA
• Verify the integrated System/DSP/FPGA solution for wireless communication
• Track and analyze the verification/testing results
• Optimize and troubleshoot DSP solutions in target platforms to fulfil high performance and real time deadline requirements
• Build up know-hows on 5G/6G standardization

Job Requirements:

• Master's or Bachelor's degree holder in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering, Telecommunications or relevant disciplines
• Experiences in programming language such as C/C++, Assembly, are preferred
• Experiences in, knowledge of some of below would be a plus
• Wireless communications systems, such as 3G/4G/5G, WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee
• DSP/embedded system programming and optimization in ARM/X86 platform development
• Real Time software development
• Linux platform development
• Programming language such as Python, C#
• Lives ASTRI values

Application

The appointment will be on renewable contract terms with a competitive salary and performance-linked variable pay. Fringe benefits include paid leave, medical, insurance coverage and contribution to MPF. The incumbent will normally work a five-day week.

For interested parties, please submit your application with detailed CV within two weeks of the post date. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible. The review of applications will continue until post is filled.

The resume should not include any sensitive personal information such as ID card number or travel document number etc.

Position offer is subject to the applicant’s experience and academic qualification. Only short-listed candidates will be notified. ASTRI reserves the right not to fill the position.

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