Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

We are developing advanced application technologies and intelligent information processing technologies to contribute to the variety of business domains of Sony Group Corporation, such as Agent Platform, Next-Gen Financial Front-end, Contents Creation Technology, Healthcare/Medical Service and Telepresence.
The main work is research and development of advanced algorithms using software. It includes tasks such as artificial intelligence, deep learning, natural language processing, UI design and mobile, cloud service implementation, 3D graphics, technical evaluation and analysis, and architecture design.
As an R&D engineer, you will work on a specific project to develop integration technologies to enhance customer value, aiming to contribute to the variety of business of Sony Group Corporation.
We are looking for R&D engineers who have keen interest and ability to apply deep learning technologies to real world problems.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

Sony has been developing SOUND AR, Augmented Reality experience with sound. This experience works best with our well-known headphones and earphones but not limited to Sony devices. In this position, you work in a small autonomous team to develop scalable SOUND AR service. We are developing smartphone application and service that give variety sound experience working with the devices.
Mobile application (iOS/Android using Kotlin and Swift), Front-end Web Application and Back-end services, the tools for the creators are the main deliverables from the team. Your responsibility is to design and develop server side to expand the service in Chinese market.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

Sony's image processing engineers develop next generation image sensors and novel algorithm to fully utilize sensor functionality and sensor characteristics which provide users to have ultra high quality image or new experience through the sensing and vision technology.
Our purpose is to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology. And we think one of the most important technology is imaging and sensing to touch human emotion.
Our research team comprises of various members from various countries works to propose next Sony proprietary sensing device combined with cutting edge signal processing including deep neural network. You will join as a member of the team and be involved in our new explorative research work to propose new value to the world.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

PlayStation® isn’t just the Best Place to Play —it’s also the Best Place to Work. We’ve thrilled gamers since 1994, when we launched the original PlayStation.
We listen to the voices of game developers around the world and develop exciting experience.
As a Graphics Programmer, you will be working on core graphics technologies for the PlayStation that will be used in every shipped title.
(Ex: Graphics related Kernel/User Mode Driver, Graphics SDK Library, Performance and Debugging Tools, hardware design and evangelism)

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

We develop the next-generation technologies that change the relationship between the human and digital world using the future Sony's Human Interaction technologies. Our development field is a user interface and applications and user experiences using them as Human Interaction Technology based on information processing. We need people who have the interest and ability to bring creative and innovative solutions to Human Interaction Technologies for entertainment content, financial services, healthcare services, remote communication, and digital twin society.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

PlayStation® isn’t just the Best Place to Play -it’s also the Best Place to Work. We’ve thrilled gamers since 1994, when we launched the original PlayStation. Today, we’re recognized as a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment. The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation.
We are developing advanced hypervisor and secure platform by utilizing it. Our purpose is enhancing user experiences for PlayStation and supporting creators and business needs through providing high performance and secure platform. In this job posting, we are looking for software engineers who have high expertise in hypervisor and virtual machine and can develop novel software for high performance and security. We assume an engineer position work with our team members.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

Sony is trying to have direct touch point with more than 1 billion users through DTC (Direct To Customer) services. We, data analytics and machine learning team, is responsible for research and development of technologies to acquire customers, increase fan engagement, utilize user behavior data for such services. Causal inference technologies will play an important role for both of end users and service providers in DTC services, from entertainment to healthcare, for personalized user experience, marketing optimization, and so on.
In this job posting, we are looking for researchers who have high expertise in machine learning, especially causal inference, econometrics or related fields, and can develop and evaluate such algorithms using real data from commercial systems.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

To support the spread of AI/ML, we are developing AI technologies for users who are not experts in AI/ML. In particular, we are developing technologies such as AutoML, XAI, feature generation and model monitoring, in the field of predictive analysis. In addition, the predictive analysis tool we developed, called Prediction One, has a tens of thousands of users in Japan. So we can develop unique technologies based on issues from the users. In order to keep the technology moving forward, we need research engineers who are multi-talented, show leadership and actively address new issues. When you join the company, you will become a member of a team of several research engineers in this field.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

