Senior Research Engineer (DMD Division/CPPS Group), SIMTech

A*STAR RESEARCH ENTITIES; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading research institution in Singapore is seeking a highly motivated senior research engineer to lead R&D in smart manufacturing solutions. The candidate will work on integrating digital technologies with AI to create intelligent production systems. Strong background in data connectivity and system integration is essential, alongside expertise in programming languages such as Python and C/C++. This role offers an exciting opportunity in an innovative environment.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years experience in industry and/or R&D projects in shopfloor data connectivity.
• Experience in Manufacturing Execution System and software backend development.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research and development in novel shopfloor operations systems.
• Lead design and implementation of integrated Operational Technology.
• Work with engineers and scientists on AI-enabled production systems.
• Provide innovative solutions in autonomous manufacturing.
• Build data interoperability and support AI-enabled production systems.

Skills

Data connectivity

System integration

Python

C/C++/C#

.Net

Node.js

JavaScript

Education

Masters or Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Job description

Role Summary

Seeking a highly motivated senior research engineer or lead research engineer to lead and conduct R&D in Industry 5.0 smart manufacturing solutions and integrating digital technologies with AI-enabled physical production systems that promote intelligent and autonomous systems in manufacturing. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in data connectivity, system integration and understanding of shopfloor execution system

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct research and development in novel shopfloor operations systems for scalable self-learning, self-optimizing and self-recovery production systems
• Lead the design and implementation of integrated Operational Technology alongside a multi-disciplinary team of engineers and scientists.
• Work with a team of engineers and scientists to design and implement integrated OT and AI-enabled production systems for smart manufacturing
• Understand autonomous manufacturing domain and provide innovative solutions to industry problems in this area
• Build data interoperability and data pipelines setups to support AI-enabled production systems.

Requirements

• Masters or Bachelor degree in relevant field.
• 1-3 years experience in industry and/or R&D projects in the area of shopfloor data connectivity, Manufacturing Execution system and software backend development.
• Proficient in Python, C/C++/C#, .Net, Node.js, JavaScript, Rea

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with industry communication protocols such as OPC-UA, MQTT, Profibus, and RS-232 is an advantage.
• Knowledge of extracting data from various PLC (eg. Fanuc)
• Excellent technical presentation and writing skills
• Can-do attitude and able to work with different needs of various stakeholders
• Proactive team player and technically motivated to solve problems innovatively
• Microservice trained is preferred