As you may or may not know, Samsung spends a considerable amount of money on research and development every year. With the way tech is shaping up these days, one can only expect an increase in the efforts applied to this extremely pertinent portion of the business.
Last year we saw Samsung India hire 800 engineers for its R&D facilities, and this year they seem to be upping the ante. Samsung India will hire 1000 engineers this year from top institutes in the country including 300 specifically from IIT.
The focus is AI, machine learning, biometrics amongst others
The focus for the new hires will be new age technology such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, signal processing, computer vision, Internet of Things and mobile security. Dipesh Shah, the Managing Director at the Samsung R&D institute in Bangalore says that “there is a large need for talent” to help move the company forward in these fields.
Aside from hiring computer science students, Samsung will also hire students from diverse streams such as electrical engineering, applied mechanics and statistics, etc.
The three research facilities in India focus on both local and global innovative technologies. As we saw in Q4 2017, the facility in Bengaluru began working on 5G technology. In addition to that, the Bangaluru facility was the one that carried out the final steps of development for Bixby.
As Samsung continues to make strides toward its vision of a smart and connected home, we can expect to continue to see increases in the efforts toward achieving this goal.
