Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd                       18 September 1996
Guildford, UK
http://www.cre.canon.co.uk

Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE) is currently recruiting in
the areas of Product Planning, Human Factors & Documenting.

CRE is engaged in the development and commercial exploitation of its
language independent continuous speech recognition technology, as well
as research and development of unique large vocabulary speech
understanding software, for a new generation of spoken language
systems.

CRE was the first R&D laboratory set up by Canon outside Japan. It has
an enviable track record of delivering innovative leading-edge
software solutions with global applicability.  Canon is a worldwide
success story, with 70,000 employees, and an impressive growth record.


Product Planner/ Human Factors Specialist

The role

  Conceptualise future products
  Make speech recognition products easy to use
  Design well thought out interfaces
  Create attractive new ideas in terms of functionality and usage

The person

  Several years relevant experience
  Good technical background
  Exposure to Japanese working methods an advantage


Documenter

The role

  Develop standards for internal and external technical documentation
  Co-ordinate inputs to technical documents
  Compile technical documents and presentation materials
  Manage release versions

The person

  Excellent working knowledge of PC document creation
  Familiar with on-line documentation
  Detailed familiarity with PC graphical representation (e.g. CorelDraw)
  Used to working to deadlines
  Several years relevant experience in a similar role, ideally working
  in co-operation with international partners

All positions are based in Guildford, Surrey.

For these positions we are looking for exceptionally bright people who
are self motivated and flexible, with an ability to learn quickly. It
is also important that you are articulate and enjoy working in a
team. In addition, we are interested in applications from people with
proven ability to lead technical projects. Canon is a results
orientated company. Salary package will not be a limiting factor in
attracting the best.

Because of British law, preference will be given to applicants
who already have the right to work in the United Kingdom.

To apply for any of the above positions please send a detailed CV with
a covering letter detailing where you saw this advert, which position
you are interested in, and what benefits you can offer Canon, to the
following postal address or fax number:

The Recruitment Manager
Canon Research Centre Europe Limited
20 Alan Turing Road
Surrey Research Park
Guildford
Surrey GU2 5YF

+44 1483 448845

Email address for enquiries only: jobsinfo@cre.canon.co.uk

The closing date for applications is 25th September 1996
Applications received after this date will be considered at our
discretion.

The successful applicants will be part of, or will work closely with,
CRE's natural language group. There are number of other openings in
this group, as well as in other research areas. For more information
on these jobs and on the lab in general, please refer to our web site
at:  http://www.cre.canon.co.uk