Research Associate - AI-Driven Drone Security & Simulation

Nanyang Technological University Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

NTU Singapore invites applications for a Research Associate to contribute to the design and implementation of simulation environments, intelligent testing and traffic analysis frameworks. You will work on automated security evaluation tools, experimental studies and technical documentation, collaborating with a multidisciplinary research team to achieve project milestones.

Responsibilities include developing drone communication simulations, fuzz testing frameworks and reporting results in

Qualifications

• Master's degree in CS, CE, cybersecurity, AI or related field.
• Experience in software development, cybersecurity, or AI research.
• Proficient in Python or C/C++, and Linux development.
• Knowledge of network protocols, traffic analysis, and vulnerability assessment.
• Experience with ML, LLMs, automated testing or security research is advantageous.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and technical writing skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the simulation and testing environment for drone communication protocols.
• Design and implement intelligent frameworks for protocol fuzz testing and security evaluation.
• Develop traffic analysis methods for anomaly detection, behaviour classification and attack inference.
• Conduct experiments to assess protocol robustness, security and resilience under abnormal and adversarial conditions.
• Develop automated methods for validating identified vulnerabilities and evaluating potential attack scenarios.
• Analyse experimental results and contribute to the improvement of the developed frameworks and methodologies.
• Develop LLM-based agentic frameworks for generating intelligent and diverse fuzzing inputs.
• Prepare technical documentation, project reports, research publications and presentations, and work with the research team to achieve project milestones and deliverables.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Linux

Machine learning

LLMs

Automated testing

Security research

Network protocols

Traffic analysis

Technical documentation

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Job description

NTU Singapore invites applications for a Research Associate to contribute to the design and implementation of simulation environments, intelligent testing and traffic analysis frameworks. You will work on automated security evaluation tools, experimental studies and technical documentation, collaborating with a multidisciplinary research team to achieve project milestones.

Responsibilities include developing drone communication simulations, fuzz testing frameworks and reporting results in