Senior Engineer (Robotics & AI)

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS); Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) in Singapore seeks an AI/Robotics Engineer to own end-to-end delivery of advanced AI and autonomous inspection solutions for maritime and offshore industries. You will lead problem definition through production deployment, coordinate cross-functional teams, and serve as the primary technical contact for clients and leadership.

Candidates bring depth in robotics perception, computer vision, and cloud AI to guide design decisions, validate models, and ensure

Responsibilities

• Participate in the delivery of AI and robotics projects end to end — scope, milestones, resourcing, risk, and acceptance criteria.
• Identify business and operational problems, and translate them into structured technical workstreams with clear success metrics.
• Participate in project management activities; manage backlog priority, dependencies, and trade-offs between scope, quality, and timeline.
• Track and report project health, technical risk, and benefit realization to program and functional leadership.
• Serve as the trusted technical advisor to clients and internal business units on AI, computer vision, and autonomous inspection.
• Run discovery sessions, requirements workshops, and solution walkthroughs with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support business development with technical scoping, proposal input, effort estimation, and proof-of-concept demonstrations.
• Present results and recommendations to senior stakeholders; convert pilot outcomes into adoption and scale-up plans.
• Align engineering, data, product, operations, and class/technical functions around a common delivery plan.
• Manage vendor, partner, and academic collaborations, including statements of work and deliverable acceptance.
• Drive change management and user adoption — training, documentation, handover, and post-deployment support models.
• Provide inputs to the technical approach and consult for perception and AI workstreams: sensor fusion, SLAM, defect detection, image recognition.

Skills

Robotics perception

Computer vision

Cloud AI

Azure

SLAM

Python

Tools

Azure

CI/CD

Python

Job description

Job Description

The AI/Robotics Engineer owns the end-to-end delivery of advanced AI and autonomous inspection solutions for the maritime and offshore industries. This includes client problem definition and all the way through production deployment and adoption.

This is a combined role, consisting of development, delivery and advisory. You will work with cross-functional teams, serve as the primary technical point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, and be jointly accountable for scope, schedule, and quality of project outcomes. You will bring sufficient hands-on depth in robotics perception, computer vision, and cloud AI to direct technical decisions, challenge design choices, and communicate credibly with clients, class surveyors, and engineering leadership.

What You Will Do

Project Participation & Delivery

• Participate in the delivery of AI and robotics projects end to end — scope, milestones, resourcing, risk, and acceptance criteria — and be accountable for meeting committed deliverables.
• Identify business and operational problems, and translate them into structured technical workstreams with clear success metrics.
• Participate in project management activities; manage backlog priority, dependencies, and trade-offs between scope, quality, and timeline.
• Track and report project health, technical risk, and benefit realization to program and functional leadership.

Client Engagement & Technical Advisory

• Serve as the trusted technical advisor to clients and internal business units on AI, computer vision, and autonomous inspection — including feasibility assessment, solution options, and field-deployment limitations.
• Run discovery sessions, requirements workshops, and solution walkthroughs with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support business development with technical scoping, proposal input, effort estimation, and proof-of-concept demonstrations.
• Present results and recommendations to senior stakeholders; convert pilot outcomes into adoption and scale-up plans.

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Management

• Align engineering, data, product, operations, and class/technical functions around a common delivery plan.
• Manage vendor, partner, and academic collaborations, including statements of work and deliverable acceptance.
• Drive change management and user adoption — training, documentation, handover, and post-deployment support models.

Technical Direction & Governance

• Provide inputs to the technical approach and consult for perception and AI workstreams: sensor fusion (camera + LiDAR), SLAM, defect and anomaly detection, and image recognition for structural inspection.
• Review architecture and code, validate model performance and evaluation methodology, and ensure solutions are production-ready on Microsoft Azure or equivalent.
• Ensure MLOps, CI/CD, security, and data governance standards are applied across projects.
• Participate in dashboard development and visualization engineering.
• Prototype and de-risk new capabilities where hands-on work accelerates a decision.
• Collaborate with fellow engineers and raise overall engineering standards within the team.

About Us

We set out more than 160 years ago to promote the security of life and property at sea and preserve the natural environment. Today, we remain true to our mission and continue to support organizations facing a rapidly evolving seascape of challenging regulations and new technologies. Through it all, we are anchored by a vision and mission that help our clients find clarity in uncertain times.

ABS is a global leader in marine and offshore classification and other innovative safety, quality, and environmental services. We’re at the forefront of supporting the global energy transition at sea, the application of remote and autonomous marine systems, cutting‑edge technical solutions, and many more exciting advancements. Our commitment to safety, reliability, and efficiency is ever‑present, guiding our clients to safer and more efficient operations.

Equal Opportunity

ABS Bureau is committed to the equal employment opportunity of its employees and prohibits discrimination against any employee or qualified applicant based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status or veteran status, or other non-work-related characteristics that may be protected under the law of the Federal Government or specific state employment laws.

Notice

ABS and Affiliated Companies (ABS) will not pay a fee to any third-party agency without a valid ABS Master Service Agreement (MSA) authorized and signed by Human Resources. Any resume, CV, application, or other forms of candidate submission provided to any employee of ABS without a valid MSA on file will be considered property of ABS, and no fee will be paid.

Other

This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job of the incumbent. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the principal job elements essential for making a fair decision regarding the pay structure of the job. #ogjs