We are working on several exciting technologies to estimate 3D position and orientation of persons and objects using a small, lightweight, and inexpensive IMU(accelerometer/gyroscope). Taking full advantage of its characteristics, notably not being affected by the surrounding environment, we aim to develop a robust motion sensing technology by optimally combining deep learning and sensor fusion techniques.
We are looking for research engineers with great passion to drive innovation for applications such as robot control and content creation in entertainment industry in addition to electronics. Specifically, those who are interested in the following areas are most welcomed: IMU Device, Indoor/Outdoor Positioning, Motion Capture, or Motion Retrieval. Our projects cover sensing applications as well as sensing devices, and our mission is to bring differentiation to next generation Sony products.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

We are developing information and signal processing technologies alongside machine learning and artificial intelligence in a variety of fields. Our research has applications in acoustic processing, speech recognition, speech synthesis, natural language analysis, spoken understanding language, language generation, and content creation for music, movies, and games. The main task of the successful candidate would be the research and development of advanced algorithms based on methods such as deep learning, statistical models, large-scale data collection and utilization, multilingual extension, embedded software implementation, cloud software implementation, technical evaluation and analysis, and system design. As an R&D engineer, you will work on a specific project to develop fundamental technologies to enhance customer value, aiming to contribute to the variety of business of Sony Group Corporation. In addition academic publications are also encouraged among our research groups.
We are looking for research engineers who are versatile, have leadership, and dare to tackle difficult problems to advance our technological development.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

Research engineers in the field of Computational Sensing and Embedded AI will carry out R&D works in order to add differentiating values to our company’s advanced image sensor products and vision sensing applications. The R&D works are ranged from principle investigation of novel technologies which exploit Computer Vision, Computational Photography and Machine Learning technologies to practical embedded software development.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

We develop non-contact vital sensing and analytics technology aiming for next generation of digital health. We’ll realize high-precision and non-contact sensing and analytics using Sony’s technological strength of device, machine learning, optics, and miniaturization. Specifically, we are now developing our original vital sensor and its applied technology, and are engaged in the research and development of applied healthcare technologies that are useful for telemedicine and preventive medicine where the market is rapidly increasing for coming with/after COVID -19 situation.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

Our group conducts fundamental research and development on various types of robots, such as mobile, manipulator and medical robots, to realize intelligent and dexterous robots in a complex dynamic unknown environment. Research topics are broad in robotics and include not only theories and algorithms but also development of robot hardware and software through a collaboration of engineers with various background (mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software, control and machine learning). In this job posting, we are looking for researchers who have high expertise in both robotics and machine learning and can develop a novel algorithm combining them for better efficiency, performance, safety and intelligence. We assume a leading position who can lead this advanced robotics research.

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Yokohama, Japan; Full Time

Sony has started flow cytometry business since 2012 and reached No.1 or No.2 sales in Japanese domestic cell sorter market. To catch up the rapid turnover of the market trend and the growth of the market, the Life Science Business Division is seeking talented and experienced application scientists who have strong background in biology. Within the nearest 2 － 3 years, the successful candidate will work as the member of one of the following sections; (1) the scientific affairs (2) project management (3) product planning team. Thereafter, the candidate will lead the team and expected to collaborate across different sections of not only the domestic region but also of north America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions as the opinion leader to accelerate the FCM and related business.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

With the aim of providing new services that make use of Sony Group's contents and technologies, such as remote live, virtual live, we would like to call for Software engineer who will develop next-generation video distribution and transmission technologies that realize low-latency transmission or that can transmit new type contents efficiently.
Such technologies are strongly required mainly from entertainment related group companies, so we are aiming to provide our technologies to these group companies for new network entertainment applications and services. In addition, we would like to expand these technologies to new business area which needs network applications or services with remote views, remote controls, remote operations or remote interactions.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

Automotive business and market have been growing in worldwide, and the newer and higher technologies gather to automotive world. Now automotive is under much more exiting situation ever since. Our software design team conducts new experiences and in-car lifestyle to customers through automotive products, such as Display Audio, Amplifier and brand-new one. And we propose the possibility of MOBILITY through VISION-S.
Our team works with world-wide partner companies, such as United States, Canada, Finland, India, China, Korea and so on, and we need our engineer to be versatile, display leadership qualities and enthusiastic to take on new problem to create new values. You will develop yourself at the same time of developing products and service.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

