18 February: fyi -- speech software, UK

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Job Opportunity in Software Development at Canon (Bracknell, UK, near
London; A325k-50k)

The Interaction Group at Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE) focuses on
making man-machine interactions as intuitive, simple and powerful as
possible. The group is researching spoken and multimodal dialogues and
developing multimodal dialogue applications for Canon devices.

A position for a top quality software engineer is now available in the
group. Applications from experienced engineers and exceptional recent
graduates are invited for the following position:

[SENIOR] SOFTWARE ENGINEER - to develop software incorporating advanced
speech understanding, dialogue and user interface technologies on
embedded platforms.

Applicants should have:

- Excellent software engineering and programming skills in Java.

- A very good understanding of OOD and OOA.

- The ability to pick up new languages and skills rapidly.

- Very good self-management as well as team working skills.


Commercial software development experience, a relevant higher degree or
expertise in any of the following would be an advantage:

- Constructing large, high quality, robust software systems for
prototypes or products.

- Experience in embedded platforms.

- Experience in C++.

- Server-client architecture.

- User interface design.

- Audio data processing, speech recognition or spoken dialogue
systems.


We believe that top-quality results are best achieved by agreeing on
shared goals and supporting people to achieve their ambitions.
Consequently, we offer a very informal, stimulating and flexible working
environment (e.g. no core hours flexitime).


We also offer:

- A competitive salary: A325,000 - A350,000, depending on
experience.

- Generous benefits package (company pension scheme, private
health insurance, .).


For informal enquiries about the positions, please e-mail Yuan Shao,
yuan@cre.canon.co.uk, or Uwe Jost, uwe@cre.canon.co.uk.

To apply please send, fax or e-mail your CV with a covering letter,
quoting reference J31, to:

The Recruitment Manager
Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd

The Braccans,

London Road, Bracknell,

Berkshire, RG12 2XH

United Kingdom
Phone: +44 (0)1344 354800
Fax: +44 (0)1344 354801
e-mail: jobs@cre.canon.co.uk
web: www.cre.canon.co.uk

Canon has over 75,000 employees worldwide. Well known for its wide range
of top quality products, Canon is taking a lead in developing electronic
and automation technologies to enhance ease of use. One key to Canon's
success has been a spirit of meeting new technology challenges and at
CRE you will have the opportunity to make a significant contribution to
this.

Because of British Law, preference will be given to applicants who
already have the right to work in the United Kingdom.

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