AI Systems Engineer I — Air Traffic Tech Prototyping

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore); Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ATMRI at NTU is seeking a Research Engineer I to join the Digital ATCO Assistant project. You will design and build AI-enabled applications that fuse LLMs, RAG, AI agents, APIs, and enterprise data sources to support air traffic management.

You will work with domain experts to define system requirements, create test scenarios, and contribute to technical reports and publications for academic, industry, and regulatory partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and integrate AI-enabled applications for the Digital ATCO Assistant project.
• Build end-to-end systems that combine LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, AI agents, tool calling, workflow orchestration, and operational data sources.
• Integrate AI components with existing enterprise systems through APIs, databases, authentication mechanisms, and message-based services.
• Develop backend services, user interfaces, and system connectors for prototypes and pilot deployments.
• Implement evaluation, logging, monitoring, traceability, and feedback mechanisms for AI-assisted workflows.
• Work with domain experts and controllers to convert operational use cases into system requirements and test scenarios.
• Support system testing, demonstration, technical documentation, and deployment activities.
• Contribute to technical reports, project proposals, publications, and collaboration with academic, industry, and regulatory partners.

Skills

Python

Backend development

APIs

Databases

System integration

LLM applications

RAG systems

AI agents

Agent orchestration workflows

End-to-end prototypes

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

APIs

Databases

Authentication

Messaging services

Job description

ATMRI at NTU is seeking a Research Engineer I to join the Digital ATCO Assistant project. You will design and build AI-enabled applications that fuse LLMs, RAG, AI agents, APIs, and enterprise data sources to support air traffic management.

You will work with domain experts to define system requirements, create test scenarios, and contribute to technical reports and publications for academic, industry, and regulatory partners.