Engineer / Systems Manager (Smart Town Research & Planning)

Housing & Development Board; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

1+1 year contract

Job summary

Housing & Development Board (HDB) invites a data analytics professional to join the Smart Hub team in Singapore. You will work on collecting data from sensors and IoT devices across public housing estates to deliver reliable insights for management and operations.

The role focuses on analytics, dashboard development, and data quality improvements to support decision-making. Successful candidates will work on platform upgrades, data onboarding, and cross-functional collaboration while applying

Qualifications

• Background in Engineering or Data Science/Analytics or a related field.
• At least 3 years of IoT or data analytics project experience.
• Strong data visualization and analytics skills using SAS VA, Tableau, and Python.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills to engage across technical and non-technical teams.
• Self-motivated, resourceful and proactive in adopting new digital solutions.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning: contribute to setting and delivering the overall vision for HDB Smart Hub.
• Platform Operations: support platform upgrades, sensor deployment and onboarding for reliable monitoring.
• Data Quality Assurance and Analytics enablement: improve data quality and provide analytics advisory support.
• Develop analytics dashboards for operational oversight and perform advanced analyses to provide actionable insights.

Skills

IoT analytics

Python

Tableau

SAS VA

Spatial analysis

Education

Engineering or Data Science background

Tools

SAS VA

Python

Tableau

Job description

[What the role is]

The HDB Smart Hub is at the heart of our digital transformation journey, bringing together data from sensors and IoT devices across our public housing estates to support the creation of highly liveable towns for residents, environmental sustainability, and infrastructural resilience. As part of the Smart Hub team, you will play a key role in ensuring the platform delivers reliable, high-quality data and actionable insights that drive management and operational decision-making.

[What the role is]

The HDB Smart Hub is at the heart of our digital transformation journey, bringing together data from sensors and IoT devices across our public housing estates to support the creation of highly liveable towns for residents, environmental sustainability, and infrastructural resilience. As part of the Smart Hub team, you will play a key role in ensuring the platform delivers reliable, high-quality data and actionable insights that drive management and operational decision-making.

[What you will be working on]

• Strategic Planning: Contributing to the setting and delivery of the overall vision and direction of HDB Smart Hub, with a focus on enhancing the data analytics capabilities of the platform.
• Platform Operations: Supporting the operations and enhancement of HDB Smart Hub (such as platform upgrades, and sensor deployment and onboarding) to ensure reliable monitoring and timely reporting of key operational metrics.
• Data Quality Assurance, and Data Science Project Enablement: Driving continuous efforts to improve data quality and investigating any data quality issues; and providing analytics advisory support to studies using Smart Hub datasets.
• Data Analytics and Management Decision Support: Developing and enhancing analytics dashboard for operational oversight and performance monitoring; and conducting advanced analyses for complex management and operational questions to provide actionable insights and recommendations.

[What we are looking for]

We are looking for someone with the following qualifications and qualities:

• A good background in Engineering or Data Science/Analytics or relevant field
• At least 3 years of relevant experience working on IoT, data science/analytics or related projects
• Strong technical skills in data visualisation and analytics, with experience in tools such SAS VA, Tableau and Python, as well as analytical techniques such as regression analysis, spatial analysis, and machine learning.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, to be able to engage stakeholders across technical and non-technical functions effectively, and present findings clearly and confidently to support decision-making
• Self-motivated, resourceful, and proactive in keeping abreast of and experimenting with new digital solutions to enhance project outcomes
• Able to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment, at times with evolving and/or ambiguous requirements

Successful candidates will be offered a 1+1 year contract.

Why join us

You will be part of a dynamic and progressive team working at the intersection of urban planning and management, sustainability, and data technology — contributing to initiatives that directly improve the lives of residents across Singapore's public housing estates. You will have the opportunity to work with rich, real-world datasets, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and grow your expertise in urban analytics within one of Singapore's most established public agencies.