Applications Development Engineer

The Tyndall National Institute (www.tyndall.ie) was established in 2004 as a. joint initiative of the Irish Government and University College Cork (UCC). Located at the Lee Maltings campus in Cork, Tyndall comprises over 300 staff and students and is Ireland’s largest ICT research centre. The strengths of the institute at the present time lie in the area of photonics, electronics, materials and nanotechnologies and their applications for life sciences, communications, power electronics and other industries and has built on the established strengths of the National Microelectronics Research Centre - NMRC and. the electronics and photonics research communities within University College. Cork (UCC) and Cork Institute of Technology (CIT).

With more than 20 years experience in microelectronics packaging and. integration, the Ambient Electronics Systems (AES) Research Group, with 20 researchers, is focused on the development of miniaturized wireless sensor platforms incorporating sensors, microcontrollers, communications, and micro power sources. This research encompasses system architectures, 3-D. micro-integration technologies, software for ad-hoc wireless sensor networks and issues relating to wireless sensor technology deployment scenarios. The Group has significant experience in hardware development, hardware/software co-design, functional sensor systems, sensor/actuator networks, state-of-the-art/market sensor devices & systems. There is focus on the development of novel hardware solutions for integrating state-of-the art transducers into wireless sensor nodes fabricated using novel 3-D integration and packaging techniques.

Purpose of Job

The AES team, has recently received funding from Enterprise Ireland to develop a commercialisable prototype wireless sensor network application in collaboration with Dept. of Computer Science, UCC. Specifically this will involve the development of a wireless sensor system for use in an automotive context utilising off the shelf/pre-existing systems and subsystems. The D-Systems project requires the candidate to build on relevant existing work to develop a wireless network of sensor systems to fulfil the project requirements. This will require RF system hardware development, and sensor integration as well as coordination of the software integration activities within UCC computer science.

Therefore there is an opportunity for a motivated individual to create and implement a scenario demonstrator with real commercial possibilities for subsequent roll out in an appropriate manner as defined by the technical liaison officers relevant to the project.

Principle activities

• The Person will drive the development of a particular wireless sensor node demonstrator incorporating hardware system and software integration.
• The Person will undertake project management tasks for the D-Systems Project
• The person will interact with prospective customers, stake holders and funding agencies as appropriate

Knowledge and Experience/Personal attributes

The ideal candidate will have a degree in an engineering field or equivalent. The person will be required to be capable of designing, assembling and testing wireless sensor systems, incorporating system software development debug and test . The candidate will be required to implement the specified wireless sensor system prototype development.

The person will be required to liase with appropriate marketing and commercialisation entities as appropriate as part of the project management for the system development

The person will also be required to drive the management of the project, providing regular reports to the funding agencies.

Experience with the PADS design suite (or equivalent), HFSS (or equivalent) RF circuit simulation and strong programming skills would be considered advantageous.

Contract
This work will involve an initial 12-month contract for an Applications Development Engineer

Please check out http://www.tyndall.ie/careers/howto.html for details on how to apply, the job reference number is JB-01

Applications Development Engineer

The Tyndall National Institute (www.tyndall.ie) was established in 2004 as a. joint initiative of the Irish Government and University College Cork (UCC). Located at the Lee Maltings campus in Cork, Tyndall comprises over 300 staff and students and is Ireland’s largest ICT research centre. The strengths of the institute at the present time lie in the area of photonics, electronics, materials and nanotechnologies and their applications for life sciences, communications, power electronics and other industries and has built on the established strengths of the National Microelectronics Research Centre - NMRC and. the electronics and photonics research communities within University College. Cork (UCC) and Cork Institute of Technology (CIT).

With more than 20 years experience in microelectronics packaging and. integration, the Ambient Electronics Systems (AES) Research Group, with 20 researchers, is focused on the development of miniaturized wireless sensor platforms incorporating sensors, microcontrollers, communications, and micro power sources. This research encompasses system architectures, 3-D. micro-integration technologies, software for ad-hoc wireless sensor networks and issues relating to wireless sensor technology deployment scenarios. The Group has significant experience in hardware development, hardware/software co-design, functional sensor systems, sensor/actuator networks, state-of-the-art/market sensor devices & systems. There is focus on the development of novel hardware solutions for integrating state-of-the art transducers into wireless sensor nodes fabricated using novel 3-D integration and packaging techniques.

Purpose of Job

The AES team, has recently received funding from Enterprise Ireland to develop a commercialisable prototype wireless sensor network application in collaboration with Dept. of Computer Science, UCC. Specifically this will involve the development of a wireless sensor system for use in an automotive context utilising off the shelf/pre-existing systems and subsystems. The D-Systems project requires the candidate to build on relevant existing work to develop a wireless network of sensor systems to fulfil the project requirements. This will require RF system hardware development, and sensor integration as well as coordination of the software integration activities within UCC computer science.

Therefore there is an opportunity for a motivated individual to create and implement a scenario demonstrator with real commercial possibilities for subsequent roll out in an appropriate manner as defined by the technical liaison officers relevant to the project.

Principle activities

• The Person will drive the development of a particular wireless sensor node demonstrator incorporating hardware system and software integration.
• The Person will undertake project management tasks for the D-Systems Project
• The person will interact with prospective customers, stake holders and funding agencies as appropriate

Knowledge and Experience/Personal attributes

The ideal candidate will have a degree in an engineering field or equivalent. The person will be required to be capable of designing, assembling and testing wireless sensor systems, incorporating system software development debug and test . The candidate will be required to implement the specified wireless sensor system prototype development.

The person will be required to liase with appropriate marketing and commercialisation entities as appropriate as part of the project management for the system development

The person will also be required to drive the management of the project, providing regular reports to the funding agencies.

Experience with the PADS design suite (or equivalent), HFSS (or equivalent) RF circuit simulation and strong programming skills would be considered advantageous.

Contract

This work will involve an initial 12-month contract for an Applications Development Engineer

Please check out http://www.tyndall.ie/careers/howto.html for details on how to apply, the job reference number is JB-01