Research Fellow (AI / Computer Science / Machine Learning / NLP)

Nanyang Technological University; Singapore; Sur place; SGD 80 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Nanyang Technological University’s ATMRI invites a Research Fellow to lead the Digital ATCO Assistant project, shaping the assistant’s knowledge, retrieval, reasoning, and orchestration with LLMs and multi-agent architectures.

You will develop tool calling, retrieval pipelines across AIPs, NOTAMs, and operational data, work with domain experts and engineers, and contribute to reports, proposals, and publications in a collaborative, safety-critical research environment.

Qualifications

• PhD in AI, Computer Science, ML, NLP or related discipline or MS with substantial research.
• 2–4 years hands-on experience with LLMs, Agentic AI, multi-agent architectures and prompt engineering.
• Experience with RAG, vector databases, semantic retrieval and knowledge representations.
• Strong Python skills; experience with PyTorch, modern LLM frameworks, APIs/microservices; evaluation of retrieval quality.
• Experience with LoRA/PEFT, in-context learning, Graph RAG or on-premise deployment is desirable.
• Good communication and multidisciplinary collaboration skills; publications and safety-critical domain experience preferred.

Responsabilités

• Design and lead Agentic AI and multi-agent architectures for task decomposition, planning, and orchestration.
• Develop tool calling and integration of tools, APIs, and knowledge services with robust error handling.
• Build retrieval agents and end-to-end RAG pipelines across AIPs, NOTAMs, and procedures.
• Design benchmarks to evaluate task performance, coordination, and factuality; reduce hallucinations.
• Collaborate with engineers and domain experts to expose capabilities via APIs/microservices for prototype deployment.
• Translate operational use cases into research requirements, datasets, and test scenarios.
• Contribute to technical reports, proposals, publications, and collaborations.

Connaissances

PhD in AI/CS

LLM / Agentic AI

RAG / vector DB

Python / PyTorch

LoRA / PEFT

Communication & Collaboration

Formation

PhD in AI/CS

Master’s degree in related field

Outils

PyTorch

APIs / Microservices

Vector databases

Description du poste

ATMRI at NTU is seeking a Research Fellow to join the Digital ATCO Assistant project. The role focuses on leading the assistant’s knowledge, retrieval, reasoning, and agent orchestration capabilities through LLMs, Agentic AI, multi-agent architectures, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and evaluate Agentic AI and multi-agent architectures for task decomposition, planning, reasoning, coordination, and workflow orchestration within the Digital ATCO Assistant project.
• Develop tool/function calling capabilities that enable agents to select and invoke tools, APIs, and knowledge services, including input validation, interpretation of tool outputs, and error handling.
• Develop the retrieval agent and end-to-end RAG pipelines across AIPs, NOTAMs, operational procedures, and regulations using vector databases, semantic retrieval, and knowledge graphs or structured knowledge representations.
• Design benchmarks and conduct experiments to evaluate agent task performance, multi-agent coordination, tool-call correctness, retrieval precision/recall, factuality, grounding, and hallucination.
• Work with the integration engineer/technical lead to expose agent, retrieval, and reasoning capabilities through APIs and microservices for integration into the prototype.
• Work with domain experts and controllers to translate operational use cases into research requirements, evaluation datasets, and test scenarios.
• Contribute to technical reports, project proposals, publications, demonstrations, and collaboration with academic, industry, and regulatory partners.

Requirements

• PhD in AI, Computer Science, Machine Learning, NLP, or a related discipline; or a Master’s degree with substantial applied research experience.
• 2-4 years hands‑on experience with LLM, Agentic AI, multi‑agent architectures, tool/function calling, and prompt/context engineering.
• Experience with RAG, vector databases, semantic retrieval, knowledge graphs or structured knowledge representation, grounded generation, and hallucination mitigation.
• Strong Python skills and experience with PyTorch, modern LLM frameworks, APIs, microservices, and evaluation of retrieval precision/recall and factuality.
• Experience with LoRA/PEFT, in‑context learning, Graph RAG, temporal RAG, hybrid symbolic‑neural reasoning, on-premise deployment, or inference optimisation is highly desirable.
• Good communication and multidisciplinary collaboration skills; relevant peer‑reviewed publications and experience in safety‑critical domains are preferred.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution

NTU A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Engineering, Business, Science, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and Graduate colleges. It also has a medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, established jointly with Imperial College London. NTU is also home to world-class autonomous institutes – the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering – and various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N). Ranked amongst the world’s top universities by QS, NTU has also been named the world’s top young university for the past seven years. The University’s main campus is frequently listed among the Top 15 most beautiful university campuses in the world and has 57 Green Mark-certified (equivalent to LEED-certified) buildings, of which 95% are certified Green Mark Platinum. Apart from its main campus, NTU also has a campus in Novena, Singapore’s healthcare district. Under the NTU Smart Campus vision, the University harnesses the power of digital technology and tech-enabled solutions to support better learning and living experiences, the discovery of new knowledge, and the sustainability of resources.

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