This will be a 3-years renewable contract position based in Jurong West.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement advanced trajectory and motion planning algorithms to optimize manipulator movements and achieve collision-free motion in various applications.
• Apply deep technical expertise in kinematics and control to improve motion accuracy, flexibility, and task efficiency for robotic manipulators.
• Integrate machine learning techniques to enhance robot control and decision-making processes.
• Apply computer vision and image processing techniques to improve robot perception and object recognition capabilities.
• Research and implement state-of-the-art algorithms and methodologies to improve robot performance and efficiency.
• Project planning, proposal writing and technical reviews, ensuring successful translation of research outcomes into deployable systems.
• Gather requirements from internal and external stakeholders (research collaborators, industry partners and end-users)
• Provide technical updates
• Ensure proposed solutions meet technical and business objectives.
• Engage cross-functional teams (hardware engineers, software developers, and researchers).
• Be a mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers and researchers.

Requirements

• PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Extensive experience in manipulator trajectory planning and mobile robot navigation.
• Able to lead technical teams or project workstreams, drive execution and maintain technical excellence.
• Experience in open-source machine learning techniques, with knowledge of deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow and/or PyTorch for building and training neural networks.
• Proficient in Python, C++, or Matlab.
• Strong communicator and collaborator with colleagues and present technical findings.
• Passion for robotics and a desire to stay updated with the latest developments in the field.
• Committed to solving technical challenges in the field of robotics.
• Able to approaching obstacles with a positive and determined mindset.

Ethos Search Associates Pte. Ltd.

EA License No: 13C6655

EA Reg No: R1988580 Jacky Chong