Headphones and Earphones are now a big part of the Audio Business. Their functions are becoming more and more value-added, such as noise canceling and voice assistant functions.
In order to design such headphones and earphones, our team is working with partner companies to cascade down the technologies cultivated in Sony's internal production to create attractive products that are more affordable for customers.
As for the DMP, we need to succeed the "Walkman" brand and release products that do not disappoint customers, and although there are many challenges in creating products on the Android OS, we need to have the patience to tackle and solve problems one by one.
Since we work on projects together with partner companies, communication skills with others, the ability to solve problems when encountered, and leadership are required. You will be required to be a strong leader and drive the project forward.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

Our department is responsible for developing interactive visual experiences that approach people by applying advanced video display device technologies based on optical, mechanical, cooling, materials, and system technologies. We are developing technologies in a wide range of fields, including immersive large-size display, stereoscopic display technology that enables unaided viewing , and video experience technology for mobility. In addition to video technology, we are also developing system technology to improve the interactive experience by combining sensing technology to acquire information about users and their surroundings.
In development, Project is conducted with engineers in various technical areas while touching on the technologies of various departments in the company. In addition to the development of physical technologies such as HW and SW, you can also learn about the comprehensive development for social issues such as UI development that takes in to account the future needs such inclusive design for accessibility. Because we need to engage in a wide range of activities, including collaboration with business divisions, Group companies, industry associations, and other companies, we are looking for people with a wide range of curiosity and strong action capabilities.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

Products or services in this decade needs to be 'intelligent'. To be more intelligent, such products or services would need devices to percept its surroundings even better than they do now. In such world, they would be carrying multiple sensors or visual image sensors, to understand the surrounding environments / human beings / obstacles or other information better. For such area Sony owns very strong position on image sensors and Sony also have created Vision processing SoCs.
Our team are working together with both production teams of such future products and core research engineer teams in machine vision domain, from computational systems and architecture point of view.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

We, called as "Tokyo Laboratory 10", is a division of R&D center located in Tokyo, Japan. Our mission is developing the XR core technologies and preparing all related technologies to launch new XR business. We are focusing on three areas as the core technologies: The first one is XR display systems like Head Mounted Display to present the virtual or mixed reality to deliver the "be moved" experiences to users. The second one is a tool-and-methodology that support XR content creation workflow to attract to their creators and publish wide variety of XR contents. And the last one is the "Metaverse" system that enables users in different communities, cities, and countries in the real world to connect in a virtual world.
XR is a sort of challenge that redefines human-computer interaction, and therefore XR core technology development requires true full stack engineering in both hardware and software: the hardware side includes mechanical, electronic, and optical designs, and the software side includes computer visions, realtime 3D graphics, physics and motion planning used in game engines, parallel algorithms applicable to GPU or FPGA, video/audio codecs, realtime OS, wired and wireless networking, machine learning, and so on.
The position, that we call "XR system engineer", is expected to have expertise in some technology area and also have curiosity for various related technologies, and is also expected to propose and develop new research themes that combine his/her expertise with Sony's unique hardware like CMOS image sensors.

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Tokyo, Japan; Internship

We are developing advanced application technologies and intelligent information processing technologies to contribute to the variety of business domains of Sony Group Corporation, such as Agent Platform, Next-Gen Financial Front-end, Contents Creation Technology, Healthcare/Medical Service and Telepresence.
The main work is research and development of advanced algorithms using software. It includes tasks such as artificial intelligence, deep learning, natural language processing, UI design and mobile, cloud service implementation, 3D graphics, technical evaluation and analysis, and architecture design.
As an R&D engineer, you will work on a specific project to develop integration technologies to enhance customer value, aiming to contribute to the variety of business of Sony Group Corporation.
We are looking for R&D engineers who have keen interest and ability to apply deep learning technologies to real world problems.

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Tokyo, Japan; Internship

Our team is responsible for research and development of 3D computer vision and 3D geometry in R&D Center for Sony's a variety of products and services. Our current main focus areas are depth sensing, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) and 3D reconstruction. We provide core algorithms to business units, and work closely with them to enable new products like PlayStation®, Airpeak drone and Vision-S. As an R&D intern, you will work on a specific topic to develop fundamental technologies in these focus areas. We're looking for interns and engineers who can bring new idea from all areas, and who are passionate about this area.

