Research Assistant: Urban Analytics & Human-Centric Design

ETH Singapore SEC Limited; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 39,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave for fixed-term

1 day Birthday Leave

Annual dental benefits

Healthcare insurance coverage

Flexible hybrid work (up to 2 days/wk)

NS mark certification

Job summary

ETH Singapore SEC Limited invites a motivated research assistant to join a multi-institutional project on high-density urban design. You will help integrate machine learning models with urban analytics and cognition methods, and contribute to evidence-based design guidance.

You will support data collection through online surveys and lab experiments, work with researchers from NUS and SMU, and contribute to scholarly publications under senior supervision.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree completed and conferred.
• Experience with machine learning tools and workflows (e.g., Hugging Face, Keras, Torch).
• Experience deploying field data collection (e.g., online surveys).
• Research experience with end-to-end experiments and academic writing.

Responsibilities

• Assist in multidisciplinary research integrating urban analytics and cognition methods.
• Quantify how urban form/design interventions affect perception and behaviour.
• Participate in large-scale field data collection via online surveys and lab studies.
• Contribute to academic papers and presentations.

Skills

Machine learning workflows

Python programming

R scripting

Git

AWS

Education

Master’s degree (completed and conferred)

Tools

Hugging Face

Keras

Torch

Job description

ETH Singapore SEC Limited invites a motivated research assistant to join a multi-institutional project on high-density urban design. You will help integrate machine learning models with urban analytics and cognition methods, and contribute to evidence-based design guidance.

You will support data collection through online surveys and lab experiments, work with researchers from NUS and SMU, and contribute to scholarly publications under senior supervision.