Autonomous Marine Navigation & Control Scientist

TECHNOLOGY CENTRE FOR OFFSHORE AND MARINE, SINGAPORE LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore Ltd. seeks a PhD-level researcher to advance autonomous navigation, collision-avoidance, and energy-efficient trajectory planning for demanding maritime environments.

The role involves developing models, integrating vessel dynamics with ROS, MATLAB/Simulink, Python, and C++, and validating systems through simulation and field demonstrations where applicable.

Qualifications

• PhD in Marine Technology, Naval Architecture, Ocean Engineering, Control Engineering, Robotics, or related field.
• Experience in autonomous vessel navigation or trajectory planning.
• Experience with physics-informed and data-driven methods is highly desirable.
• Strong programming skills in C++, Python, MATLAB/Simulink, or Linux.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and validate autonomous ship navigation, collision-avoidance, and energy-efficient trajectory-planning algorithms for dynamic and constrained maritime environments.
• Develop physics-informed, data-driven, and control-oriented models for vessel manoeuvring, propulsion, energy consumption, and ship-performance assessment using simulation and full-scale operational data.
• Contribute to simulation and digital-twin platforms by integrating vessel models, environmental disturbances, onboard sensor data, and real-time control functions using ROS, MATLAB/Simulink, Python, or C++.
• Develop and evaluate situation-awareness functions, including sensor fusion, filtering, localisation, perception, and uncertainty analysis, to support safe autonomous vessel operations.
• Perform closed-loop simulation, software testing, debugging, and experimental validation of navigation and control algorithms, including model-scale or field demonstrations where applicable.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary research teams, industry partners, and technology providers, and contribute to project deliverables, technical reports, proposals, and publications under funded research programmes.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Skills

Autonomous navigation

Collision avoidance

Trajectory planning

Sensor fusion

Real-time control

Data-driven modelling

Programming in C++

Python

Linux

MATLAB/Simulink

Education

PhD in Marine Technology, Naval Architecture, Ocean Engineering, Control Engineering, Robotics, or related field

Tools

ROS

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

C++

Linux

Digital twins

Job description

Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore Ltd. seeks a PhD-level researcher to advance autonomous navigation, collision-avoidance, and energy-efficient trajectory planning for demanding maritime environments.

The role involves developing models, integrating vessel dynamics with ROS, MATLAB/Simulink, Python, and C++, and validating systems through simulation and field demonstrations where applicable.