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Tokyo, Japan; Internship

Sony's image processing engineers develop next generation image sensors and novel algorithm to fully utilize sensor functionality and sensor characteristics which provide users to have ultra high quality image or new experience through the sensing and vision technology.
Our purpose is to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology. And we think one of the most important technology is imaging and sensing to touch human emotion.
Our research team comprises of various members from various countries works to propose next Sony proprietary sensing device combined with cutting edge signal processing including deep neural network. You will join as a member of the team and be involved in our new explorative research work to propose new value to the world.

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Tokyo, Japan; Can work remotely depending the theme; Internship

Our Deep Learning team in Sony R&D is building a software platform that accelerates and enhances the development of deep learning models dedicated for Sony's businesses such as entertainment businesses, including games, music, motion pictures, animation and other content intellectual property (IP); and electronics businesses including image sensors, digital imaging, audio & visual, mobile, and robots.
Our mission to make our platform unique and strong is 1) to develop novel fundamental techniques and reusable components of deep learning, and submit papers to top AI conferences to contribute the community and get feedback; 2) to explore new applications of emerging techniques in the deep learning community and to bridge the gap between research and production while closely communicating with business units, for examples, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Interactive Entertainment, and Sony Electronics; 3) to develop core libraries and GUI tools, including Neural Network Libraries (https://nnabla.org/) which is our own high performance deep learning framework which has broken the world record of a distributed training benchmark on ImageNet classification task and is provided as an open-source, and Neural Network Console (https://dl.sony.com/), a unique and professional-grade GUI for deep learning development.
Our team is located in Tokyo, Japan, but closely collaborating with diverse and talented teams in Germany, China, India and the United States.

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Atsugi, Japan; Internship

As a common R&D function for the Sony Group, we conduct hardware and software research on vital sensing and emotion estimation technologies to support all businesses. Our goal is to acquire fundamental technologies that approach the internal state of human beings to enhance User Experience of services and products.
You will get a good R&D experience on development of Vital sensing and Emotion estimation technology based on psychophysiological mechanism.

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Tokyo, Japan; Internship

We develop the next-generation technologies that change the relationship between the human and digital world using the future Sony's Human Interaction technologies. Our development field is a user interface and applications and user experiences using them as Human Interaction Technology based on information processing. We need people who have the interest and ability to bring creative and innovative solutions to Human Interaction Technologies for entertainment content, financial services, healthcare services, remote communication, and digital twin society.

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Tokyo, Japan; Internship

We are developing next generation image recognition algorithms based on machine learning techniques such as Deep Learning.
While recognition of humans, objects and scenes are fundamental research topic in the world, Sony's strength is that our recognition modules are light-weight and running on edge devices. Our image recognition technologies are already implemented in many products/services including aibo, Xperia™, and PlayStation®.
In this job posting, we are looking for researchers who have high expertise in both image recognition and machine learning and can replicate the SOTA algorithms in a short intern period.

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Tokyo, Japan; Internship

We are developing next generation robot control algorithms based on machine learning techniques such as Deep Learning.
Robot control includes navigation, manipulation and interaction in real-time and real-world under dynamic environment where humans and objects are moving.
One of those are technologies are reinforcement learning, but our work is not limited to one specific techniques and aiming to develop new techniques beyond.
In this job posting, we are looking for researchers who have high expertise in both robot control and machine learning and can replicate the SOTA algorithms in a short intern period.

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Tokyo, Japan; Internship

We are developing information and signal processing technologies alongside machine learning and artificial intelligence in a variety of fields. Our research has applications in acoustic processing, speech recognition, speech synthesis, natural language analysis, spoken understanding language, language generation, and content creation for music, movies, and games. The main task of the successful candidate would be the research and development of advanced algorithms based on methods such as deep learning, statistical models, large-scale data collection and utilization, multilingual extension, embedded software implementation, cloud software implementation, technical evaluation and analysis, and system design. As an R&D engineer, you will work on a specific project to develop fundamental technologies in our target domain.

