Senior Engineer/ Engineer/ Engineering Associate (PI), Machine Learning & System Integration

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 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. ASTRI has transferred about 1,600 technologies to the industries and has been granted close to 1,200 patents in the Mainland, the United States, and other countries.

Job Responsibilities

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):

• Assist in ITF or Contract Services R&D projects as assigned.
• Develop deep learning models for smart city and fintech applications.
• Develop data analytics systems.
• Machine learning models training.
• Data collection and cleaning.
• Front-end and back-end development .
• Perform ad-hoc duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or a doctoral degree’s holder in Mathematics, Computational Finance, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant disciplines.
• For master’s degree holders, they will be considered for the position of Engineer.
• For bachelor’s degree holders, they will be considered for the position of Engineering Associate.
• Domain knowledge in machine learning model development for computer vision and language models.
• Experience in using tools and environment for developing AI and deep learning models.
• Knowledge on SLM, LVLM, LLM, etc.
• Experience in programming using Python, C, C++.
• Knowledge in cryptography is a plus.
• Lives ASTRI values.

You are suggested NOT to include sensitive personal information such as HKID or passport number, photo, etc.

Please quote the Job Ref No. and include the following information:

• Name of University
• Degree/PhD obtained/expecting and when
• Have you participated in ITF Research Talent Hub before? Yes/No
• If you answer Yes in item 3, please state the period
• Have you been employed by ASTRI before? If yes, please state the period

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 application will be open until the position is filled while ASTRI reserves the right not to fill the position. Only short-listed candidates will be notified.

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