Engineer (PI), Hardware and System

The 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: Communications Technologies, Artificial Intelligence and Trust Technologies, Advanced Electronic Components and Systems, IoT Sensing and AI Technologies, and Innovative Mind.

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. To date, ASTRI has transferred almost 1400 technologies to the industries and been granted more than 1000 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

• Assist in ITF R&D project as assigned;
• Develop IoT (Internet-of-Things), hardware for visually impaired people;
• Test hardware device functionalities and benchmark system performance; and
• Document hardware architecture and design.

Job Requirements

• Master's Degree in computer science, Electronic/Electrical Engineering, Information Engineering, Mathematics, or relevant disciplines.
• Experience in programming using C, C++.
• Experience in using hardware tools and environments for developing hardware and system.
• Experience with IoT development such as Rasberry Pi.
• Knowledge of mobile app development is a plus.
• Eager to learn new skills and share within team. 
• Strong teamwork and good analytical thinking skills. 
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English.