Research Engineer: Agentic AI for Urban Intelligence

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The National University of Singapore is seeking a Research Engineer/Assistant to join the Cities Foresight Lab. This role involves developing a framework that enhances urban policy and planning using AI-driven recommendations.

Responsibilities include designing a reasoning framework, implementing a Model Context Protocol, and collaborating with urban planners. Candidates should have a Bachelor's or Master's in a quantitative field and be proficient in Python. The position offers opportunities for interdisciplinary work and contributions to significant urban projects.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, AI, or Data Science with computational focus.
• Experience with agentic frameworks and system architecture.
• Familiarity with natural language processing tasks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a multi-step reasoning framework.
• Implement Model Context Protocol servers for data standardization.
• Perform data synthesis for urban intelligence case studies.
• Define and track system performance and user validation metrics.
• Contribute to data/method documentation and publications.

Skills

Proficiency in Python

Critical thinking

Communication skills

Data engineering

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

LangGraph

GeoPandas

Shapely

Job description

The National University of Singapore is seeking a Research Engineer/Assistant to join the Cities Foresight Lab. This role involves developing a framework that enhances urban policy and planning using AI-driven recommendations.

Responsibilities include designing a reasoning framework, implementing a Model Context Protocol, and collaborating with urban planners. Candidates should have a Bachelor's or Master's in a quantitative field and be proficient in Python. The position offers opportunities for interdisciplinary work and contributions to significant urban projects.