AI Researcher (Neuromorphic Sensing)

This full-time AI Researcher conducts research and development in neuromorphic technology for advanced AI in the mobility field. The research areas include low-power brain-inspired computers and AI-chip implementation, biomimetic sensing, time-series signal processing, and AI for robot control. Assignment is determined according to the candidate’s suitability.

Day-to-day work covers research on an assigned theme, including literature and external-company research, planning, experiments, establishing methods, implementation, performance evaluation, and technology transfer. The role also involves preparing technical reports, filing patent applications, presenting at academic conferences, and submitting papers to journals. Collaboration with universities, research institutes, and external companies in Japan and overseas, as well as cooperation with internal business divisions, is included.

The research context includes spiking neural networks designed to emulate the human brain. The organization reports successful training of models with more than 80 layers and implementation of an SNN model in hardware for real-time human detection at under 20 mW. The position provides opportunities for advanced AI research in mobility and for presenting work at leading international conferences.

Applicants must have at least three years of AI research and development experience; experience in industry or academia is accepted. The required language combination is business-level Japanese or English as the first language and conversational-level English or Japanese as the second language. A doctorate in computer science or a related field is welcome. Preferred experience includes FPGA or AI-chip implementation, including Loihi, edge-device implementation, ROS or ROS2, collaboration with universities, research institutes, or companies, Kaggle or programming contests, and patents, academic presentations, or journal papers. TOEIC 700 or equivalent language ability is also welcomed. English is used occasionally for email and conference calls or business discussions, and frequently for reading materials and documents; overseas assignments are listed as zero.

The position is based at the Tokyo Research Center in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Working hours are 8:30–17:30, with variations by plant or site. Some departments use a flextime system without core hours and with a standard eight-hour day. The employment type is regular employment. The stated annual salary range is JPY 6.1–11.4 million, with overtime paid separately according to hours worked.

Annual holidays are 121 days in the 2026 plan, including Saturdays and Sundays, spring leave of seven days, summer leave of nine days, and year-end and New Year holidays of eleven days. The posting also lists condolence leave, long-service leave, annual paid leave with at least eight days granted three months after joining, parental leave, and a stated 100% paid-leave utilization rate. Benefits include dependent-child and commuting allowances, retirement benefits, company housing, training and qualification or self-development support, an employee stock ownership plan, nursing-care leave, a cafeteria, pension support, recreation facilities, a company childcare facility, defined-contribution pension, and company pension funds. Employment, workers’ accident, employees’ pension, and health insurance are provided. The workplace is entirely smoke-free indoors and offers short-hours work, flextime, remote work, and casual office clothing. Interviews may be conducted online or in person, with transportation expenses paid for in-person interviews. The possible change of work scope includes all locations, departments, and plants of Aisin and its related companies in Japan and overseas.