Research Fellow (Soundscape Engineering)

Nanyang Technological University Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Nanyang Technological University Singapore invites applications for a Research Fellow to advance AIoT for a Soundscape project. The role emphasizes deployment, testing and scaling up across platforms, with focus on data curation, AI model training, edge-AI deployment and evaluation.

The successful candidate will have a PhD in soundscape engineering or related field, 3+ years of hands-on experience, and strong programming skills in Python and R, with excellent communication and teamwork.

Qualifications

• PhD qualification in soundscape engineering and evaluation or related field.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in soundscape engineering / evaluation.
• Familiarity with soundscape ISO standards.
• Proficiency in AI programming (Python) and R.

Responsibilities

• Writing, debugging, optimizing and testing of source code with an emphasis on audio applications.
• Maintenance and improvement of existing audio algorithm code base including noise reduction and other enhancements.
• Software development of new algorithmic audio processing solutions including codecs and microphone array processing.
• Publish journal and conference papers as dictated by projects.
• Provide guidance of Master/Undergraduate students.
• Need more than 3 years of research experience working in this area.

Skills

Python

R programming

AI model training

Data curation

Edge-AI deployment

Audio processing

Education

PhD in soundscape engineering or related field

Tools

Python

R

Job description

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering is one of the founding Schools of the Nanyang Technological University. Built on a culture of excellence, the School is renowned for its high academic standards and research. With over 3,000 undergraduates students and 2,000 graduate students it is one of the largest EEE schools in the world and ranks 4th in the field of Electrical & Electronic Engineering in the 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subjects.

Today, the School has become one of the world's largest engineering schools that nurtures competent engineers and researchers. Each year, the School graduates over a thousand students who are ready to take on great ambitions and challenges.

For more details, please view: https://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee

We are looking for aResearch Fellow to push the development of the AIoT system, which is a key thrust in a Soundscape project. This is a big project where there is a strong emphasis in deployment, testing and scaling up in building. There are many diverse factors to come up with a robust and stable system to made it more industry ready that focus on cross-platform instead of current single platform. Furthermore, the success of this thrust will help to increase university engagement with industry that facilitate tech transfer that benefited university and industry. The role will focus on data curation, AI model training, edge-AI deployment, subjective evaluation, and AIoT implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Writing, debugging, optimizing and testing of source code with an emphasis on audio applications
• Maintenance and improvement of existing audio algorithm code base including noise reduction, acoustic echo cancellation, automatic gain control, voice activity detection, packet loss compensation and other audio enhancements
• Software development of new algorithmic audio processing solutions including the existing areas mentioned above and additionally including state of the art audio codecs, audibility and intelligibility enhancements, microphone array processing, soundscape and other audio enhancements
• Publish journal and conference papers as dictated by the assigned projects.
• Provide guidance of Master/Undergraduate students
• Need more than 3 years of research experience working in this area.

Job Requirements

• PhD qualification degree in soundscape engineering and evaluation or related field
• At least 3 years of relevant experiences in soundscape engineering / technical hands-on experience soundscape evaluation
• Familiarity with soundscape ISO standards
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Proficiency in AI (python) programming and R programming
• Competent in designing subjective experiments and evaluation
• Ability to work independently, develop solutions under strict timelines, meticulous and eye for details / excellent organizational and time management skills and have experiences in publishing soundscape engineering papers,
• Ability to build rapport and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

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

Hiring Institution: NTU