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Tokyo, Japan; Internship

Sony has created life-changing values to fill the world with emotion through the power of creativity and technology.
At Sony R&D Center we've contributed to Sony's various products and services to create Kando and social value with our technological power and expertise.
Our audio research group in R&D Center focuses on development of cutting-edge audio signal processing technology to create next-generation products and services.
Our research engineers work with those from diverse professions and work on exciting range of projects including: developing real-time signal processing technology integrated with ultra-low latency hardware, prototyping loudspeaker array system to create immersive spatial sound fields, and investigating machine learning applications to audio-related complex problems.
We're looking for a research engineers who are interested in sound, audio, and music, and have strong passion and will to contribute to Sony's activities.
As a research engineer, you will work on one of the most critical project in our group with certain contribution to our future research program and business.

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Tokyo, Japan; Internship

Our group conducts fundamental research and development on various types of robots, such as mobile, manipulator and medical robots, to realize intelligent and dexterous robots in a complex dynamic unknown environment. Research topics are broad in robotics and include not only theories and algorithms but also development of robot hardware and software through a collaboration of engineers with various background (mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software, control and machine learning). In this job posting, we are looking for researchers who have high expertise in both robotics and machine learning and can develop a novel algorithm combining them for better efficiency, performance, safety and intelligence.

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Yokohama, Japan; Internship

Sony has started flow cytometry business since 2012 and reached No.1 or No.2 sales in Japanese domestic cell sorter market. To catch up the rapid turnover of the market trend and the growth of the market, the Life Science Business Division is seeking talented and experienced application scientists who have strong background in biology. Within the nearest 2 － 3 years, the successful candidate will work as the member of one of the following sections; (1) the scientific affairs (2) project management (3) product planning team. Thereafter, the candidate will lead the team and expected to collaborate across different sections of not only the domestic region but also of north America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions as the opinion leader to accelerate the FCM and related business.

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Tokyo, Japan; Internship

Automotive business and market have been growing in worldwide, and the newer and higher technologies gather to automotive world. Now automotive is under much more exiting situation ever since. Our software design team conducts new experiences and in-car lifestyle to customers through automotive products, such as Display Audio, Amplifier and brand-new one. And we propose the possibility of MOBILITY through VISION-S.
Our team works with world-wide partner companies, such as United States, Canada, Finland, India, China, Korea and so on, and we need our engineer to be versatile, display leadership qualities and enthusiastic to take on new problem to create new values. You will develop yourself at the same time of developing products and service.

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Tokyo, Japan; Internship

Products or services in this decade needs to be 'intelligent'. To be more intelligent, such products or services would need devices to percept its surroundings even better than they do now. In such world, they would be carrying multiple sensors or visual image sensors, to understand the surrounding environments / human beings / obstacles or other information better. For such area Sony owns very strong position on image sensors and Sony also have created Vision processing SoCs.
Our team are working together with both production teams of such future products and core research engineer teams in machine vision domain, from computational systems and architecture point of view.

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Tokyo, Japan; Internship

We, called as "Tokyo Laboratory 10", is a division of R&D center located in Tokyo, Japan. Our mission is developing the XR core technologies and preparing all related technologies to launch new XR business. We are focusing on three areas as the core technologies: The first one is XR display systems like Head Mounted Display to present the virtual or mixed reality to deliver the "be moved" experiences to users. The second one is a tool-and-methodology that support XR content creation workflow to attract to their creators and publish wide variety of XR contents. And the last one is the "Metaverse" system that enables users in different communities, cities, and countries in the real world to connect in a virtual world.
XR is a sort of challenge that redefines human-computer interaction, and therefore XR core technology development requires true full stack engineering in both hardware and software: the hardware side includes mechanical, electronic, and optical designs, and the software side includes computer visions, Realtime 3D graphics, physics and motion planning used in game engines, parallel algorithms applicable to GPU or FPGA, video/audio codecs, Realtime OS, wired and wireless networking, machine learning, and so on.
The position, that we call "XR system engineer", is expected to have expertise in some technology area and also have curiosity for various related technologies, and is also expected to propose and develop new research themes that combine his/her expertise with Sony's unique hardware like CMOS image sensors.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

