Senior AI Product Engineer

NCS; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS is seeking an AI Product Engineer to design and develop systems that enable AI to perceive, reason, and act in physical spaces—turning buildings into intelligent, responsive environments for robots and people.

You will architect the AI-driven stack end-to-end, translate customer vision into technical requirements, develop prototypes, and engage users across the product lifecycle in a living-lab setting.

Qualifications

• AI-native approach using models, agents, or learned systems as default design tool.
• Experience architecting AI-driven systems.
• Exposure to physical/spatial AI or robotics (perception, SLAM, sensor fusion, planning/control).
• Experience building evaluation frameworks for AI systems.
• Strong engineering fundamentals: Python, C++, APIs, data pipelines; robotics tooling like ROS/ROS2.
• Independent in a small squad; product mindset; adventurous teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Join an AI product team to create a living lab for physical AI.
• Architect the AI stack end-to-end using AI-native tools.
• Translate customer vision into technical requirements and solution designs.
• Develop prototypes and proofs of concept.
• Engage users and clients across the product lifecycle.
• Design spatial intelligence from sensor, vision, and IoT data.
• Develop and integrate physical AI/robotics systems with ROS/ROS2.

Skills

AI-native mindset

AI-driven systems design

Python

C++

ROS/ROS2

Sensor fusion

SLAM/mapping

Prototyping

Team player

Tools

ROS/ROS2

Job description

NCS is a leading AI Tech Services company. With a 15,000-strong team across the Asia Pacific, NCS scales its platforms and capabilities to provide clients with greater agility and AI expertise across a range of Industries. Embracing a strong ecosystem of global partners, NCS transforms technology services delivery combining AI with digital resilience to drive real business impact. NCS is a subsidiary of the Singtel Group.

Job Description

As an AI Product Engineer, you will design and develop the systems that let AI perceive, reason about, and act in physical space — turning buildings into intelligent, responsive environments for robots and people.

What You'll Do

• Join an AI product team with the mission to create a living lab for physical AI.
• Architect the AI-driven stack end to end, and build with AI-native tools and workflows.
• Translate customer vision and challenges into technical requirements and innovate on solutioning.
• Develop prototypes and proofs of concept.
• Engage users and clients across the product lifecycle.
• Design spatial intelligence systems: turn sensor, vision, and IoT data into a live, structured understanding of physical space — occupancy, object/asset location, environmental state, and spatial relationships between people, rooms, and equipment.
• Develop and integrate physical AI / robotics systems: perception (vision, sensor fusion), planning, and control for robots and autonomous agents operating in real workplace environments — working with existing robotics stacks (e.g., ROS/ROS2) rather than building from scratch where possible.

What You'll Own

• Driving an active, high-velocity living lab for physical AI.
• Prototypes and roadmap — from 6-week sprints to 24-month bets.
• Demos and POCs to showcase, test, and gather feedback for iteration.
• POVs and approach for adapting and applying physical AI across the living lab.

Qualifications

We're looking for someone AI-native — who reaches for a model, an agent, or a learned system as the default design tool.

• AI-native by default — you reach for models, agents, and learned systems as your primary design tool.
• Demonstrated experience architecting AI-driven systems.
• Exposure to physical/spatial AI or robotics — perception, SLAM/mapping, sensor fusion, robot planning/control, or spatial computing such as Gaussian splatting.
• Experience building evaluation frameworks/harnesses for AI systems.
• Strong engineering fundamentals as the supporting layer — Python, C++, or similar; APIs; data pipelines; comfort with robotics tooling (e.g., ROS/ROS2).
• Operates independently within a small squad.
• A practitioner of the product mindset.
• A solid team player with a sense of adventure.

Additional Information

We are driven by our AEIOU beliefs—Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity—and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We are committed to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future.

Together, we make the extraordinary happen.

Learn more about us at ncs.co and visit our LinkedIn career site.