Overview

Senior Robotics Engineer

Date: 8 Dec 2024

Location:

Singapore, Singapore

Company:
Singtel Group

NCS is a leading technology services firm that operates across the Asia Pacific region in over 20 cities, providing consulting, digital services, technology solutions, and more. We believe in harnessing the power of technology to achieve extraordinary things, creating lasting value and impact for our communities, partners, and people. Our diverse workforce of 13,000 has delivered large-scale, mission-critical, and multi-platform projects for governments and enterprises in Singapore and the APAC region. 

 

Are you fascinated with robots? 

 

NCS Engineering is looking for enthusiastic personnels to join a newly formed team that work on robotics projects.
You will be part of the development team to design, implement and maintain an in-house developed products that is related to robotics fleet management system.

 

We are looking at role of Senior Multi-Agent Robot System Engineers to lead the development and deployment of multi-robot coordination systems for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in factory, warehouse, or service robotics settings.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the development and deployment of multi-robot coordination systems for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) in factory, warehouse, or service robotics settings.
  • Develop and refine algorithms for multi-robot collaboration, including task scheduling, obstacle avoidance, and dynamic path-planning in real-time environments.
  • Develop and optimize fleet management systems for efficient path-planning and resource allocation.
  • Collaborate with teams to integrate systems with existing infrastructure.
  • Ensure safety and productivity in shared human-robot environments.
  • Build and maintain simulation environments to test multi-robot strategies and path-planning algorithms for scalability and efficiency.
  • Document and standardize fleet management processes and best practices.

 

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • Strong experience in developing MAR system
  • Solid programming skills (C++, Python, Java), with a focus on robotics and real-time systems.
  • Proficiency in robotic platforms like ROS, ROS2, or other related middleware systems.
  • Strong understanding of network protocols and communication systems (e.g., MQTT, ZMQ) for robotic fleet coordination.
  • Experience with 3D simulation tools (Gazebo, Issac SIM) for MARS testing.
  • Knowledge of AI/ML (machine learning, deep learning).
  • Familiarity with computer vision, sensor fusion.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on optimizing large-scale systems for high performance and reliability.
  • Have experience in developing and deploying autonomous navigation systems, including SLAM, obstacle avoidance, and traffic control algorithms.

 

Nice-to-Haves:

  • Experience in Open-RMF or similar multi-robot fleet management frameworks.
  • Experience with Golang
  • Knowledge of industrial automation and integration with factory or warehouse systems (e.g., WMS, ERP).
  • Familiarity with advanced path-planning algorithms and optimization techniques (e.g., A*, Dijkstra, RRT).
  • Experience with traffic management systems for AMRs in shared spaces (e.g., factories, hospitals, warehouses)

 

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.  


About Singtel

Headquartered in Singapore, Singtel has 140 years of operating experience and played a pivotal role in the country’s development as a major communications hub. Optus, our subsidiary in Australia, is a leader in integrated telecommunications, constantly raising the bar in innovative products and services.

We are also strategically invested in leading companies in Asia and Africa, including Bharti Airtel (India, South Asia and Africa), Telkomsel (Indonesia), Globe Telecom (the Philippines) and Advanced Info Service (Thailand). We work closely with our associates, leveraging our scale in networks, customer reach and extensive operational experience to lead and shape the communications industry.

Together, the Group serves over 700 million mobile customers around world. Singtel is one of the largest listed Singapore companies on the Singapore Exchange by market capitalisation.

The Group has a vast network of offices throughout Asia Pacific, Europe and the USA, and employs more than 23,000 staff worldwide.