Research Associate (Robotics) Full-time

Research Associate Position

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering is one of the founding schools of the Nanyang Technological University. Built on a culture of excellence, the school is renowned for its high academic standards and research. With over 3,000 undergraduate students and 1,000 graduate students, it is one one of the largest EEE schools in the world and ranks 10th in the field of Electrical & Electronic Engineering in the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subjects. Today, the school has become one of the world's largest engineering schools that nurtures competent engineers and researchers. Each year, the school graduates over a thousand students who are ready to take on great ambitions and challenges.

We are looking for a talented and responsible Research Associate to support the scientific research and the engineering practice in perception and embodied intelligence.

Key Responsibilities

The Research Associate will work on a project to conduct research on online reinforcement learning for robot manipulation used in household service and manufacturing. The roles of this position include:

• Develop robotic foundation models for general manipulation based on vision-language-action models
• Develop reinforcement learning framework for Vision-language-action models
• Develop real-robot reinforcement learning framework with safety constraints
• Develop a mobile bimanual manipulation system to complete diverse tasks in household environment and in manufacturing deployment scenarios

Job Requirements

Master in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or related field

1-year research experience in related area

Expertise in robotic manipulation systems

Knowledge in robotic foundation models

Publication track record is an advantage

Proficiency in basics of programming languages such as ROS and Python

Excellent communication skills, written and verbal – able to communicate complex concepts clearly and accurately

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution: NTU

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Engineering, Business, Science, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and Graduate colleges. It also has a medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, established jointly with Imperial College London. NTU is also home to world-class autonomous institutes – the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering – and various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N). Ranked amongst the world's top universities by QS, NTU has also been named the world's top young university for the past seven years. The University's main campus is frequently listed among the Top 15 most beautiful university campuses in the world and has 57 Green Mark-certified (equivalent to LEED-certified) buildings, of which 95% are certified Green Mark Platinum. Apart from its main campus, NTU also has a campus in Novena, Singapore's healthcare district. Under the NTU Smart Campus vision, the University harnesses the power of digital technology and tech-enabled solutions to support better learning and living experiences, the discovery of new knowledge, and the sustainability of resources. For more information, visit www.ntu.edu.sg