Develop electrical hardware, image sensors, FPGA, firmware and AI-based image processing for professional video cameras, including cinema, broadcast, IP remote and surveillance products. Collaborate with mechanical, software, evaluation, production and overseas teams.
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Design hardware for interchangeable camera lenses, including circuits and drive control for focus lenses, apertures, and optical systems used for image stabilization. The work covers RF lenses and broadcast and cinema lenses, using various motors to control these functions.
Develop elemental technologies for future products, such as new actuator-control methods and new functions coordinated with the camera body. Conduct patent searches and propose patents related to product and elemental technology development. The role may also include visiting customers’ shooting locations to identify filming challenges and connect findings to new product functions.
The required experience is at least one year of professional electronic circuit design. Experience designing circuits for mechatronic control and actuator drive is welcomed. Named related technologies are electrical and electronic circuits, mechatronic control, communications, Model Based Design (MBD), project management, and system architecture. The posting seeks people who actively take on new challenges and value collaboration.
The role supports products ranging from consumer EOS interchangeable lenses to business broadcast and cinema lenses. Hardware engineers work with optical and mechanical engineers to examine design specifications and develop lens-control algorithms. The work spans electrical, software, optical, and mechanical areas and can build experience in optomechatronics. Initial responsibilities focus on assigned functions; with experience, the scope can expand to complete hardware design for one model and project management.
This is a full-time permanent position. The listed annual salary range is JPY 5.3 million to 8.7 million. Overtime pay is separate except where the hire is appointed as a manager subject to the stated exception, and final compensation is determined by experience, ability, and company rules. Salary increases are once yearly and bonuses are paid twice yearly.
Work locations are Canon sites in Ota, Tokyo, and Utsunomiya, Tochigi. Working hours are 8:00–16:30. Holidays include a two-day weekly schedule in principle on Saturdays and Sundays, national holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, a May holiday period, and summer leave; annual holidays total 125 days. Paid annual leave is 20 days, with the first year depending on the joining month. Additional leave includes a five-day free-vacation program, refresh leave based on years of service, and bereavement and condolence leave.
Benefits listed are full transportation reimbursement, full overtime payment, social insurance, retirement allowance, corporate pension, savings plan, employee stock ownership, mutual aid, skills-based and level-based training, short-time childcare work arrangements until the end of a child’s third year of elementary school, and access to company accommodation and sports facilities. Internal events are also listed.
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