Research Engineer/Senior Research Engineer (1-year contract), SCIS

SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITYSingaporemycareersfuturepublished 10/30/2026
Senior

About the company

Singapore Management University is a place where high-level professionalism blends together with a healthy informality. The 'family-like' atmosphere among the SMU community fosters a culture where employees work, plan, organise and play together - building a strong collegiality and morale within the university.

Your tasks

  • Build device prototypes from end to end, including component selection, circuit and PCB design, assembly andenclosure fabrication.
  • Integrate cameras, light sources and embedded processors, and develop the firmware needed to operate thesystem.
  • Test, calibrate and troubleshoot devices to improve performance, power efficiency and reliability.
  • Work with the research team to integrate eye-tracking software and prepare devices for experiments and userstudies.
  • Maintain design and assembly documentation, and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
  • Hands-on experience developing FPGA-based embedded systems using Xilinx platforms andVerilog/SystemVerilog.
  • Experience in C/C++ firmware and driver development, including STM32 microcontrollers and embeddedLinux/PetaLinux.
  • Experience in PCB design using Altium and integrating hardware and firmware into complete working systems.
  • Familiarity with high-speed data transfer and hardware interfaces, such as DMA, AXI, SPI, I2C and JESD204B.
  • Experience in hardware characterization, performance optimization, and real-time signal processing would bean advantage.

What we offer

Our commitment to attract and retain talent is ongoing. We offer attractive benefits and welfare, competitive compensation packages, and generous professional development opportunities - all to meet the work-life needs of our staff. No wonder, then, that SMU continues to be given numerous awards and recognition for its human resource excellence.

Other

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