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Global Business Developer, Shanghai, China

ABB Robotics is looking for a Global Business Developer — 3C Industry for their Robotics Division in Shanghai. They require a highly qualified individual that has expert knowledge of the electronics manufacturing process, excellent sales and marketing skills, and a proven capacity to develop business strategy and analyze market situations. The retained candidate will be responsible for launching whole new product lines and applications as well as establishing and supervising all global marketing and sales activities for BU Robotic Products and Robot Applications.

Responsibilities:
  • Identify, investigate, and justify new business opportunities that help ABB achieve strategic objectives in growth.
  • Obtain and maintain the appropriate data sources to support strategic planning activities, including, industry wide competitive analysis, market segmentation and financial analysis.
  • Develop and manage all global marketing activities to build a customer base for the new 3C industry BU Robot Products and Robot Applications and future innovations.
  • Analyze market conditions to develop a new sales and marketing strategy that will create brand value and ensure the successful launch of new BU Robot Products and Robot Applications in view of current and future market conditions.
  • Support, train, motivate and consult the local sales team on the new products' applications with a particular focus on technical training and expertise.
  • Develop key global accounts and establish strong, stable customer relations.
  • Develop and manage expenses and capital budgets in a manner consistent with market conditions and business objectives, this will include: setting sales quotations, cost costing, handling orders and framing agreements with global customers.
  • Work closely with the R&D department and create and propose solutions and applications strategies for new segment products.
  • Work closely with local country division units to carry out regular customer visits.
  • Directly support other ABB global companies as an available resource in developing strategies and implementing plans.
  • Ensure internal communication with ABB global companies, with support from Auto systems/Plastics and Metal local BUs

Requirements:
  • +10 years experience working with manufacturing processes
  • +5 year experience in electronics/EMS industry
  • Professional experience and in-depth knowledge of the 3C industry/ EMS industry
  • B.S, B.Eng, Degree in Engineering.
  • M.S, M.Eng in related fields and, or MBA are an advantage.
  • Extensive knowledge of industrial engineering, system integrators, automation process/production and line builders.
  • Excellent negotiation skills, analytical, persuasive, realistic and hands on
  • Strong sales and marketing skills; must be able to deal with complex market situations and fast changing business environments.
  • Highly motivated, competent, results oriented, entrepreneurial working style with vision to identify new opportunities and niche markets.
  • Strong leadership skills, self confident and ability to work under pressure, ensuring a solid and consistent performance.
  • Experience in a multi-disciplined global team environment.
  • Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, detail oriented and trustworthy with a loyal track record in previous companies.
  • Fluency in English is a must, Mandarin and other languages are an advantage.

Please apply to Camilla Radcliffe cradcliffe AT hcp-china.com +86 21 64372034 ext.111

Robotics and Media, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Founded in September 2007, the Interactive Robots & Media Laboratory (IRML) in Al Ain is seeking to expand its staffing at all levels. Core research areas include (but are not limited to): conversational humanoid robotics, language grounding, as well as human-robot interaction. There is also close contact with numerous world-class institutions and companies in the field across three continents.

The lab is equipped with multiple robots (mobile tour guide robots, manipulator arms, mini vehicles), state-of-the-art full-body motion capture, cybergloves and wireless 6DOF sensors, as well as advanced vision systems. Furthermore, IRML has continuous access to color 3D printing and 3D scanning, as well as to a machine shop, and microcontroller / electronics labs, for prototyping novel interactive devices. In terms of computational resources, a high-performance grid computer with 1T Flop will soon be available for use. Finally, a world-class humanoid conversational robot project "IbnSina" is under development.

Relevant background in CS, EE, or Interactive Media to an appropriate level is essential. Required practical skills include coding experience/expertise (C++ / Matlab / Java) and real world troubleshooting skills. Experience in one of our core research areas, an interest in cognitive science and/or philosophy and good team skills are advantageous. Most important is the desire, imagination, systematicity and persistance to create the interactive robots and media of the future.

Most positions include free housing and zero tax. For further information contact Nikolaos Mavridis NikolaosM AT uaeu.ac.ae

French-speaking Robotics Professor, Caen, France

The Data Processing, Image, Automation and Instrumentation research group Greyc at the University Basse-Nomandie of Caen is offering a full professorship to a suitable candidate with fluent French that can join one of Greyc's four research teams: "Algorithms"; "Reasoning"; "Knowledge extraction"; or "Machine translation".

Contact Abdel-Illah Mouaddib or Patrice Enjalbert for further details.

Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Faculty, Saudi Arabi

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is being established in Saudi Arabia as an international graduate-level research university dedicated to inspiring a new age of scientific achievement that will benefit the region and the world. As an independent and merit-based institution and one of the best endowed universities in the world, KAUST intends to become a major new contributor to the global network of collaborative research.

KAUST invites applications for faculty position at all ranks (Assistant, Associate, Full) in any area of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, including robotics. KAUST is also interested in applicants doing research at the interface of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics with other science and engineering disciplines. High priority will be given to the overall originality and promise of the candidate's work rather than the candidate's sub-area of specialization within Applied Mathematics and Computer Science.

KAUST is located on the Red Sea at Thuwal (80km north of Jeddah). KAUST will offer very attractive base salaries and a wide range of benefits. More information.

Applications and letters should be sent via electronic mail to Stanford University kaust-search AT stanford.edu, where a suitable committee will select the top applicants and nominate them for faculty positions at KAUST. The review of applications will begin immediately, and applicants are strongly encouraged to submit applications as soon as possible; however, applications will continue to be accepted until December 2009, or all 10 available positions have been filled. Faculty members recruited early will be hosted at Stanford University as Visiting Fellows until KAUST opens in September 2009.

Research Group Leader, Karlsruhe, Germany

The Department of Measurement and Control (MRT) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) specializes in the development of intelligent sensing techniques for autonomous vehicles and for automated visual inspection tasks. Research projects focus on highly accurate vehicle positioning, automated map generation, and environmental sensing with active camera and laser scanner data. We are working in an interdisciplinary environment in cooperation with international research institutions, the automotive industry and train manufacturers.

We invite highly motivated applicants for a vacant research group leader position. The prospective candidate will be responsible for a research group - including the supervision of PhD students and project coordination with our partners - and initiate own research projects. The MRT provides excellent infrastructural and scientific background for the candidate to pursue his/her own line of research. The candidate will as well be integrated in our post-graduate teaching activities.

The prospective candidate should hold a PhD in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field. He/She should have hands-on experience in areas like robotics, automobile or railway systems plus a strong theoretical background in at least 3 of the following areas:
   - Pattern Recognition;
   - Distributed/Multimodal Sensor Data Fusion;
   - 3D Scene Reconstruction (structure-from-motion/stereo/...);
   - Image Understanding;
   - Probabilistic modelling, reasoning and learning;
   - Simultaneous localization and mapping;
   - Map Matching.

Knowledge of German is helpful but not mandatory. The position is intended for 3-5 years duration. Applicants should send their application along with a CV, a detailed statement of research plans, copies of three publications, and names and contact information of at least 2 references. These documents should be submitted as pdf attachments to mrt AT mach.uni-karlsruhe.de For further information contact Christoph Stiller