We are developing information and signal processing technologies alongside machine learning and artificial intelligence in a variety of fields. Our research has applications in acoustic processing, speech recognition, speech synthesis, natural language analysis, spoken understanding language, language generation, and content creation for music, movies, and games. The main task of the successful candidate would be the research and development of advanced algorithms based on methods such as deep learning, statistical models, large-scale data collection and utilization, multilingual extension, embedded software implementation, cloud software implementation, technical evaluation and analysis, and system design. As an R&D engineer, you will work on a specific project to develop fundamental technologies to enhance customer value, aiming to contribute to the variety of business of Sony Group Corporation. In addition academic publications are also encouraged among our research groups.
We are looking for research engineers who are versatile, have leadership, and dare to tackle difficult problems to advance our technological development.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

Our group conducts fundamental research and development on various types of robots, such as mobile, manipulator and medical robots, to realize intelligent and dexterous robots in a complex dynamic unknown environment. Research topics are broad in robotics and include not only theories and algorithms but also development of robot hardware and software through a collaboration of engineers with various background (mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, software, control and machine learning). In this job posting, we are looking for researchers who have high expertise in both robotics and machine learning and can develop a novel algorithm combining them for better efficiency, performance, safety and intelligence. We assume a leading position who can lead this advanced robotics research.

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Yokohama, Japan; Full Time

Sony has started flow cytometry business since 2012 and reached No.1 or No.2 sales in Japanese domestic cell sorter market. To catch up the rapid turnover of the market trend and the growth of the market, the Life Science Business Division is seeking talented and experienced application scientists who have strong background in biology. Within the nearest 2 － 3 years, the successful candidate will work as the member of one of the following sections; (1) the scientific affairs (2) project management (3) product planning team. Thereafter, the candidate will lead the team and expected to collaborate across different sections of not only the domestic region but also of north America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions as the opinion leader to accelerate the FCM and related business.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

Headphones and Earphones are now a big part of the Audio Business. Their functions are becoming more and more value-added, such as noise canceling and voice assistant functions.
In order to design such headphones and earphones, our team is working with partner companies to cascade down the technologies cultivated in Sony's internal production to create attractive products that are more affordable for customers.
As for the DMP, we need to succeed the "Walkman" brand and release products that do not disappoint customers, and although there are many challenges in creating products on the Android OS, we need to have the patience to tackle and solve problems one by one.
Since we work on projects together with partner companies, communication skills with others, the ability to solve problems when encountered, and leadership are required. You will be required to be a strong leader and drive the project forward.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

We are developing the Robotics Platform that supports the development of next-generation products and services that move and act intelligently in the real world.
In addition to the platform development, we are developing a reference system for robots, from hardware to application software, that can be used for various applications such as entertainment, factory and human collaboration.
You can see one application of our platform below.
"Affinity in Autonomy" : an exhibition that envisions the relationship between humans and robotics at Milan Design Week 2019.
Check this link: https://youtu.be/F4-SCtB82XU
In order to enhance the functions of navigation and manipulation, which are the characteristics of this platform, we are looking for software engineers.
Let's work together to accelerate the development of the Robotics Platform.

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Tokyo, Japan; Full Time

We, called as "Tokyo Laboratory 10", is a division of R&D center located in Tokyo, Japan. Our mission is developing the XR core technologies and preparing all related technologies to launch new XR business. We are focusing on three areas as the core technologies: The first one is XR display systems like Head Mounted Display to present the virtual or mixed reality to deliver the "be moved" experiences to users. The second one is a tool-and-methodology that support XR content creation workflow to attract to their creators and publish wide variety of XR contents. And the last one is the "Metaverse" system that enables users in different communities, cities, and countries in the real world to connect in a virtual world.
XR is a sort of challenge that redefines human-computer interaction, and therefore XR core technology development requires true full stack engineering in both hardware and software: the hardware side includes mechanical, electronic, and optical designs, and the software side includes computer visions, realtime 3D graphics, physics and motion planning used in game engines, parallel algorithms applicable to GPU or FPGA, video/audio codecs, realtime OS, wired and wireless networking, machine learning, and so on.
The position, that we call "XR system engineer", is expected to have expertise in some technology area and also have curiosity for various related technologies, and is also expected to propose and develop new research themes that combine his/her expertise with Sony's unique hardware like CMOS image sensors.

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